By staff writer Members of Northern Bahr El Ghazal State (NBGs) Transitional Legislative Assembly have resumed business after six months of recess. The House had gone on recess to allow MPs to disseminate message of peace in their respective constituencies. Addressing MPs during the inauguration, the NBGs governor, Tong[Read More…]
Northern Bahr el-ghazal
Man kills wife, leaving 3-month baby
By Hou Akot Hou A cruel and heartless scene befell residents of Malek-Alell of Aweil South County, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, when a man killed his lactating wife, leaving behind a 3-month-old baby. The paramount chief of the area, Ayom Ateny Wek, confirmed the incident to the No. 1[Read More…]
Returnees receive cash
By Hou Akot Hou Over one thousand returnees in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State have received financial support from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The cash is a part of the reintegration package strategy. A representative of the State Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC), Dut Garang Deng, said[Read More…]
Six residents detained over dead body
By Hou Akot Hou At least six people are being detained in Rum-tiit Boma, Aweil town of Northern Bahr El Ghazal State after discovering remains of a dead person. The area administrator, Dut Garang Dau, said the six suspects were in police custody to help establish the cause of[Read More…]
Floods overturn trucks in Lakes State
By Yang Ater Yang Heavy flooding from unknown sources has blocked Bahr El Ghazal highway, leaving passengers, business vehicles, and truck drivers stranded alongside the road. Two heavy vehicles have overturned, further complicating the situation. The flooding occupied areas of Aerial-teen, Ameeth, and nearby Aluakluak Payam of Yirol West[Read More…]
Six chiefs detained over area annexation
By Hou Akot Hou Authorities briefly detained six chiefs of Kuom Boma in Nyalath Paym of Aweil Centre County, Northern Bahr El Ghazal state for resisting the annexation of their area to Aweil municipality. The Boma administrator, Mr. William Ajing revealed that the six chiefs were arrested on Thursday,[Read More…]
Aweil residents given one month to construct toilets
By Hou Akot Hou Aweil municipal council authorities in Northern Bahr El Ghazal state have given over 750 households without toilets a one-month ultimatum to dig pit latrines in the town. The authorities disclosed that they have registered more than 750 households that they have found to have been[Read More…]
Gov’t grapples with homeless returnees
By Hou Akot Hou Authorities in Northern Bahr El Ghazal state are grappling with tens of thousands of returnees who fled the violent war in Sudan and haven’t gotten homes to settle in. Angelo Deng Akol, the deputy chairperson of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, said on Thursday that[Read More…]
Applicants get ultimatum to acquire land title
By Hou Akot Hou Authorities in Aweil Town, Northern Bahr El Ghazal State, have issued an ultimatum to individuals with land tokens in the town to process their land title deed within a week’s time. The Director General at the State Ministry of Physical Infrastructure, Mr. Akot Anguei Akot,[Read More…]
Over 20 teachers sent for capacity training
By Hou Akot Hou Northern Bahr El Ghazal State Ministry of General Education said it has sent at least 23 teachers for capacity-building training. The state education authorities disclosed yesterday that they have dispatched 23 teachers early this week for capacity-building and leadership training opportunities both abroad and[Read More…]
Committee fails to resolve Aweil Youth Union squabble
By Hou Akot Hou A fact-finding committee sent by the president of the National Youth Union, Gola Boyoi to Aweil Town returned to Juba without a resolution. The youth executive members who were contacted by the three-member committee refused to outline their grievances over the dispute that led to[Read More…]
Governor warns against deforestation
By Bida Elly David Northern Bahr El Ghazal State governor, Tong Akeen Ngor, has warned citizens against cutting trees and urged them to plant more for environmental sustainability. Ngor issued the warning yesterday during a tree-planting campaign aimed at enlightening people on the importance of trees and how they[Read More…]
Advocates rally stakeholders to combat corruption
By Hou Akot Hou An official from the anti-corruption commission in Northern Bahr El Ghazal has urged stakeholders to join the fight against ill practices of corrupting public resources for individual selfish benefits. Makuei Mawien Deng, an official from the state anti-corruption commission, was speaking during a three-day symposium organized[Read More…]
Dinka Malual give Arab nomad conditions on grazing
By Hou Akot Hou Dinka Malual of South Sudan urged Rezigat pastoralists from Sudan to respect the peace accord they signed and avoid driving their cattle early to their area. The Dinka Malual peace committee that inked the deal with the Rezigat pastoralist community’s representative in Darfur met Wednesday,[Read More…]
Gov’t, partners launch dogs vaccination drive
By Hou Akot Hou Northern Bahr El Ghazal State Ministry of Animal Resources, Fisheries, and Tourism has started immunizing dogs against rabies in Aweil. The 7-day campaign came in a bid to control the number of rabies-related deaths that have been happening in the communities due to rabies-infected dog[Read More…]
Police to auction impounded motorcycles
By Hou Akot Hou Traffic police in Aweil Town of Northern Bahr El Ghazal have given an ultimatum to bikers whose motorbikes were impounded and detained over breaches of traffic rules to come for the settlement of their cases or risk losing the bikes. Abuk Maria Akuei, a traffic[Read More…]
Man kills father over wealth
By Hou Akot Hou Police in Aweil town are holding a soldier who allegedly murdered his father in Aweil East County, Northern Bahr El Ghazal, over the weekend. The 29-year-old suspect reportedly killed his father on Sunday, November 5, 2023, in Gueng-kou boma of Yargot Payam in Aweil East[Read More…]
Youth Union to investigate Aweil controversy
By Hou Akot Hou National Youth Union has dispatched a fact-finding committee to investigate the leadership crisis that emerged within the union of Northern Bahr El Ghazal State. The office of the National Youth Union set up a committee to go and gather details on what led to the[Read More…]
Aweil to crack down on poor sanitation
By Hou Akot Hou Aweil town municipal council authorities in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State are planning to launch a door-to-door search to crack down on households without sanitation facilities at home, especially pit latrines. The town council said a committee has been set up to enable them to[Read More…]
Over 40 women trained in vocational skills
By Yang Ater Yang Over 40 women from Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and host communities in Awerial County have completed a three-month hairdressing and tailoring training. Finland Church Aid through support from Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs supported the training. County officials and representatives from both IDPs and host[Read More…]