By Taban Henry The Vatican Secretary of State and Pope Francis’ envoy who visited South Sudan has called on Members of Parliament in the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) to put the interest of the citizens first in their mandate. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican envoy made his appeal[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang          Members of Parliament in Lakes States ‘have passed the bill on customary laws and public order which was earlier ratified by the council of ministers in its extraordinary meeting last month. In a statement to the media, the chairperson of the committee for information in the[Read More…]

By James Innocent Thousands of people including local residents, government officials, employees from UN and Nongovernmental organizations, besides UNMISS and SSPDF soldiers gathered on Friday to participate in peace marathon in Yei River County of Central Equatoria State. The peace initiative was launched successfully on Friday morning ahead of the[Read More…]

Story by Ephraim Modi D.S An official from the Ministry of General Education and Instruction is calling on tax authority to remove taxes imposed on health and hygienic materials. The Director General for Gender Equality and Inclusive Education at the Ministry of General Education and Instruction, Ms. Esther Akumu Achire[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The visit of Secretary of State of the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin is not a solution to the problems in the Country, one of the opposition party South Sudan National Movement for Change said. Secretary for Foreign Relations of the party, Mogga Charles said the visit of[Read More…]

By John Sylivestor Mundri West town of Western Equatoria State is facing demolition threat amid Juba-Mundri Highway construction, as team of surveyors travelled to assess the area ahead of road clearance. The team of surveyors met with Mundri West County Commissioner, Zilipha Dawa and discussed issues related to surveying mission[Read More…]

Story by Ephraim Modi D.S The Minister of General Education and Instruction, Awut Deng Achuil has acknowledged her readiness to enrich her educational capacity by enrolling back to school. Awut gave her assurance to get back to class, while speaking at the official opening of the Berberi Academy for Training[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Minister of Presidential Affairs Barnaba Marial Benjamin has cited the positivity that came along with the victory of the South Sudan Basketball Team He stated that the victory had made the country to be recognized in a positive aspect than human right violation that South Sudan[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Governor of Central Equatoria State has declared and designated every Saturday as a day for general cleaning in all towns and parts of the State to maintain eco-system clean and safe for every citizen surrounding it. Governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony made the declaration during the[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The customs departments of South Sudan and the Sudan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to harmonize taxation policies and the movement of goods between the two countries in anticipation of the resumption of trade between the two countries. The deal was signed in Juba on Tuesday.[Read More…]

By Taban Henry Police have arrested six youths in Juba for allegedly instigating a riot between rival groups of football fans, following a peace tournament that was played in Juba on Tuesday. The tournament that was organized by the Juba-based advocacy organization, Bentiu Youth Peace Initiative, was intended to promote[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Minister of Public Service and Human Resource Development, Joseph Bangasi Bakasoro has challenged government institutions for recruiting incompetent human resources. Bakasoro made the remarks while addressing Berberi’s Academy for training and learning in Juba yesterday. He said most government institutions have incompetent civil servants that are[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Bank of South Sudan has strongly warned foreign commercial banks over domination of comprehensive banking positions by foreigners. The Governor of Central Bank, Moses Makur Deng has issued the warning in a press conference yesterday. He however called on foreigners to implement laws regarding recruitment[Read More…]

By Ijoo Bosco Authority in Budi County of Eastern Equatoria State said a vehicle belonging to the Caritas Luxembourg organization was looted along Chuhudum camp 15 over the weekend. Lokiru Raphael, the executive director of Homiri Payam of Budi County confirmed the incident saying it happened at Ngarera Boma of[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David A civil society activist has urged appointed members of parliament living with disabilities to proclaim and stand for the inclusion of persons with disability into the government system at all sectors. Speaking to No.1.Citizen Daily Newspaper Yesterday, Edmund Yakani, the Executive Director for the Community Empowerment[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David A two year old child at Shari-Bateri over the week was discovered dead in the house after the mother had departed to join her clique of women who were reportedly known of consuming alcoholic beverages together. The 23 year old woman and the mother to the[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong The National Minister of Environment and Forestry Josephine Napwon Cosmas is urging intellectuals and other relevant authorities in the Country to advocate to the public about the environmental impacts that will confront the society as well as other living things as result of river dredging. “What[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong South Sudan will lose hundreds’ millions of dollars if the government and the people of South Sudan agreed on the resumption of Jonglei canal digging and cleaning and clearance of the tributaries and the Nile River. The Senior Advisor, Programme Development, World Agroforestry Centre Peter T.[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Vatican Secretary of state Cardinal Pietro Parolin has arrived in Juba this morning paying his ecumenical visit following the failure of Pope Francis to visit South Sudan and The Democratic Republic of Congo due to health concerns. Cardinal Pietro met the President H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David and Taban Henry President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Monday met with a team from the Agwelek faction to deliberate on the status of the security arrangements as well as its implementation as agreed upon in the Khartoum accord. Agwelek Division is a break away Kit-gwang faction[Read More…]