By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his interim Cabinet has allocated ten Million United States Dollars (USD) to help the flood affected area. Speaking during the closure of the 6th Governor’s Forum, President Kiir urged the Humanitarian partners to add their support as well, citing that the[Read More…]
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Hold-out groups downplay rebel leader’s defection
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Non-Signatory South Sudan Opposition group (NSSSOG) and the National Consensus Forum (NCF) say the recent defection of the United Democratic Revolution Movement/Army (UDRM/A) Leader Thomas Tut Doap to the government would not affect quest for sustainable peace. Doap resigned from UDRM/A and all positions held[Read More…]
Central Bank to introduce salary payment system
By Bida Elly David The Bank of South Sudan has made an absolute step to introduce a banking payment system aimed at mitigating difficulties of salary delays as well as facilitating financial transactions of customers and commercial banks. This technological tutorial arose during the launch of Information communication technology initiative[Read More…]
SPLM pushes NLC conference to Friday
By William Madouk Garang The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has postponed its national liberation council ordinary sitting which was initially scheduled to commence yesterday to December 2,2022, at Freedom Hall in Juba. The SPLM Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs, Santo Malek Anai yesterday stated that NLC meeting which was[Read More…]
CBO vows to eradicate GBV
By Mary Poni Voice for Change (VFC) a community-based organization (CBO) is working in partnership with other international and national NGOs to campaign against violation of women and girls’ rights in the community as they engage in the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (GBV). The 16 days of[Read More…]
Mayor accused of grabbing grave yard, claims rubbished
By Bida Elly David The Mayor of Juba City Council yesterday trashed a serious allegations labelled against him and the national security by some crooks on illegal grabbing of Gbongoroki grave yard for ownership saying that the accusations were baseless and illogical. This contradicting saga transpired following a consultative meeting[Read More…]
Subnational violence a threat to peace gains -says Kiir
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei President Salva Kiir Mayardit has acknowledged that the recurring circle of subnational violence is threatening to undermine the peace dividends already made through implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement. Kiir sadly noted that the government efforts are being reversed by the Sub-National violence as it’s a[Read More…]
Battle for SPLM soul: Machar, Amum asked to rename own party
By William Madouk Garang Political squabbles for the ownership of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) have heightened with SPLM allied to President Salva Kiir asking SPLM-IO led by Dr. Riek Machar and Real SPLM under Pagan Amum to drop the SPLM acronyms. SPLM Deputy Secretary for Political Affairs,[Read More…]
Juba City Council suffers political trace
By Ephraim Modi D.S The Mayor of Juba City, His Worship Michael Lado Allah-Jabu has alluded that the nomination of the Juba City Legislative Council has been politicized based on the peace agreement. He made the statement to the media yesterday. The Juba city legislative council is the laws and[Read More…]
Lobong advocates for equal remuneration for civil servants
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The governor of Eastern Equatoria State Louis Lobong Lojore has called on the National government to effect equal payment of government employees throughout the Country be it at the national and State level. Lobong made the appeal while addressing the sixth governor’s forum on Monday as[Read More…]
Juba, Addis Ababa ink MOU to strengthen education
By Mary Poni South Sudan minister of higher education and his counterpart from the Federal Republic of Ethiopia have signed a memorandum of understanding, in the field of education in Juba as a bilateral cooperation to strengthen education system in the country. The MOU and the bilateral cooperation were signed[Read More…]
Archbishop Arok urges Christians to be away from gang activities
By staff The Anglican Church of South Sudan concluded its Synod at St. Joseph Cathedral of Good Shepherd in Serekat residential area, Juba South Sudan on last Sunday. The participants of the Synod were from; Kenya, Uganda and from parts of South Sudan states. Speaking to the congregation, His Grace[Read More…]
Deputy MayorThiik Thiik to face justice for striking traffic officer
By Bida Elly David Juba city deputy mayor for infrastructure development, Thiik Thiik Mayardit is set to be dragged to the court by the Directorate of South Sudan traffic police after slapping an officer and demolishing traffic offices at Buluk police residence. This saga transpired during a demolition exercise carried[Read More…]
NRA in quandary as poor internet, insecurity impede collections
By Bida Elly David National Revenue Authority has said that poor internet connection, insecurity and infrastructure are factors that have impeded the collection of revenues through the E-taxation system. It said that government needs to raise up eyebrows towards addressing the underlying factors to enable effective collection of revenues. The[Read More…]
Gov’t hikes Nationality & passports fees
By Bida Elly David The Directorate of civil registry, nationality, passports and immigration has made new increment of fees for the issuance of nationality, passports and other related national identification documents. Speaking to the media, Atem Marol Biar the Director General for civil registry, nationality, passport and immigration said that[Read More…]
Dilemma over ‘illegally’ operating varsities, ghost certificates
By William Madouk Garang Vice President for Service Cluster, Hussein Abdelbagi Akol has criticized security apparatus of failing to shut down unlicensed universities operating in the country though they were given green light. Akol stated that security organs were given order since last year to close down all universities that[Read More…]
South Sudan, Ethiopia top intelligence chiefs discuss peace and security
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Chief of Military Intelligence of South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF), Lt. General Marshal Stephen Babanen and his Ethiopian counterpart Major General Demsew Amenu of the Ethiopian Federal Defense Forces Intelligence Directorate discussed continued cooperation on peace and security between the two nations on Saturday.[Read More…]
Rebel Gen. Malong recommits to Rome peace talks
By William Madouk Garang The Chairman of South Sudan United Front/Army (SSUFA), Paul Malong Awan has assured the government and peace guarantors of his commitment to ceasefire agreement, his close ally revealed. SSUF/A military Spokesperson, Col. Philip Deng Kuol said they have no any intention of waging war against[Read More…]
Gola apologizes to National Minister of Youth
By Joseph Deng The Chairman of South Sudan National Youth Union, Gola Boyoi Gola has apologized to the national Minister of Youth and Sports Dr. Albino Bol Dhieu over what he called disagreement or misunderstanding. On the 12th May 2022, Minister Albino Bol Dhieu formed a committee to investigate the[Read More…]
EAC inter-parliamentary games useless without amity results
By Bida Elly David The Executive Director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) has called on the EAC community parliamentarian to use the ongoing tournament as a mechanism to embrace peace rather than breaking the region apart. South Sudan capital city, Juba is hosting Inter-parliamentary games of East[Read More…]