By Ijoo Bosco The Eastern Equatoria State leadership led by the Governor, Louis Lobong Lojore paid a courtesy visit to the State hospital and delivered a message of solidarity to the Murle youth wounded during cattle raid in Kapoeta currently under medication. Governor Lobong, upon hearing the report on the[Read More…]

By Ijoo Bosco The situation in Ikotos County has returned to normalcy as schools, business centers and other social amenities have reopened after fears gripped the area last week following tensions. On Tuesday, the Commissioner of Ikotos County held a public rally with the majority who fled their homes and[Read More…]

By Ijoo Bosco Over five Pastors from Rhapsody of Realities Church were reportedly robbed along Juba – Torit Highway in Lolere Boma while returning to the State capital Torit over the week. The pastor in charge of Rhapsody of Realities church, Robert Makmot told No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper that they[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The South Sudan government and German International Cooperation (GIZ) on Wednesday launched three major projects on food security and agricultural development aimed to improve the livelihoods, psychosocial support and community driven rural development initiatives. The projects are slated to be implemented by the GIZ South Sudan on[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Government of South Sudan in collaboration with Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) vowed to continue working towards completion of the implementation of the peace agreement despite facing financial challenges after they were exempted from funding. This development came following a meeting between President[Read More…]

By Taban Henry Some Civil Society activists are criticizing the South Sudanese leaders of not showing the ambition to go for democratic elections at the end of the transitional period that leaders do not want elections. Speaking to the media in a joint press briefing, Wednesday the Chairperson of South[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Minister of Transport Madut Biar on Tuesday denied knowledge of high charges that comes along with the cost of transportation of South Sudan Cargos with the Standard Guard Railway (SGR) from Mombasa to Nairobi Freight Terminal. Recently, South Sudan business community and the Kenyan transporters raised[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) convoy that was attacked on Tuesday by alleged armed civilians while on their way to the restive Mayom County resulted to the death of 17 people, comprising of 15 SSPDF servicemen and 2 civilians according to local sources. The[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Minister of Finance and Planning Agak Acuil Lual said the weekly auctioning of US dollars is a short term remedy to the run-away inflation as it aims to draw back the amount of pounds in the market circulation to stabilize the foreign exchange. South Sudan is[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The security forces have arrested 27 suspects linked to Rualbet of Tonj North County in an intensified crackdown over recent gory violence in Warrap State, said the security chief. The Chief of National Security Service, Akol Koor Kuc disclosed this on Tuesday during a meeting with[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang More than twenty-five young entrepreneurs have attended one-day training on business management skills, conflict resolution and medium enterprises in Mayen-Ulem of Aweil North County. The training aimed to restore livelihood and productive capacities as part of an integrated recovery and resilience response. The event was organized[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The spokesperson of the National Police Service, Maj. General Daniel Justin had pledged the police authorities’ commitment to hunt down and bring to book perpetrators of the rampant killings and lootings in the country. There has been increasing cases of civilians being killed day by day[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The national Ministry of health in collaboration with Al-Basar International Foundation from Saudi Arabia and African Revitalized Organization for Relief and Development yesterday launched an initiative for free surgical eye camp meant for visual patients. The launch of the initiative by the trio partners was conducted[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong The Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly has recommitted back the National Prison Service Act (Amendment) Bill of 2022 to the Specialized Committee because of a missing part. Chapter 7 of the amendment Act that contains disciplinary articles of the National Prison Act was reportedly omitted without[Read More…]

By Taban Henry Persons living with disabilities in South Sudan are calling on partners to offer support and build resilience of persons with disabilities. This came in a meeting organized by the South Sudan Union of Persons with Disabilities with the aim of building strong, inclusive and united union of[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The Town Mayor of Majok Yinthiou Municipality in Aweil East County with his deputy were detained Friday on suspicion of selling sorghum (Dura) meant to subsidize food commodity prices and salvage the livelihood of ordinary citizens in Aweil. The Police in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State[Read More…]

By Taban Henry An official from the National Ministry of Gender Child and Social Welfare has decried that the lack of access to the budget allocated for the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) is posing a challenge. This came during a meeting on Tuesday organized by the Union of the people[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) convoy was allegedly attacked by armed civilians yesterday (Tuesday) while on their way to the restive Mayom County. The incident allegedly happened in a remote village called Bieh Nyang Payam within Mayom County, Unity State at around 8:00AM. Early this[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang A new trafficking in persons Report shows that the government of South Sudan does not fully meet minimum standards for elimination of “trafficking in persons” and is not making significant efforts to do so. The report published on Tuesday 19th of July, 2022, by US Department[Read More…]

By Ijoo Bosco Eastern Equatoria State’s Governor Louis Lobong Lojore has called for dialogue between the Buya and the Toposa communities to allow peace and stability prevail in the region. Lobong was speaking at a public rally in Napak Boma of Budi County on Monday as he wound up is[Read More…]