By John Sylivestor Timber The Commissioner of Mundri East County Margret is demanding for the release of a 14 years old teenage school girl from police custody after she was taken in on the account of her on-the-run father. Commissioner Fouzia told No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper on Friday that[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The Minister of Information and Government’s Spokesperson, Michael Makuei Lueth said government is very disappointed and dissatisfied with recent renewal of sanctions and an arms embargo imposed by UN Security Council (UNSC) on the country. Minister Lueth was speaking to media on Friday after the Council[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S Fears and grief in Kajo-Keji County following the shooting of three men in Kiri Boma, Kajo-keji County at around 4:00PM on Thursday evening, 26th May, 2022 by South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDFs). The soldiers reportedly went to the area and locals alerted them of a[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong South Sudanese Political Parties on Thursday 26th May, 2022 in a consultative meeting evoked ten resolutions to be implemented by government of national unity in collaboration with all parties in the Republic of South Sudan. At the Forum organized by National Ministry of Peace Building and[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu The Minister of Finance and Planning on Friday, tabled the national budget amounting to 862 billion South Sudanese pounds to Council of Ministers as the first budget ceiling for the financial year 2022/2023in its first presentation. The Cabinet in its Regular meeting No.6/2022 chaired by President[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong South Sudan political parties are in disagreement to conduct the forthcoming elections in 2023, as they disputed during political parties’ round table discussion sponsored by UN-Women and other stakeholders. The theme of the forum which ended on Friday said; “A Peaceful, Democratic and Stable South Sudan.”[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The World Bank on Friday approved $70 million grant in pursuits to boost socio-economic endeavours of women in South Sudan. World Bank’s Country Manager in South Sudan, Firas Raad said that the fundings’ goal is to back female entrepreneurs in formalizing and scaling up their business activities.[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo Authorities in Yei River County have reportedly closed petrol stations for the reason that owners of the gasoline have increased the price of fuel. “Two days ago, the managers of petrol stations took up unilateral decisions without informing relevant authorities and hiked the fuel price. The government,[Read More…]

By Matia Samuel Timatio Juba City Council said criminal activities carried out by gangs known as niggers have improved following the hunt and arrest of several affiliates. The City Mayor, Michael Allah-Jabu said that 33 suspected gang members were arrested in the middle of April. The criminal cliques included 17[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu Untimely release of funds for Juba-Torit-Nadapal Highway construction is dictating on the progress of the construction of the second national road after Juba-Nimule-Uganda which commenced on a good phase from Juba to Torit.   Minister of Roads and Bridges, Simon Mijok Mijak said there are only subcontractors[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang Government through Ministry of Investment together with its partners; Mara Muhim Initiative, Center for Inclusive Governance Peace and Justice (CIGPJ) has yesterday launched the first-ever South Sudanese Women Grand Trade exhibition. The trade fair exhibited coined-handcraft products such as beads, necklaces, earrings, beauty products, perfumes, oils,[Read More…]

By Taban Henry Delegation from Central Equatoria State government on Wednesday donated nonfood items to the Internally Displaced Persons sheltering at Gumbo IDPs’ camp. The Gender Advisor to the CES governor, Mariam Aguli Zachariah who headed the delegation said the purpose of the visit was to acquaint themselves with the[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo Small scale traders in Juba are severely hurt and striving to survive with the current inflations rate as prices of food commodity and some non-food steadily increased since dollar rates volleyed high against South Sudanese pounds within a week. One of the vendors, Poni Josephine who sells[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Turkish Ambassador to South Sudan, Erdem Mutaf yesterday told diplomats that it should not always be about politics but sometimes it’s good to have time to socialize. Ambassador Mutaf made this remarks during exhibition of Turkey traditional food aimed to promote Turkish kitchen or chef[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei Parties and signatory to the revitalized peace agreement on Wednesday exchanged views on Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) report presented by ceasefire and transitional security arrangement monitoring and verification mechanism (CTSAMVM). In the report, CTSAMVM said all warring parties have committed gender-based violence in the locations[Read More…]

By Taban Henry Robbers broke into the South Sudan and Sudan Catholic Bishop Secretariat Conference on Tuesday and looted valuables and huge amount of money. In a statement to the media, the Secretary General of the South Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference Fr. Peter Suleiman Bolis confirmed that robbers have broken[Read More…]