By Bida Elly David The First Deputy Speaker for the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly has reiterated full rights of women over ownership and access to resources and wealth to live an independent and meaningful life. He said this statement during the national Annual women conference which was attended by[Read More…]
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Schools imposing heavy charges to candidates face punitive measures
By Taban Tom Henry The National Examination Council has on Wednesday warned schools imposing heavy examination charges to candidates preparing to sit for the 2022-2023 examination threatening them with severe punitive measures. Addressing the media in a joint press briefing, the Secretary General for the National Examination Council Simon Nyok[Read More…]
Opposition furiously points fingers at Governor Dr. Manytuil
By William Madouk Garang Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) allied to Dr. Riek Machar has accused the governor of Unity State, Dr. Joseph Manytuil of running state affairs alone, and sacking opposition officials without consultation. This came after governor Manytuil in a gubernatorial order on Tuesday suspended the[Read More…]
Female MP vows to support best performing candidates
By Martha John Savio – Kitgum Uganda Female Member of Parliament in Lamu District of Northern Uganda has showed commitment to promote education through scholarships and provision of scholastic materials to best performing candidates. She disclosed her pledge to the media in her house during a presentation of her parliamentary[Read More…]
Governor Adil assents SSP 16 billion State fiscal budget
By Mary Poni The governor of Central Equatorial State Emmanuel Adil Anthony has assented the sixteen billion South Sudanese Pounds State fiscal budget for 2022-23 into law yesterday. Speaking to the media after the signing yesterday, the State Minister of Finance and investment Wani Tom Sebit said that as mandated[Read More…]
Government procures food for vulnerable flood victims
By Adia Jildo The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management has procured Sorghum worth 20 million United States dollars from Sudan to reach most affected flood victims in the Northern corridors of South Sudan. Following the declaration of flood as a national disaster in South Sudan, the government approved[Read More…]
SSFA plans to establish beach football and hall games
By Bida Elly David The president of South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) has reiterated his plan to establish beach football program and hall football games as a mechanism to promote sports activities across the Country and unite the citizens through sports. This development came during a meeting between South Sudan[Read More…]
Chamber injects SSP45 million for company awards
By Bida Elly David South Sudan chamber of commerce has injected Forty-five million (45M) South Sudanese Pounds for inter-company awards set to kick off on the 9th –December-2022 as well as launched its on-line website meant to disseminate its business activities to the World. The National chamber of commerce is[Read More…]
Dr. Machar’s camp disowns Gatwech’s defection claims
By William Madouk Garang Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO), spokesperson Col. Lam Paul Gabriel has dismissed a claim from Gen. Simon Gatwech’s faction that 135 non-commissioned officers and four generals had defected to their military camp. In an exclusive interview with No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper, Col. Gabriel referred[Read More…]
Disabled persons demand inclusion in decision making
By Bida Elly David The leadership of the Union of Persons with Disabilities has called on the transitional legislative Assembly to table a motion on the fundamentals for the inclusion of the group into government decision making processes and private sectors. This development came following concerns raised by the persons[Read More…]
Monetary body pledges to fix the crippled economy
By Bida Elly David The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reiterated commitment to extend their support to South Sudan as a mechanism to mitigate the ongoing global economic recession that had spiked up commodity prices and reduced global industrial production. This development arose over the weekend during a meeting between[Read More…]
Freedom to religion denied, Adventist pastor says
By Adia Jildo Seventh Day Adventist church pastor has said freedom to religion and worship has been denied following Lawmaker Salva Mathok Gengdit’s setting of church ablaze in Gogrial East County of Warrap State. MP Gengdit in an interview with No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper confessed that he did burn the[Read More…]
‘Be wary of scam’ Ministry of Investment warns
By William Madouk Garang The Ministry of Investment has appealed to the general public to be vigilant of fake Facebook pages created in the name of Minister Dr. Dhieu Mathok Diing with the purpose of conning people. On October 4th 2022, someone created a fake account on Facebook in the[Read More…]
Date set for graduation of forces in Bahr el Ghazal
By William Madouk Garang The graduation of the Joint Necessary Unified Forces in the greater Bahr el Ghazal region will be this week; this is according to government official representative in Ceasefire monitoring body. I-TGoNU representative at the Ceasefire Transitional Security Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM), Lt-Gen Rabi Mujung Emmanuel[Read More…]
Withdraw from SPLA-IO designated sites
By William Madouk Garang The ceasefire monitoring body – CTSAMVM has urged South Sudan Peoples’ Defense Forces (SSPDF) to withdraw their forces from cantonment sites designated for SPLA-IO forces in Unity and Upper Nile states. The Chairperson of the Ceasefire Transitional Security Monitoring and Verification Mechanism, Lt-Gen Asrat Denero Amad[Read More…]
Remove arms embargo to tackle insecurity
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei Senior government official at ceasefire monitoring body, Lt. Gen Rabi Mujung has appealed to the Ceasefire Transitional Security Monitoring and Verification Mechanism to back government in their quest for lifting arms embargo. I-TGoNU representative at CTSAMVM, Mr. Mujung said for the country to be able to[Read More…]
SSPDF arrest Aweil traders
By Joseph Deng More than ten men in Aweil have been arrested by the South Sudan army-department of military intelligence. The arrest took place in Aweil East County on unclear or undisclosed reasons according to the families of the people arrested. Deng Athian Akuei commonly known as Deng Makol, the[Read More…]
Police officer harasses aged beggar in Juba
By Bida Elly David A sixty year old man was over the weekend harassed by a young police officer in Munuki for having used a business point as his daily begging point discouraging customers from access to the product. This incident transpired at one of the petrol stations along Melisya-Libya[Read More…]
President Kiir briefed on IMF experts’ mission
By Taban Tom Henry The IMF Deputy Chief for African Affairs Cathy Patillo paid a courtesy visit to President Salva Kiir Mayardit over the weekend. She informed the head of state during their meeting on Saturday that a high-level delegation of global finance experts with the IMF will be visiting[Read More…]
Lawmaker Salva Mathok sets church ablaze
By Adia Jildo A member of parliament in the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) representing Gogrial East County at the national parliament has set a Seventh Day Adventist Church ablaze in his constituency over the weekend. Salva Mathok Gengdit, a military officer who is now a lawmaker, told No.1[Read More…]