By Bida Elly David The authorities of Juba City and the Chinese business community have agreed to ink deal on market expansion into a modern scheme as well as pondering on mechanisms through which infrastructural activities and traffic light could be improved. This development came following a meeting between the[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The representative of the former detainees (FDs) Deng Alor Kuol has urged the government of National Unity to unity of purpose to enable people to enjoy peace in the country. According to Alor, the extension of transitional period was the last chance for political leaders to[Read More…]

By Taban Henry A Civil Society activist is calling on the presidency to allocate crude oil cargo for the implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement as the government equally did recently allocate one crude oil cargo for the payment of civil salaries and arrears This came on Thursday during the[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The United States Government through its USAID agency has contributed over 220 million US Dollars to the World Food Programs for food and nutritional assistance in South Sudan as the Country battles its worst hunger and starvation. In a press statement, the Acting Mission Director for USAID[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Minister of Higher Education Science and Technology, Gabriel Changson Chang has called on the International Community to sanction South Sudan over guns acquisition and rather support the country in other initiatives such as scholarships, supply of medicines to elevate the livelihood of the people. Changson made[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The leadership of the Troika representatives in Juba which compromises of the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway yesterday boycotted the extension of the transitional period citing failure of the leadership of South Sudan to involve all parties and stakeholders to participate in the decision making.[Read More…]

President Salva Kiir Mayardit has on Thursday evening issued several presidential decrees in which he fired the Minister of Finance and Planning, Agak Achuil Lual, and replaced him with the former Governor of the Bank of South Sudan Dier Tong Ngor. In another separate decree Kiir also sacked the Governor[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar yesterday called on President Salva Kiir Mayardit to address the political space stalemate in parliament alleging that there is no political space for the opposition in the country. This came amid the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO)[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The President of the Republic of South Sudan on Thursday disclosed the extension of the Transitional period for the next 24 months. The transitional period in South Sudan began in February 2020 but the 2018 peace agreement key provisions remain largely unimplemented. General elections are scheduled to[Read More…]

By Ijoo Bosco Authorities in Kapoeta North County of Eastern Equatoria State have promised to support the best top 3 Primary Eight candidates who excelled highly in the recently released Certificate of Primary Education examinations results. Kapoeta North County emerged the 1st in the recently released South Sudan Certificate of Primary[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The resource estimate in South Sudan is constrained given the rise in the prices of the imported commodities. This came on Wednesday after the Minister of Finance and Planning presented the 2022-2023 fiscal year budget first reading in the Transitional National Legislature in its regular sitting number[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong The National Minister of Finance & Planning Agak Achuil Lual said attaining the growth objective in the FY 2022/2023 demands that the private sectors must play a stronger role in economic development also imperative that South Sudanese participate fully in the various economic activities. Minister Agak[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) has slammed its main opposition rival and peace partner, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Government (SPLM-IG) over the tabling of the 2022/23 fiscal year budget terming it a continuous violation of the agreement as the SPLM/A-IO continues with their[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The National Ministry of General Education and Instructions has faulted the apprehended teachers who formerly protested over their unpaid accumulated arrears in Rumbek and distanced themselves from the case terming the teachers as criminals. Recently, a group of teachers in Rumbek, Lakes State were reportedly apprehended[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang National accountability sectors’ work is severely curtailed due to low allocated budget which has not been disbursed to institutions, especially the National Audit Chamber said Amb. Stephen Wondu, the Auditor General. According to Wondu, the National Audit Chamber (NAC) was supposed to receive their funding directly[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) the body tasked to monitor ceasefire violations yesterday appealed to the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) to withdraw from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) cantonment sides. The cantonment sites in question are;[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The National Minister of Finance and Planning has on Wednesday tabled a draft budget of 1.3 trillion South Sudanese Pounds as the fiscal year budget for the financial year 2022-2023 at the floor of Parliament. The presentation of the fiscal year budget to the parliament comes about[Read More…]

By Ijoo Bosco Authorities in Imurok payam of Torit County in Eastern Equatoria State has on Monday said a 35years old man identified as John Buga committed suicide after killing his twenty-five-year-old wife called Achan Ifuho on Saturday last week. The local authorities said, the incident happened at around 8pm[Read More…]

By Matia Samuel Timatio  The Ministry of General Education and Instructions has cautioned both private and public secondary schools to stop enrolling students without passing their Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) examinations which is against the country’s laws or face punitive measures. The Deputy Minister of the Ministry of General[Read More…]