By Taban Henry The peace monitoring body-Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) has blamed the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) for the recent violence in Turu of Upper Nile state. Clashes between rival factions within the SPLA-IO in Magenis, Upper Nile state resulted in unconfirmed[Read More…]
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SSPDF soldiers allegedly beat civilians in Yei River County
By Taban Henry A Member of Parliament representing Yei River County in the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly, Peter Lomude has accused the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces for reportedly beating and looting people’s properties in Abegi area along Yei-Lasu road. According to Lomude, the incident was triggered by a[Read More…]
Students briefly shutdown Dr. John Garang University
By Chol Makol Riak Students at Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology on Tuesday briefly shutdown the University’s offices while protesting. Last week, the university’s administration enforced an order urging students who failed one course to repeat the whole academic year. A third year protesting student who[Read More…]
New date fixed for Bishop Carlassare’s consecration
By Adia Jildo The bishop-elect of Rumbek diocese Christian Carlassare will be consecrated in the Rumbek Diocese on the 25th of March 2022. The information was revealed by the Wau Diocese that it consulted the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and South Sudan. “After due consultation with the Apostolic Nuncio to[Read More…]
Fake claims headache to finance Minister
By Philip Buda Ladu The Minister of Finance and Planning Agak Achuil Lual has revealed that fake financial claims are the most chaotic scenarios giving him headache as people flock to the ministry claiming payment for forged medical referrals and nonexistent contracts payments. The minister made the revelation while speaking[Read More…]
Soldiers facilitating illegal logging in Kajo-Keji
Philip Buda Ladu An investigation by No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper into the persistent illegal logging activities in Kajo-Keji County of Central Equatoria State has shown a ring of cartels manning the logging. The South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) have been involved in the illegal logging as the forces[Read More…]
Juba city council launches clean-up campaign
By Taban Henry Juba City Council on Saturday started their clean up campaign at Mauna Block 3 residential area under the theme: “keep Juba City clean and green”. The Juba City cleanup campaign program which was organized by Juba City Council in Collaboration with Juba Rajaf Solid Waste Management Group[Read More…]
Kakwa Community holds cultural festival
By Akol Madut Ngong The Kakwa Community in Juba on Saturday held their first ever cultural festival under the theme: “Culture is the root of our identity” The event featured a number of events including traditional dancing, display of different types of foods and crops. It also featured performance from[Read More…]
Soldiers facilitating illegal logging in Kajo-Keji
Philip Buda Ladu An investigation by No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper into the persistent illegal logging activities in Kajo-Keji County of Central Equatoria State has shown a ring of cartels manning the logging. The South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) have been involved in the illegal logging as the forces[Read More…]
Jonglei intervenes in civil society Power wrangle
By Chol Makol Riak The Relief and Rehabilitation Commission in Jonglei state has intervened in the Jonglei civil society network crisis. Last Month, Jonglei civil society network general assembly held a meeting with representatives of the 43-member organizations in the state and elected a new leadership of the network, a[Read More…]
Over 5,000 Mundari IDPs return home
By Noah Issa Philip Over 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons from Domuru Boma in Yeri Payam of Mvolo County in Western Equatoria state, who have been displaced since 2011 due to communal conflict, have returned to their original homelands. They were forced to migrate due to inter-communal conflict between Dinka Atuot[Read More…]
Suicide cases on rise in Lakes State
By Yang Ater Yang The Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) said suicide cases are on the rise in Lakes State, urging the government to intervene. CEPO’s Lakes’ State coordinator, Daniel Laat Kon said the number of suicide death cases recorded in 2021-2022 is 45 and 28 suicide attempts mostly[Read More…]
JICA launches co-chair project at Juba University
By Adia Jildo Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has launched its first co- chair project in the learning at the University of Juba. The 5 years’ project will focus on enlightening the steps of modernization and economic development of Japan and how South Sudan can use the experience to develop[Read More…]
Jonglei Workers Union urges gov’t to pay civil servants
By Chol Makol Riak The Workers Trade Union in Jonglei state is urging the state government to adhere to its commitment and pays\ civil servants their dues. This week, the Jonglei state Minister of Information, Veronica William Deng told Radio Jonglei that the state will pay the civil servants their[Read More…]
S. Sudan remotely monitoring citizens’ safety in Ukraine
By Philip Buda Ladu The Government said it is remotely monitoring the situation and safety of South Sudanese citizens that are in Kiev, Ukraine as Russian attacks against Ukraine intensifies. As the Russian Military Offensive against Ukraine intensifies the South Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said it[Read More…]
Armed herders dislodge over 4,000 Magwi residents
By Taban Henry Over 4,000 residents in the villages of Agoro, Nyolo, Post Mangat and Chomboro of Magwi County have fled their homes after an attack by armed cattle keepers. The Executive Chief of Agoro payam, Okee Joseph Oryem confirmed that huge number of people has been displaced and one[Read More…]
Ethiopia awards 29 scholarships to South Sudanese doctors
By Philip Buda Ladu The Government of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia has awarded more scholarships to 29 South Sudanese student doctors to pursue their post-graduate programs on different specialty areas in the field of medicine. The 29 doctors were among the over 70 practicing South Sudanese medical officers drawn[Read More…]
ICRC distributes 35 wheelchairs to disabled in Aweil
By Ngor Deng Matem The International Committee of the Red Cross, (ICRC) in South Sudan has distributed thirty-five wheelchairs to people who are paralyzed and unable to walk in Aweil. The beneficiaries were identified by the state Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare in collaboration with the communities. Some[Read More…]
Gunmen loot food aid for flood victims
By Taban Henry Warehouses with food aid for thousands of people affected by floods have been looted by armed groups in South Sudan in areas that are now out of reach for aid workers. In a statement released to the media on Thursday, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Kennedy Mabonga,[Read More…]
Juba University collaborates to launch Hospitality school
By Adia Jildo The University of Juba and Zetech University in Kenya are set to launch a joint school of hospitality and tourism in the University of Juba. The school set to be launched in the next academic year will help boost economic empowerment in the country as part of[Read More…]