By Akol Madut Ngong President Salva Kiir Mayardit urged the holdout rebel movements that are still locking horns with the government to embrace the spirit of the Revitalized Peace Agreement and desist from rebellions saying they no longer want rebels in the country. The President made the call to the[Read More…]
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CES cabinet passes over SSP 16 Billion Fiscal budget
Bida Elly David The Central Equatoria State Council of ministers in their meeting on Thursday approved and passed over Sixteen Billion (16,000,000,000) South Sudanese pounds for the fiscal budget 2022/2023 to the parliament for further scrutiny and approval. The proposed budget was presented by the Minister of finance, planning and[Read More…]
Museveni urges S. Sudanese to work for national interest
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni urged South Sudanese to concentrate on looking at their interest and not their identity saying “we the progressive forces, we say look at the interest of the people not the identity”. The Ugandan President spoke during[Read More…]
Defend the flag: You are not Oyee or Viva soldiers
By William Madouk Garang A renowned civil society activist has urged the newly graduated unified forces to defend the Country’s flag but not political parties’ interest, citing that let politicians under Kiir’s SPLM chant Oyee and Riek’s SPLM-IO hymn their own Viva. The Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress[Read More…]
Adil applauds National basketball team
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Governor of Central Equatoria State (CES) Emmanuel Adil Anthony had yesterday congratulated the National Basket Ball Team for winning and qualifying for the 2023 FIBA Basketball world Cup. Speaking during the graduation of the first batch of the Unified Forces, Adil said “Special Note, I[Read More…]
Organization advocates for refugees land rights in Yei
By James Innocent The Initiative for Peace and Communication Association (IPCA) organized a one day brief community dialogue with justice Actors to provide opportunities for youth, women IDPS, Refugees and returnees, to reclaim and advocate for their rights in Yei River County of Central Equatoria State on Tuesday which brought[Read More…]
Woman boils feet of 9 months’ old baby
By Ephraim Modi D.S A 9 months’ old baby was on Monday evening found burnt on her both feet at home in Juba’s Gudele two suburb, allegedly with hot water by a woman who lives at the same compound. The mother to the baby who identified herself as Monica Michael[Read More…]
Pay soldiers well to eliminate unknown gunmen
By Mary Poni A civil society activist and the Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO)Mr. Edmund Yakani, has urged the government to pay the unified forces good money in order to eradicate the chronic issues of unknown gunmen. He made the appeal while delivering remarks on behalf[Read More…]
Citizens express hopes over graduation of unified forces
By Akol Madut Ngong South Sudanese couldn’t hide their excitements any longer as they welcome the historical first phase graduation of the Unified Forces in Juba restoring their hopes in the political leadership willingness to implement the Revitalized Peace Agreement. Some of the citizens who flock to Dr. John Garang[Read More…]
Government graduates first batch of unified forces
By Bida Elly David The South Sudan unity government yesterday graduated a number of 21,973 cadets from the unified forces into one national army as a mechanism to implement provisions on security arrangements as stated in the Revitalized Peace Agreement. The occasion came following series of preparations after it was[Read More…]
Combat corruption to end low salaries
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny told the graduates of the unified forces yesterday to lead the way in the fight against corruption in order for them to improve their poor salaries. He also instructed the Unified Forces to engage in various fields like[Read More…]
I am the boss, President Kiir tells unified forces
By William Madouk Garang “You are no longer military wing of warring parties but national security sector organs of the country and I am your commander-in-chief”, these are the words of President Salva Kiir to cadets passing out graduation. Addressing the unified forces at Dr. John Garang Mausoleum on Tuesday[Read More…]
New ICRC report sheds light on the plight of the families of missing people
By ICRC –Juba On the International Day of the Disappeared (30th-August-2022), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) shares the findings of a recent study on the needs of South Sudanese families who live the anguish of not knowing the whereabouts of one or more of their family members.[Read More…]
Wildlife threaten communities in Kitgum district
By Martha John Savior – Kitgum Uganda Communities of Orom East and Namokora sub-counties have been living in a great fear for the past four months as wildlife from Kidepo National Game Park keeps on encroaching within communities while causing massive destruction of properties. The LC5 of Orom East Sub-county[Read More…]
Mayor vows to empower idle youth economically
By Bida Elly David The authorities of the city and the quarter councils have showed commitment to support young people in residential areas through economic empowerment on business and capacity building to mitigate crimes caused due to idleness. This development came during a campaign on community police awareness of young[Read More…]
South Sudan MPs train for EAC inter sports and games race
By Bida Elly David Lawmakers at the Transitional National Legislative Assembly this week started physical training as they prepare for the East African Community (EAC) inter-parliamentary games and sports competition to kick off in Juba in December. The East African community inter-parliamentary sports games competition was initiated by the parliamentarians[Read More…]
D-Day: About 1,700 cadets to finally parade for graduation at Dr. John Garang Mausoleum
By William Madouk Garang At least 1,700 unified forces cadets representing all units of Necessary Unified Forces – first batch in Greater Equatoria region are passing out the long-awaited graduation today, army official said. Bilpham confirmed that more than 10,000 forces in greater Equatoria are set to graduate Tuesday –[Read More…]
Airport, ministries roads temporarily closed-Police
By Bida Elly David The acting national police spokesperson yesterday said the Ministries and Airport roads shall undergo tentative closure today as many heads of States and other invited guests shall be accessing them for their movement towards Dr. John Garang Mausoleum for the graduation. The government last week invited[Read More…]
Chamber warns Islamic and City Council over disputing traders
By Bida Elly David The administration of Central Equatoria State Chamber of Commerce has called on the authorities of Juba City Council and the Islamic councils to pause collection of ground rent from traders and wait for their court ruling over the case of multiple shops ownership in Konyo-Konyo. This[Read More…]
Governor Futuyo to hunt untrained soldiers after graduation
By Alex Digi The Government of Western Equatoria State over the weekend said they were going to hunt for some members of the armed group who will be left out in the cantonment areas after the graduation of Unified Forces. The Transitional Government of National Unity scheduled Tuesday 30 August[Read More…]