Year: 2023
By Agoku Christine Taban (Guest writer) South Sudan towns are awash with street children due to varied factors. As some are abandoned by their families, others become homeless on personal interests, and those robbed of parents by the ugly act of death. In other countries, street children get a home[Read More…]
Northern Bahr El Ghazal registers increase in School enrolment
By Ngor Deng Matem Northern Bahr El Ghazal State (NBGs) Ministry of General Education and Instruction has reported a high number of school enrollment compared to last year. State education minister, Santino Bol Akok attributed the increase to influx of returnees who escaped the ongoing war in Sudan. “The number[Read More…]
UNMISS concerned of progress in electoral benchmarks
By Charles K Mark The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is raising concern over the sluggish progress in the electoral benchmarks ahead of the anticipated 2024 polls. UNMISS called for the urgent adoption of the National Elections Act by the transitional national legislative assembly (TNLA). Deputy Special Representative[Read More…]
Activist Biar abandons SPLM Party
By William Madouk South Sudan’s expatriate, activist, and founding chairman of the Red Army Foundation, Dr. Peter Biar [pictured], resigned from the ruling SPLM party under President Salva Kiir Mayardit. In his resignation letter dated August 10, activist Biar said, “I am compelled to formerly resign from the Sudan People’s[Read More…]
South Sudan faces new influx frontier
Yien Gattuor Mead Kuich South Sudan’s Upper Nile state faces more new frontier of hunger-stricken refugees and returnees from Ethiopia amidst the continued Sudan influx. According to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper’s reporter, Longchuk County of Upper Nile State faces challenges of more than 7,000 South Sudanese returnees in dire[Read More…]
Juba-Rumbek road report ready-Auditor General
By William Madouk Auditor General of the National Audit Chamber has announced a plan to release a performance report for Juba-Rumbek road project, possibly next week. Auditor General, Amb. Stephen Wondu made this remark during a 2-day stakeholder workshop with public accounts committee and parliamentary specialized committees. The workshop aimed[Read More…]
Unified Forces get 97 truckloads of food
By Bida Elly David National Transitional Committee (NTC) on Thursday received 97 truckloads of assorted food items for the necessary unified forces. NTC is body tasked with overseeing the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement. The food consignment was procured to cater for the redeployment of phase one of the[Read More…]
R-JMEC skeptical over 2024 elections
By Gladys Fred Kole The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) has expressed skepticism and questioned the conduct of the anticipated 2024 general election in the country. As, only 16 months left for the country to go into its first ever polls, RJMEC has raised a concern, saying it[Read More…]
Finance Minister rejects 600% salary increment
By Bida Elly David The newly appointed national minister of finance and economic planning has technically disagreed with the national parliament over 600% salary increment for civil servants. In a statement seen by No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper yesterday, Minister Bak Barnaba Chol said in his submission that the[Read More…]
By Agoku Christine Taban Many in leadership fail to achieve their goals due to fear of labeling and life threats by crafty cartels. The sly architects use blackmailing and cheap popularity as a ploy to ensnare and scare those opposed to their ill objectives. Many patriotic leaders conceive good developmental[Read More…]
Tragic Toll Continues: Yei Boda Boda Riders Face Ongoing Violence, Suppression
By James Bilal In a deeply concerning and distressing series of events, Greater Yei County has been marred by an escalating wave of violence targeting boda boda riders, leaving communities shaken and families devastated. As if these tragic situations were not enough, the authorities in Yei have also taken a[Read More…]
The Need for Regulation on the Use of Alarms in Juba City
Gama Hassan Oscas In the bustling city of Juba, South Sudan, a perplexing and concerning phenomenon has taken root – the unrestrained use of alarms by every official on the road. What was originally intended as a means to ensure safety and give priority to emergencies has devolved into[Read More…]
Zero awareness creates extra room for sexual misconduct
By Gladys Fred Kole Lack of awareness regarding sexual exploitation and harassment is creating more room for sexual misconduct in South Sudan. Director of Catholic Radio Network, Mary Ajit, said awareness in regard to sexual exploitation and harassment is one of the areas that have been neglected in the[Read More…]
Aweil Chamber of Commerce Chairperson out of prison
By Hou Akot Hou Northern Bahr El Ghazal state Chamber of Commerce chairperson, Deng Makol Athian, has finally been released from Juba central prison. Makol and dozens of other inmates from Aweil have been driven from Aweil since last year and remanded at Juba Central Prison. He told[Read More…]
Sudanese refugee stabbed to death
By Ngor Deng Matem Police in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State (NBGs) have reported that a 40-year-old Sudanese refugee man who lived at Wedweil resettlement was stabbed to death. The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday night, according to police. NBGs police spokesman, Captain Guot Guot Akol confirmed the[Read More…]
Police detains SSPDF Soldier for shooting wife
By Yien Gattuor Mead Police authorities in Jaak Payam, Koch County, Unity State, are detaining a soldier attached to South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) for shooting and wounding his wife. Koch County police director Brigadier James Tut Wal told No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper on Tuesday evening[Read More…]
Orphans under eminent eviction
By Charles K mark Over 79 orphans collected from the streets of Juba who had found a home at the public Libya One nursery and one primary school in Juba’s Munuki are on the brink of eviction. The disadvantaged kids under the care of a God-servant father and guardian are[Read More…]
Parliament suspends budget reading
By Bida Elly David Speaker of the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) on Wednesday adjourned the sitting on the third reading of 2023–2024 fiscal year budget, to a later date. The suspension of proceedings was tied to change in the ministry of finance and economic planning, as the new[Read More…]
Church wrangle spills filth on gov’t
By Charles K Mark Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS) leadership has expressed disappointment over failure by the government to protect church members against attacks by armed youth in Bor. The Primate of ECSS in Juba, His Grace Archbishop Dr. Justin Badi Arama, issued a statement of discontent over government’s[Read More…]