By Bida Elly David At least 13 teachers were reportedly arrested and detained by security personnel in Lakes State, Rumbek for allegedly rejecting a two months’ salary pay which was not in conformity with the new 100% salary structure increment by the National government. Meanwhile on the contrary the Lakes[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The National Minister of Labour, James Hoth Mai has called on the cattle owners to start converting their cattle wealth into other commercial investments, rather than using them only for paying dowries. Minister Mai made his appeal to the wealthy cattle keepers in the country while[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Department of the corpse keeping segment(Mortuary) at the Juba Teaching Hospital has disclosed that over seventy (60) corpses have been hanging up in the mortuary as relatives to the departed souls couldn’t turn up to remove them for burial. The mortuary at the Juba Teaching[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The President of the Republic of South Sudan H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit yesterday left Juba for Nairobi to join his East African Community Counterparts at the septet summit of the heads of States. He was accompanied by a number of delegates from the government of South[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang Members of Parliament at the Central Equatoria State’s Transitional Legislative Assembly have opposed and pushed back a report compiled by Specialized Committee for Gender, Child Social Welfare during their courtesy visit to State Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare. The objection came after the Acting[Read More…]

By Kiden Stela Mandela The political crisis in South Sudan that plunged the country into civil war in December 2013 and July 2016 has destroyed the wellbeing of the ordinary South Sudanese citizens forcing over 2 million of them to move to the neighboring Uganda as refugees, leaving them to[Read More…]

Fathers take back your role of leading exemplarily, children are getting crooked Fathers – the patriarchs and leaders to the young ones. As we celebrate fathers, we also hold accountable those who are doing wrong and who are greatly misleading the young children. It is normal that a child’s behavior[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S Authorities of Juba City Council in Central Equatoria State have vowed to bridge the gap of unemployment in the city through creating more employment opportunities to the redundant young South Sudanese by ensuring that most businesses in the country are operated by the citizens. The pledge[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David Foreign merchants last week demonstrated their commitment of interest to reduce South Sudan’s balance of payment and external borrowings through investment in various fields. The development transpired during an official meeting between the President of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir and business tycoon from[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong The first food grain consignment of at least 70 trucks fully loaded with Sorghum (Dura) from Sudan’s Sennar, Blue Nile and Northern Kordofan States respectively, and destined for South Sudan are expected to arrive the country in a week’s time. The convey of the 70 trunks[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Minister of Petroleum Puot Kang Chol has admitted that the country is facing an enormous environmental pollution from the oil exploration while urging the oil companies to accept the Environmental Audit that the government has been pushing for. Speaking during a workshop organized by the[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong The Transitional Government of Jonglei State has accused an army commander belonging to the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) for instigating the recent communal clashes that claimed lives in the State.  In a press statement issued by the office of the Governor of Jonglei[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang A lawmaker at the Transitional National Assembly (TNLA), Kanaj Kuol Kuol has accused the former governor of Warrap State, Lewis Anei Kuendit and his associates of having illicit conspiracy to ‘overthrow’ the current Community Leadership. According to the legislator who represents Tonj North County at TNLA,[Read More…]

By William Maduok Garang The first Vice President, Dr Riek Machar has eulogized the fallen minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Manawa Peter Gatkuoth as a committed ‘nationalist’ who believed in reforming the country. According to officials, the South Sudan Minister of Water & Irrigation who was appointed to the[Read More…]

By James Innocent Yei River County in Central Equatoria State joined the rest of the nation and the entire African continent at large to commemorate the African Child Day on Thursday the 16th of June 2022 in Yei town with an outstanding call from a school child for an end[Read More…]

By Matia Samuel Timatio The Mayor of Yambio Municipality in Western Equatoria State has suspended the activities of Yambio B’Court barring it from rendering any judicial services to the people in the town over allegations that the Boma court has been issuing unwarranted divorce certificate to married couples. The suspension[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong Authorities in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State have launched a back-to-school campaign yesterday. The State ministry of general education and instruction initiated the program in partnership with UNICIEF and other stakeholders under, “My Teacher, My Hero”. Speaking in the event, the state Minister of General Education[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Lily Albino Akol Akol has underscored that South Sudan’s food security has been hampered by insecurity as the country’s food baskets areas suffer record high insecurity The country’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security made the statement during[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S The Government of Central Equatoria State under the jurisdictions of Juba City Council the authority in partnership with Al Mangalawi private company launched the first ever automobiles bond center in Juba on Friday. The vehicles bond, a sale point for cars situated in Line Temerejia next[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The Central Equatoria State government on Friday donated non-food items to women in Kwerijik   Boma of Luri payam, Juba County. The donation came after the Central Equatoria State Advisor Mariam Aguli Zacharia accompanied by the state Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare paid a visit to[Read More…]