By William Madouk   Chairperson of the Business Community, Ayii Duang Ayii, is demanding the national prison service compensates business people for incurred losses after authorities shut down their buildings. On January 16, the national prison services deployed their forces at South Sudan Hotel, Park, and Hospital in Juba, meant[Read More…]

By Jino Wilson   Women in Budi County of Eastern Equatoria State are expressing outrage over ongoing violence that claims lives of women in the region. The women presented their dismay during a pre-consultation peace meeting facilitated by Root of Generations. They recounted the numerous deaths of women and their[Read More…]

By William Madouk   Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) is investigating recent fighting between the SSPDF and SPLA-IO in Rubkona County, Unity State. On January 29, the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) clashed in Barkuor[Read More…]

By Kidega Livingstone   Delays in implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by not depositing the document with the United Nations Disability Rights Committee worries persons with disabilities in South Sudan. President Salva Kiir Mayardit on February 24, 2023, signed the convention.[Read More…]

By Charles K Mark   South Sudan Basket Ball Federation Electoral body has released election timetable. On behalf of SSBF Electoral Committee, the returning officer, Bak Athian Bak read eight procedures that should be observed during the process. He said that the first is publication of the list of delegates,[Read More…]

Kidega Livingstone   African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has announced its plans to increase funding for South Sudan’s development projects by 60 percent. Vice President Regional Development Integration and Business for African Development Bank Group (ADfB), MS Marie Laure Akin Olugbade disclosed. “The support that we provide in South Sudan[Read More…]

By William Madouk   A section of parties to the 2018 revitalized peace agreement have raised a concern that their forces, who are part of the Necessary Unified Forces (NUF), are still not getting salaries. Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement/Army-in-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) and the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) complained yesterday, about[Read More…]

By Charles K Mark   Unity State leads in performance in 2023 Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) examination results released on Wednesday. South Sudan National Examination Council (NEC) announced results of 59,555 candidates who sat for the 2023 examination. However, out of 68,281 candidates—37,841 males and 30,440 females, who registered[Read More…]

By Charles K Mark   The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has reported an incident of undeclared ammunition being transported into Juba by an UN mission’s contingent rotating into the country. UNMISS revealed that 16 boxes of ammunition were included among the cargo on a charter flight that[Read More…]

By Gladys Fred Kole   Lack of regulatory policies and laws on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in South Sudan puts the country at risk. Hon. Gideon Gatpan said the country imports food and agricultural seeds from countries encouraging GMOs, yet it doesn’t have regulatory policies and laws. “The GMOs are[Read More…]

By Kidega Livingstone   A businesswoman and philanthropist, Achai Wiir has over stayed under police detention than legal required period of time, without trial. Achai Wiir allegedly committed several offences that compelled the police to take action of arresting her over a week, ago. Though the legal period of detaining[Read More…]

By William Madouk   The ceasefire monitors have waved a red flag against the risk of rampant defections from one party to another, noting it could lead to skirmish and roil ongoing peace implementation. This warning came after several military and party defections on many occasions leading to clashes threatening[Read More…]

By Charles K Mark   Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) has urged the top leaders to take urgent action against communal killings. CEPO’s Executive Director, Edmund Yakani urged, especially the state governors, to take a proactive role in the prevention of the growing trend of deadly armed communal violence.[Read More…]

By William Madouk   South Sudan Clearing Agents and Freight Forwarders Association (SSCAFFA) steering committee officially assumed office in Juba, on Tuesday. This came after SSCAFFA General Assembly on January 27 endorsed the vote of no confidence against its National Chairman, Mr. Deng Deng Geng, for failing to follow the[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang   Lakes State Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports has established an 11-member electoral committee to oversee upcoming elections for the State Youth Union leadership. Minister William Koji Kerjok tasked the committee with organizing a democratic and transparent election process. He directed the committee to mobilize[Read More…]

Deng Athian   World Bank Country Director for Eastern & Southern Africa, Osman Dione, reaffirmed the organization’s commitment to supporting financial reforms in South Sudan. Dione made the recommitment during a meeting with Governor of Bank of South Sudan, Dr. James Alic Garang, and Finance Minister Dr. Barnaba Baak Chol.[Read More…]