By Kei Emmanuel Duku With less than seventy days until the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics games, scheduled to kick off on Friday, July 26, 2024, to August 11, 2024, Telecom MTN has launched a campaign dubbed “Play to Win.” Launched on Wednesday, the “Play to win” campaign will run[Read More…]
Author: One Citizen Daily Newspaper
Woman dies in love triangle
By Hou Akot Hou A 20-year-old woman has been found hanging, dead in her room at Warawar town, Aweil East County, Northern Bahr El Ghazal State, earlier this week. The cause of death of the woman identified as Amiir Garang, remains under investigation, as four suspects are in police[Read More…]
A round-up of National League games as Malakia FC Juba maintains a 100% unbeaten run
By Kei Emmanuel Duku Juba Local League Champion Malakia FC and representatives to the ongoing 2023/24, 11th edition of the South Sudan National League have progressed to the second round of the competition unbeaten after 2:1 win over Lion Hunters of Yei. Emmanuel Jowang Kaka was named man of[Read More…]
Two beheaded in Yirol East
By Yang Ater Yang Two elderly men have been killed, and four children abducted by suspected armed youth from Panyijiar County, Unity State, in an attack on Yirol East County, Lakes State, on Thursday. Lakes State Police Spokesman, Maj. Elijah Mabor Makuac who confirmed the tragic incident reported that[Read More…]
Four ministers await MP’s grilling
By William Madouk Members of National Legislative Assembly are warming up to grill four ministers over the looming hunger in the country. The minister of finance, Awow Daniel Chang; the minister of petroleum, Puot Kang Chol; the Minister of Agriculture, Josphine Lagu; and the Minister of Trade, William Anyuon[Read More…]
Parliament takes U-turn on VP Igga
By William Madouk National Legislative Assembly has retracted its earlier stand to summon Vice President for Economic Cluster, Dr. James Wani Igga over looming hunger in the country. Spokesperson to the National parliament, Oliver Mori Benjamin told the press on Friday that though the House had summoned VP Igga,[Read More…]
WES Deputy Governor calls for Unity to restore Peace
By Kidega Livingstone Western Equatoria State’s newly appointed Deputy Governor urges government officials and intellectuals to unite for peace to reign in the region. Speaking during a visit to Kuda University in Juba, Richard Elia Box, made the call following a recent violence in Tombura County. According to the deputy[Read More…]
COME HOME TO VOTE-Kiir calls refugees
By Bida Elly David President Salva Kiir Mayardit calls on South Sudanese refugees in the neighboring countries and others in internally displaced camps, to return home to participate in nation building and vote in elections. The president made the call during his opening address at the peace process, dubbed[Read More…]
Promoting Inclusion: Call for gender and social inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in South Sudan
By Lupai Emmanuel South Sudan has unprecedented levels of violence against women with disabilities. The majority of them are exposed to various forms of violence throughout their lifetime. Due to the intersecting factors of being a woman, disabled, illiterate, and poor, these intersections put them in a very precarious[Read More…]
When is Gudele becoming infrastructurally independent?
As obvious as the fact that Gudele is highly populated, the truth that it is using only one road is a problem looking for a solution. A day hardly passes without an accident occurring on Gudele Road and this is brought about by a quotidian jam to and fro. For[Read More…]
Army to disarm Tombura
By Bida Elly David South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) will conduct disarmament exercises in Tombura County, Western Equatoria State, following deadly violence between armed groups. The last two weeks have turned Tombura into a battleground for rival armed militias, leading to killings, abductions and displacement of thousands into[Read More…]
South Sudan, ready for elections-Goc
By Bida Elly David Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation reiterated readiness of South Sudan to conduct elections in December, this year. Ramadan Mohammed Abdallah Goc made the declaration in in his office, on Wednesday while meeting Egyptian Ambassador to Juba, Moatez Mostafa AdbelKader. In a statement after[Read More…]
Fire kills four in Northern Bahr el Ghazal
By Hou Akot Hou A fire ripped through a grass-thatched tukul in Majok-Yithiou, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State on Wednesday, killing an elderly man and three children. The incident shocked the town near the border with Sudan. The victims were identified as Kuol Kawach, a visually impaired man, and[Read More…]
CTSAMVM gets a new boss
By Kidega Livingstone Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) has received a new chairperson to continue mandate of the body. The incoming CTSAMVM Chairperson, Maj. Gen. Yitayal Gelaw Bitew, replaces Maj. Gen. Hailu Gonfa Eddosa, whose term elapsed this year. Speaking during the CTSAMVM Technical Committee[Read More…]
Nairobi talks, antidote for South Sudan-Gituai
By William Madouk Interim chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) views Nairobi peace talks as an antidote to South Sudan’s stability. Rtd. Maj. Gen. Charles Tai Gituai cited the Nairobi Peace Initiative as a way of achieving inclusivity, justice, and building peace processes. Mr. Gituai[Read More…]
Opposition accuses SSPDF of fresh recruitment
By Kidega Livingstone Opposition parties to Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) have accused SSPDF of jeopardizing security arrangements by recruiting more soldiers. In a recent report by CTSAMVM discussed by the members, it was alleged that the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) was[Read More…]
Let us stop seeing ourselves as enemies-Amum tells Kiir
By William Madouk The leader of Real-Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (Real-SPLM), Pagan Amum, has made a clarion call to the unity government to stop looking at them as enemies but instead, see each other as brothers and sisters to pave the way for genuine peace in the country. Amum,[Read More…]
Parties optimistic of peace deal
By William Madouk South Sudan is set to make history once again, in Kenya, the birthplace of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), as talks between the transitional government and holdout group begin. The eyes of the world are now focused on Nairobi, with high hopes that these talks will[Read More…]
The next generation will never believe $100 was once at SSP 200
First and foremost, who knew the United States Dollar during the dark days of the Civil War. If there were, indeed, those who knew it, then they were too few, maybe students who were studying abroad and a few businesspeople. That was because the Sudanese Pound had value the same[Read More…]
The recent incident in Warrap State, where seven people tragically lost their lives due to suffocation in a container detention facility, is a disturbing event that demands immediate attention. It is a terrible violation of human rights. First and foremost, our heartfelt condolences go out to the families who have[Read More…]