By Bida Elly David South Sudan government and the United Nations Immunization Scientific Education Fund (UNICEF) yesterday launched a scene to improve education system in the country. The National Ministry of general education and instructions and UNICEF has initiated a national consultative program aimed at transforming education in the Republic[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The gender-based violence (GBV) and Juvenile court in Juba on Thursday commenced the initial court hearing of a case involving a foreign female teacher accused of sexually assaulting a 3 year-old girl at school in March this year. A female teacher at the Mercy British International[Read More…]

By John Sylvester Timba The Commissioner of Mundri East County in Western Equatoria State said the security agents in Terekeka County of Central Equatoria State have intercepted drugs consignments stolen from Lui hospital in Mundri East County.  The drugs consignment belonging to Lui hospital, in Mundri East County of Western[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong South Sudan government has promised to improve the salary scale of teachers at both primary and secondary education. The minister of general education and instructions, Awut Deng Achuil made the pledge in Juba yesterday during the launch of national statement of commitments of the Republic of[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang An advocate and defense lawyer in the case of a school minor’s sexually assaulted has threatened to sue the Ministry of General Education and Instruction to court for unjustly suspending Mercy British International School. Reech Ring Bol the defense lawyer, of the teacher implicated in the[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S The Government of South Sudan and Beijing Jiaotong University organized a fourteen days’ online seminar on Wednesday in Juba focusing on road, bridge construction and maintenance for South Sudan’s engineers. The training is sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China to[Read More…]

Response to Mr. Joul Nhomngek and other SPLM-I.O. members over lame accusations against the Rt. Hon. Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly. I am obliged to respond to the baseless, misguided and unfounded accusations leveled against Rt. Hon. Speaker of the Transitional National Assembly by Mr. Nhomngek and his[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Commissioner of Yei River County said the security situation along Juba-Yei and Yei-Kaya Highway has finally improved after continuous attacks of civilians and business people over the past weeks by unknown crooks. Few weeks ago commissioner revealed that South Sudan People’s Defence Forces gunned down[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S On the opening seminar on road, bridge construction and maintenance yesterday in Juba, Mr. MA Wenjun, Charge D’affaires of the Chinese Embassy said that the construction of Juba-Rumbek Road will open at the end of this month. Juba-Rumbek Road construction started in 2019 and was expected[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The World Bank has urged the government of South Sudan to improve on transparency and accountability while reducing the misuse of oil revenues in order to sustain future growth. A report released by the World Bank revealed that in the rest of the region, South Sudan has[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David A Civil Society activist and concerned social expert has cited passive progress of the country’s economy and education system due to corrupt leadership who focus on individual interest rather than prioritising public interest and cautioned them to pour blames against citizens. Speaking to No.1 Citizen Daily[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S The Minister of Roads and Bridges Simon Mijok Mijak said the huge cattle population in South Sudan which surpasses that of human beings in the country will one day find a potential market in China for their byproducts if exported. Minister Mijak who was speaking in[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David A national Politician has criticised the request made earlier by the Vice President for Economic Cluster requesting Food and Agricultural Organisation to provide farming tools not ready food to the citizens in the country. Last week, the Vice President for Economic Cluster during the inauguration of[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The figure of South Sudanese refugees stays on the top in the African Continent with a rough statistic stands at above two million people, the Commissioner for Refugees Affairs, Bol John Akot said yesterday. According to the Commission for Refugees Affairs (CRA), the large numbers of[Read More…]

By Matia Samuel Timatio The authorities in Western Equatoria State – Yambio, have nullified and rubbished media reports on what they termed as baseless allegations about the 50 teenage girls who were reported to have raped a 15 years old boy over the weekend in Yambio town. The Western Equatoria[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The World Bank is urging the government of South Sudan to leverage its natural capital in agriculture and oil sector to support recovery and resilience in the country. The World Bank Country Manager for South Sudan, Firas Raad was speaking during the launch of the Country Economic[Read More…]

By Taban Gabriel SOS Children Village an international organization based in Juba, has on Tuesday launched an initiative to support children at Gumbo basic primary school    The initiative dubbed Emergency Respond Program (ERP) targets over 200 school going children from the most vulnerable families in Sherikat area The rolled[Read More…]