By William Madouk Garang The United Kingdom is calling on the government of South Sudan to arrest and prosecute soldiers who are finger pointed in Killing of Civilians in Southern Unity State. The UK government lamented about increasing cases of conflict related sexual violence committed by both government and opposition[Read More…]
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Activist demands swift intervention on protesting students’ situation in Egypt
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei A civil society activist has called on Parliament to urgently intervene on the alarming situation of students living within the South Sudan Embassy in Egypt, following their serious protest. The Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), Mr. Edmund Yakani stated that the South[Read More…]
Starving soldiers cause havoc in Morobo
By Adia Jildo Soldiers said to be under the command of SPLM/A-IO in Morobo County have turned to the civil populace in the county to loot the locals for food stuffs and non-food items for their survival according to the county commissioner. The seemingly starving soldiers reportedly had caused insecurities,[Read More…]
Cabinet approves $30 million additional Ebola response fund
By Taban Henry South Sudan government through its Council of Ministers in an extraordinary meeting yesterday approved over 30 million US dollars additional Ebola preparedness and response fund. Earlier last week, the cabinet approved 500,000 US dollars for the preparedness response to the Ebola outbreak that took place in the[Read More…]
State parliament grills ministers over controversial deal
By Bida Elly David Central Equatoria State Transitional Legislative Assembly yesterday summoned three ministers before the August house to explain a controversial Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) they signed with a private company for the establishment of E-government system on revenue collection before deliberation. In November 2021, the government of Central[Read More…]
Human trafficking rises to 75% in Kitgum district
By Martha John savior – Kitgum Uganda Authorities of Kitgum district gender-based and domestic violence police department had cautioned residents to be conscious of human trafficking which is reported to be on the rise. In an interview Tuesday with Onen Chan, the officer at the gender-based and domestic violence police[Read More…]
South Sudan records over 300,000 cases of malnutrition
By Taban Henry South Sudan through the United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF) has recorded over 300,000 cases of malnutrition this year. This statistics was revealed yesterday during the USAID announcement of another further support of 35 million US dollars to UNICEF to boost the country’s fight against malnutrition[Read More…]
UNICEF receives 35 million USD to support malnutrition
By Taban Henry The United Nations International Children Educational Fund (UNICEF) has on Tuesday received a sum of 35 million US dollars from the USAID to support South Sudan in the fight against malnutrition. Speaking during the handover ceremony, Katherine Crawford, the USAID South Sudan Mission Director said that mothers[Read More…]
Government vows to improve communication network
By Bida Elly David The government has laid a four year strategic plan to improve communication network across the Country through the use of fibre optics that will speed up the transmission of the network. This development came during the high level conference in Bucharest, Romania organized by the global[Read More…]
Cleric urges holdout groups to denounce violence
By Taban Henry The Bishop of Yei Diocese Alex Lodiong Sakor is urging all the armed holdout groups in the country to denounce violence and opt for dialogue as the only peaceful way to settle the prevailing political differences. This came after the Catholic Church represented by the Bishop of[Read More…]
State Chamber of commerce cautions traders over illegal tax
By Mary Poni The Central Equatoria State Chamber of commerce has cautioned traders in Konyo-Konyo disputed market, warned against accepting tax duplication by the city council and Islamic council as the two institutions battle for ownership of the ground rent fees. The warning to the traders came as a reminder[Read More…]
Gov’t urges protesting students to vacate Embassy in Cairo
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Deng Dau has urged South Sudanese students on Egyptian government scholarship who had been for a sit-in protest at the embassy in Cairo to vacate the premises. Dau’s call came following reported harassment of the students at[Read More…]
Era of awarding mutineers, high ranks is over
By William Madouk Garang Era of rewarding insurgents who flee to bush and wreak havoc in the country with high ranks is over, President Salva Kiir Mayardit said on Monday. The President made this remark during a meeting with a group of chiefs from Greater Mundri of Western Equatoria State,[Read More…]
Indians in Juba commemorate cultural festival
By Bida Elly David Indian Embassy in collaboration with the Indian Association in South Sudan (IASS) has over the weekend celebrated a cultural event marking celebration of their 75th year of Independence. The event was celebrated at Hindu Temple premises in Juba and attended by a number of participants consisting[Read More…]
Clergy cautions Christians against fake churches
By Bida Elly David A senior clergy and a spiritual councilor belonging to the Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS) has cautioned believers amid unnecessary joining of churches whose intention is to gain financial benefits from their congregation. He made the statement as a major concern during one of the[Read More…]
Culvert partial collapse leaves UN car in the ditch
By Adia Jildo A culvert in Hai Thoura Main Street has partially collapsed leaving a car belonging to the UN stuck in the gully with its left hand tyres almost submerged in water. Hai Thoura road is one of the major roads linking the Buluk area and Hai Thoura to[Read More…]
Fire guts 36 shops to ashes in Pibor market
By William Madouk Garang The mayor of Pibor town said Monday midnight fire engulfed Pibor market and razed down 36 makeshift shops destroying properties worth millions of South Sudanese pounds, but no injuries were recorded. Pibor town mayor, John Gain said the incident occurred on Monday at around 2 PM[Read More…]
Gov’t procures Ebola testing reagents for preparedness
By Bida Elly David The Undersecretary Ministry of Health yesterday said they were procuring testing reagents for Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), which are expected to reach Juba over the week. She as well confirmed disbursement of half a million US dollars from the Ministry of Finance formerly approved by the[Read More…]
Juba County launches land acquisition awareness
By Taban Henry Authorities in Juba County of Central Equatoria state on Monday launched an awareness campaign on legal land acquisition aimed at discouraging land grabbing and how to make people aware on land rights. The new development came during the launching of the jingle on the local procedures of[Read More…]
The 2013 war was not over power
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The first deputy Speaker in the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly Nathaniel Oyet Pierino has argued that the 2013 civil war was not a coup as alleged by majority but it’s caused by differences of ideas. Oyet who is the deputy chairman of the Sudan People’s[Read More…]