By Yien Gattuor Mead A three day’s peace dialogue aimed at building peace and trust among communities in Unity State has concluded with calls for action to eradicate cattle raids and promote peaceful co-existence in Unity state. The initiative that was supported by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)[Read More…]
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Two Ebola suspects test negative, says Health ministry
By William Madouk Garang The national Ministry of Health has said the two samples of suspected Ebola cases taken out of the country for investigations have tested negative for the virus. On Monday, health authorities in Juba with support from World Health Organization (WHO) sent three samples out of five[Read More…]
Malaria proven the most threatening disease in the country
By Mary Poni Malaria had proven as the most threatening disease in South Sudan especially in Juba according to health officials. The Juba Teaching Hospital Medical Director Dr. Maker Isaac Wel said that though they keep on receiving cases everyday including referrals from various hospitals and clinics, there are no[Read More…]
Ministers in Torit approves buying 10 vehicles
By Ijoo Bosco The Eastern Equatoria state council of ministers held an extra ordinary sitting on Tuesday at the state house. The meeting that was chaired by Governor Louis Lobong Lojore deliberated on the purchase of ten new vehicles to ease service delivery at the grassroots. The state Minister of[Read More…]
University of Juba sweeps-off Arabic from being compulsory
By Bida Elly David The senators of the University of Juba have on Tuesday pronounced Arabic language to be undertaken as an optional subject by first year students and laid a strategy to introduce French, Chinese and Swahili languages as additional optional languages. The pronouncement was made during the University[Read More…]
UK wants soldiers embroiled in killings prosecuted
By William Madouk Garang The United Kingdom is calling on the government of South Sudan to arrest and prosecute soldiers who are finger pointed in Killing of Civilians in Southern Unity State. The UK government lamented about increasing cases of conflict related sexual violence committed by both government and opposition[Read More…]
Activist demands swift intervention on protesting students’ situation in Egypt
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei A civil society activist has called on Parliament to urgently intervene on the alarming situation of students living within the South Sudan Embassy in Egypt, following their serious protest. The Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), Mr. Edmund Yakani stated that the South[Read More…]
Starving soldiers cause havoc in Morobo
By Adia Jildo Soldiers said to be under the command of SPLM/A-IO in Morobo County have turned to the civil populace in the county to loot the locals for food stuffs and non-food items for their survival according to the county commissioner. The seemingly starving soldiers reportedly had caused insecurities,[Read More…]
Cabinet approves $30 million additional Ebola response fund
By Taban Henry South Sudan government through its Council of Ministers in an extraordinary meeting yesterday approved over 30 million US dollars additional Ebola preparedness and response fund. Earlier last week, the cabinet approved 500,000 US dollars for the preparedness response to the Ebola outbreak that took place in the[Read More…]
State parliament grills ministers over controversial deal
By Bida Elly David Central Equatoria State Transitional Legislative Assembly yesterday summoned three ministers before the August house to explain a controversial Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) they signed with a private company for the establishment of E-government system on revenue collection before deliberation. In November 2021, the government of Central[Read More…]
Human trafficking rises to 75% in Kitgum district
By Martha John savior – Kitgum Uganda Authorities of Kitgum district gender-based and domestic violence police department had cautioned residents to be conscious of human trafficking which is reported to be on the rise. In an interview Tuesday with Onen Chan, the officer at the gender-based and domestic violence police[Read More…]
South Sudan records over 300,000 cases of malnutrition
By Taban Henry South Sudan through the United Nations International Children Education Fund (UNICEF) has recorded over 300,000 cases of malnutrition this year. This statistics was revealed yesterday during the USAID announcement of another further support of 35 million US dollars to UNICEF to boost the country’s fight against malnutrition[Read More…]
UNICEF receives 35 million USD to support malnutrition
By Taban Henry The United Nations International Children Educational Fund (UNICEF) has on Tuesday received a sum of 35 million US dollars from the USAID to support South Sudan in the fight against malnutrition. Speaking during the handover ceremony, Katherine Crawford, the USAID South Sudan Mission Director said that mothers[Read More…]
Government vows to improve communication network
By Bida Elly David The government has laid a four year strategic plan to improve communication network across the Country through the use of fibre optics that will speed up the transmission of the network. This development came during the high level conference in Bucharest, Romania organized by the global[Read More…]
Cleric urges holdout groups to denounce violence
By Taban Henry The Bishop of Yei Diocese Alex Lodiong Sakor is urging all the armed holdout groups in the country to denounce violence and opt for dialogue as the only peaceful way to settle the prevailing political differences. This came after the Catholic Church represented by the Bishop of[Read More…]
State Chamber of commerce cautions traders over illegal tax
By Mary Poni The Central Equatoria State Chamber of commerce has cautioned traders in Konyo-Konyo disputed market, warned against accepting tax duplication by the city council and Islamic council as the two institutions battle for ownership of the ground rent fees. The warning to the traders came as a reminder[Read More…]
Gov’t urges protesting students to vacate Embassy in Cairo
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Deng Dau has urged South Sudanese students on Egyptian government scholarship who had been for a sit-in protest at the embassy in Cairo to vacate the premises. Dau’s call came following reported harassment of the students at[Read More…]
Era of awarding mutineers, high ranks is over
By William Madouk Garang Era of rewarding insurgents who flee to bush and wreak havoc in the country with high ranks is over, President Salva Kiir Mayardit said on Monday. The President made this remark during a meeting with a group of chiefs from Greater Mundri of Western Equatoria State,[Read More…]
Indians in Juba commemorate cultural festival
By Bida Elly David Indian Embassy in collaboration with the Indian Association in South Sudan (IASS) has over the weekend celebrated a cultural event marking celebration of their 75th year of Independence. The event was celebrated at Hindu Temple premises in Juba and attended by a number of participants consisting[Read More…]
Clergy cautions Christians against fake churches
By Bida Elly David A senior clergy and a spiritual councilor belonging to the Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS) has cautioned believers amid unnecessary joining of churches whose intention is to gain financial benefits from their congregation. He made the statement as a major concern during one of the[Read More…]