By Mary Poni The Council of Ministers in their regular meeting on Friday deliberated on the report of the National Minister of Roads and Bridges. They discussed on the Juba-Terekeka-Rumbek Highway project budget presented to the Cabinet. The Minister of Information and Government’s spokesperson, Michael Makuei Lueth said the report[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Police authorities said they had found three dead bodies in three different locations within Juba city neighborhoods on 31st August 2022. Brig. Gen. James Dak Karlo, the deputy spokesperson of the national police service said the corpses were recovered in Munuki Suk Libya, Hai Referendum,[Read More…]

By Taban Henry       The Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) has on Friday called on the Troika countries (US, UK and Norway) to support the government roadmap on the extension of the transitional period. This came after the Minister of Cabinet Affairs briefed the Cabinet on the extraordinary meeting[Read More…]

Akol Madut Ngong Floods have seriously affected and disconnected five counties of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State from the State capital Awiel due to climatic change and global impact. Emmanuel Dhel Peter, the Assistant press secretary in the Office of the Governor of northern Bahr el Ghazal State said the[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The South Sudan Women Coalition, South Sudan Youth Coalition and Civil Society forum have yesterday called on the government to expedite the redeployment and operationalization of the phase two of the Training of the Unified Forces. Speaking during the R-JMEC Extraordinary Meeting in Juba on Thursday,[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The Juba City mayor has acknowledged and regretted the failure of the city council authorities to properly collect and manage garbage from across the city. Speaking in an interview with No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper, Mayor of Juba City Michael Lado Allah-Jabu said they regret their incapacity to[Read More…]

By John Sylvester Timba A chief in Mundri East County of Western Equatoria State has publicly accused the authorities of Mundri East County for not doing enough in order to restore back the hope of development in the County. Levis Kiropa made the remark last week on Friday during the[Read More…]

By Yien Gattuor Mead  At least three people have been reported missing at the protection of civilians’ site (PoC) in Bentiu of Unity State on Wednesday night, that’s according to the chairperson of Bentiu Youth forum. Mr. Kalany Bolis Kueth, the chairperson of Bentiu Youth Forum disclosed to No.1 Citizen[Read More…]

By Matia Samuel Timatio The Executive Director of the Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) said the welfare of journalists in South Sudan should be prioritized to promote the basic wellbeing of the journalists and boost the professional performances.     Michael Duku, the AMDISS Executive Director was speaking[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong Greater Pibor Administrative Area authorities said the security situation in the area has been relatively calm for almost two months after series of insecurity incidents were reported related to crimes such as cattle rustling and child abduction amongst the neighbouring communities. Speaking to No.1 Citizen Daily[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The Mayor of Juba City has on Thursday said they are going to extend the payment of the garbage collection fees to the residential areas within Juba City. This came after some residents of Juba City complained over the failure of the City Council authorities to remove[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei A 16-year-old girl was reportedly raped in Gurei suburb of Luri Payam in the outskirts of Juba city, police said. According to the deputy national police spokesperson Brig. Gen. James Dak Karlo, the incident happened at around 10:30pm in the evening of Wednesday 31st August 2022,[Read More…]

By Mary Poni The Chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC), Maj. Gen. Charles Tai Gituai, convened an extraordinary meeting for members to deliberate and state their position on the adoption of the peace roadmap extension signed by the parties to the 2018 R-ARCSS. The transitional unity[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The Troika countries (United States, United Kingdom, and Norway) who were part of a voting by membership of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) to adopt the extended peace roadmap on Thursday, boycotted the voting to extend the transitional period. In the statement extended to[Read More…]

By Taban Henry Some residents of Juba’s Hai Malakal neighborhood have criticized the Juba city council authorities for failing to properly manage garbage collection in the city and particularly their residential areas. The residents said solid waste are being piled close to their houses blocking water channels which in turn[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Undersecretary of the National Ministry of Health yesterday said South Sudan lacks specialized doctors in the field of fistula surgery as many patients battled with the health complication. She disclosed this during the launch of fistula training program organized by the administration of Juba teaching[Read More…]

By Mary Poni and Bida Elly David Juba Teaching Hospital (JTH) yesterday launched a second obstetric fistula training program for internal staff. The launch of the program came following the graduation of the first batch of surgeons from the same department. Speaking to the press yesterday, Dr. Anthony Lupai, the[Read More…]

By Mary Poni  The IGAD’s Special Envoy to South Sudan Amb. Dr. Ismail Wais acknowledged and recognized the commitments so far exhibited by the parties’ signatory to the 2018 revitalized Agreement continuing to uphold significant progress on the implementation of the agreement. He said the September 2018 peace parties have[Read More…]