By Bida Elly David The national police spokesperson said the authority has registered zero cases of death and crimes during the festive season despite accidents that left number of motorists injured in the city. Speaking to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper on the Christmas aftermath, police spokesperson Maj. Gen. Daniel said[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David A civil Society activist has slammed the national government leadership over their reluctance to proactively respond to the current conflict in Greater Pibor Administrative Area saying that their silence without action would continue to escalate the violence further if not well addressed. In a statement extended[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David National Communication Authority has made a positive move to rescue the country from high communication costs by connecting well advanced fibre optic cables from Ethiopia for affirmative improvement. This development was revealed last week following the authority’s plans to improve the country’s communication network that had[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang President Salva Kiir Mayardit has said power struggle will not benefit the country in any way but rather toss the nation into total destruction and fiery furnace. Addressing congregation at St. Theresa Cathedral parish on the Christmas Day, President Kiir cited that it’s now a time[Read More…]

By Mary Poni Women’s Bloc of South Sudan has appealed to the government to reconsider the 35 percent affirmative action for women in Other Political Parties (OPP). The Chairperson for Women’s Bloc of South Sudan, Amer Manyok Deng said that this time around, President Salva Kiir shall give chance to[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang Vice President for gender and youth cluster, Rebecca Nyandeng De’Mabior has succeeded in securing 3.7 billion US dollars from World Food Programme to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. Nyandeng, who is in charge of the gender and youth cluster in the unity government[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The Council of Ministers on Friday approved the vocational training and skills development policy that will assist in training unskilled labour force to ensure the progressive growth of the workforce in the country. This is after the national minister of Labor James Hoth Mai presented the[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The National Revenue Authority (NRA) has directed tax collecting institutions in the state to ensure immediate and full implementation of the E-tax system to ease collection of taxes as well as mitigate issues of fraud and misconducts. In a statement seen by No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The national police spokesperson has underscored that the police in conjunction with other security segments has already deployed not less than three thousand security forces to mitigate criminal activities to ensure safety of the citizens amid Christmas feast in Juba. This development came following concerns from[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang           The United Nations Humanitarian has approved $14 million as a direct charitable assistance to 262,521 people who are affected by continued violence and severe flooding. Five states across the country are expected to benefit from the fresh allocated charitable funding which are Unity, Upper Nile,[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The metropolitan Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba yesterday said that the on-going conflict in South Sudan has been in existence due to greed for wealth as opposed to political disagreements. While passing his Christmas message to the faithful and political leaders in a media[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang  Anne Kaku, an MP in the parliamentary caucus at Central Equatoria State Transitional Legislative Assembly appeals to Jonglei government, and Bor community to help return eleven children allegedly abducted by cattle herders in Juba County. The Lawmaker said that if such act of child abduction continues[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang Kapoeta community leaders of Eastern Equatoria state attained skills on conflict management principles to promote rule of law within the community. The training was provided by UNMISS Civil Affairs team. One of the participants, Paramount Chief of Kapoeta North County, Joseph Losike appreciated the UN agency[Read More…]

As we come to the end of the year in which the Transitional Period of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) was extended due to slow progress in implementation, we enter into the holiday season following a period of high[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The National Minister of Roads and Bridges, Simon Mijok Mijak has promised to reconstruct the half-finished Nyamlel bridge in the shortest time possible. Speaking to the media during his inspection trip to Aweil, Mijak assured Aweil residents that they are dedicated to construct roads and bridges[Read More…]