By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) convoy that was attacked on Tuesday by alleged armed civilians while on their way to the restive Mayom County resulted to the death of 17 people, comprising of 15 SSPDF servicemen and 2 civilians according to local sources. The[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Minister of Finance and Planning Agak Acuil Lual said the weekly auctioning of US dollars is a short term remedy to the run-away inflation as it aims to draw back the amount of pounds in the market circulation to stabilize the foreign exchange. South Sudan is[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The security forces have arrested 27 suspects linked to Rualbet of Tonj North County in an intensified crackdown over recent gory violence in Warrap State, said the security chief. The Chief of National Security Service, Akol Koor Kuc disclosed this on Tuesday during a meeting with[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang More than twenty-five young entrepreneurs have attended one-day training on business management skills, conflict resolution and medium enterprises in Mayen-Ulem of Aweil North County. The training aimed to restore livelihood and productive capacities as part of an integrated recovery and resilience response. The event was organized[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The spokesperson of the National Police Service, Maj. General Daniel Justin had pledged the police authorities’ commitment to hunt down and bring to book perpetrators of the rampant killings and lootings in the country. There has been increasing cases of civilians being killed day by day[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The national Ministry of health in collaboration with Al-Basar International Foundation from Saudi Arabia and African Revitalized Organization for Relief and Development yesterday launched an initiative for free surgical eye camp meant for visual patients. The launch of the initiative by the trio partners was conducted[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong The Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly has recommitted back the National Prison Service Act (Amendment) Bill of 2022 to the Specialized Committee because of a missing part. Chapter 7 of the amendment Act that contains disciplinary articles of the National Prison Act was reportedly omitted without[Read More…]

By Taban Henry Persons living with disabilities in South Sudan are calling on partners to offer support and build resilience of persons with disabilities. This came in a meeting organized by the South Sudan Union of Persons with Disabilities with the aim of building strong, inclusive and united union of[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The Town Mayor of Majok Yinthiou Municipality in Aweil East County with his deputy were detained Friday on suspicion of selling sorghum (Dura) meant to subsidize food commodity prices and salvage the livelihood of ordinary citizens in Aweil. The Police in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State[Read More…]

By Taban Henry An official from the National Ministry of Gender Child and Social Welfare has decried that the lack of access to the budget allocated for the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) is posing a challenge. This came during a meeting on Tuesday organized by the Union of the people[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) convoy was allegedly attacked by armed civilians yesterday (Tuesday) while on their way to the restive Mayom County. The incident allegedly happened in a remote village called Bieh Nyang Payam within Mayom County, Unity State at around 8:00AM. Early this[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang A new trafficking in persons Report shows that the government of South Sudan does not fully meet minimum standards for elimination of “trafficking in persons” and is not making significant efforts to do so. The report published on Tuesday 19th of July, 2022, by US Department[Read More…]

By Ijoo Bosco Eastern Equatoria State’s Governor Louis Lobong Lojore has called for dialogue between the Buya and the Toposa communities to allow peace and stability prevail in the region. Lobong was speaking at a public rally in Napak Boma of Budi County on Monday as he wound up is[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The government of Central Equatoria State has cautioned sector commanders and parents for having failed to control the rampant insecurity caused by most youth in most parts of Central Equatoria State especially Juba being the City of the country. Recently, rampant insecurity concerns were raised by[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang The ministry of education in Lakes state has released the primary eight results of 2021-2022 examination in the ministry’s Headquarters on Monday. In a statement to media during the announcement in his office, the Minister of General Education and Instructions in Lakes State, Nelson Makoi Makur[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong The Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) yesterday adjourned its regular sitting No.18/2022 on Monday to Tuesday 26th/July/2022 due to the burial of the late lawmaker Mayom Kuoch Malek who succumbed to a long illness in Germany last week. The Deputy Speaker for Administration and Finance[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Mayor of Juba City Council Michael Lado Allah-Jabu said the arrested gangsters will face the court of law without bail citing that their presence was posing a danger in the society when left to roam freely. On Saturday, security personnel reportedly arrested 32 gangsters in the[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in their 2022 edition report on food crisis has anticipated that South Sudan among six other countries are in terrible position to face high shortage of food after this year marked a dramatic increase in food insecurity. This came following[Read More…]

By James Innocent The chairperson for Yei Youth association Johnson Poru Hillary calls on parents and elders to protect them from using harmful drugs. Johnson mentioned that the drugs are commonly sold in shops to the young people in secret words of which legal authorities could not understand “I call[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) International Partners Forum (IPF) on Thursday called upon the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (RJMEC) and Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements, Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) to extend clear possibility strategy and monetary indications. The representative of the IPF[Read More…]