By Bida Elly David The former national Minister of Finance and Planning has revealed that his office incurred several failures due to challenges that accumulated beyond his control despite number of achievements he had undertaken in regards to fiscal and financial management. This came following a Presidential decree issued last[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Minister of Interior yesterday said the rate of criminal activities in Juba have reduced following the recent communal operation exercise carried to mitigate a number of cumulative acts by crooks. This development came at the County headquarter during a meeting between the Commissioner of Juba[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Mayor of Juba City has issued a local order for the distribution and sale of garbage collection containers by East Africa Go-green waste management company that was earlier contracted to undertake the responsibility of solid waste management in Juba and Kator block. The order for[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S The Acting Secretary of Yei Joint Stars Mr. Mabe Clement on Friday requested the general public to support the team in terms of resources to enable them run the activities of the club smoothly in the Council for East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) qualifiers.[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The representatives from the umbrella of the Other Political Parties (OPP) are calling on President Salva Kiir Mayardit to reconsider the appointment of OPP State members of parliament. The opposition coalition umbrella group made the appeal to the President during the announcement of the extension of the[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang SPLM/A-IO Kitgwang Declaration under Commander Gen. Simon Gatwech laughed at a claim that ‘dozens of their senior officers shifted allegiance to SPLM-IO under Dr. Riek Machar’s camp calling it as false and misinformation cooked by a seasonal defector. The Spokesperson of Gen. Simon Gatwech, Alfred Gach[Read More…]

By Staff Writer More than 90 pupils from Primary and Secondary Schools together with some teachers in Kapoeta South County of Eastern Equatoria State have received a one-day training on trauma healing. With funding from the Germany government through its institution called IFA, PAX for Peace Organization supported the Catholic[Read More…]

THIS ROADMAP IS ANOTHER PANDORA BOX By Loro Louis Yugu (GUEST) The media has recently been flooded with talks about this newly created peace mechanism called the roadmap to the implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement. Whether it was concocted or it came through consensus remains a mystery. In my[Read More…]

 By Yien Gattuor Mead Over five hundred patients suffering from hemorrhagic sickness have received treatment in Unity State. Majority of the patients are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camping in Bentiu Town according to the State Ministry of Health. “The patients being treated are 569. The disease is caused by some[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Minister of Information and Government’s spokesperson, Michael Makuei Lueth said the Constitution making was one of the main reasons as to why the extension was made as it was the guiding principle to a peaceful, fair and democratic election. Makuei made the statement while briefing the[Read More…]

By Taban Henry President Salva Kiir Mayardit has on Thursday reiterated his call to the holdout groups to join hands for creating a complete transition for the country to democracy. This came on Thursday, when the parties, signatory to the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement disclosed the extension of the Transitional[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The government of Israel has showed efforts to offer free training to South Sudanese medical staff working under the umbrella of the National Ministry of Health in various sectors. The progress transpired during a meeting between the Vice President for Economic Cluster Dr. James Wani Igga[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The authorities of Juba City and the Chinese business community have agreed to ink deal on market expansion into a modern scheme as well as pondering on mechanisms through which infrastructural activities and traffic light could be improved. This development came following a meeting between the[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The representative of the former detainees (FDs) Deng Alor Kuol has urged the government of National Unity to unity of purpose to enable people to enjoy peace in the country. According to Alor, the extension of transitional period was the last chance for political leaders to[Read More…]

By Taban Henry A Civil Society activist is calling on the presidency to allocate crude oil cargo for the implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement as the government equally did recently allocate one crude oil cargo for the payment of civil salaries and arrears This came on Thursday during the[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The United States Government through its USAID agency has contributed over 220 million US Dollars to the World Food Programs for food and nutritional assistance in South Sudan as the Country battles its worst hunger and starvation. In a press statement, the Acting Mission Director for USAID[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Minister of Higher Education Science and Technology, Gabriel Changson Chang has called on the International Community to sanction South Sudan over guns acquisition and rather support the country in other initiatives such as scholarships, supply of medicines to elevate the livelihood of the people. Changson made[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The leadership of the Troika representatives in Juba which compromises of the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway yesterday boycotted the extension of the transitional period citing failure of the leadership of South Sudan to involve all parties and stakeholders to participate in the decision making.[Read More…]

President Salva Kiir Mayardit has on Thursday evening issued several presidential decrees in which he fired the Minister of Finance and Planning, Agak Achuil Lual, and replaced him with the former Governor of the Bank of South Sudan Dier Tong Ngor. In another separate decree Kiir also sacked the Governor[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar yesterday called on President Salva Kiir Mayardit to address the political space stalemate in parliament alleging that there is no political space for the opposition in the country. This came amid the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO)[Read More…]