PART FIVE: BACK TO WAR AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE Mawien Deng You often say that history has repeated itself on Abyei. In what way has history repeated itself over the situation in Abyei today? Francis Mading Deng History is repeating itself in two interconnected ways. One is my contribution[Read More…]
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Forex bureau loses $37,000 to daylight armed robbers
By Adia Jildo A forex bureau at Juba’s Nyakuron neighborhood is counting losses after falling prey of a daylight robbery by armed men losing at least 37,000 United States Dollars and 5 gadgets to the bandits. Isaac Awule, the manager of the forex said the incident that happened at around[Read More…]
The Contributions of Dr. Francis Mading Deng to South Sudan and Abyei
PART FOUR: HOW ABYEI GOT MARGINALIZED Bol knew that I was in the country. The fact that a message on Abyei would go to him without my name concerned him. So he came promptly. It was not easy to persuade him for us to go home and try to reconcile[Read More…]
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Liquid Telecom officially rebranded to Liquid Intelligent Technologies
By Mary Poni Liquid Telecom South Sudan, a pan-African technology company and a business of Cassava Technologies, has been officially rebranded as Liquid Intelligent Technologies South Sudan. The CEO for Liquid Intelligent Technologies South Sudan Mr. Martin Mushambadope in a press conference yesterday declared to the media that Liquid Telecom[Read More…]
The Contributions of Dr. Francis Mading Deng to South Sudan and Abyei
PART THREE: THE ROAD TO ADDIS ABABA Contribution to the peace process and the issue of Abyei Francis Mading Deng Many more developments were to take place before I joined the government. After all, the war was still raging in the South, and I was decided not to join the[Read More…]
The Contributions of Dr. Francis Mading Deng to South Sudan and Abyei
PART TWO: FATHER’S WILL AND THE LEGACY OF PUBLIC SERVICE Father’s dying invocation on the destiny to serve Francis Mading Deng: Father certainly expected us to be of service to our people. But he did not instruct us to follow any particular line on issues. From the time we were[Read More…]
The Contributions of Dr. Francis Mading Deng to South Sudan and Abyei
PART ONE: A BACKGROUND OF LEADERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY A Critical Overview Mawien Deng: Dr. Francis Mading, as you know, your proposal for an interim arrangement for security and stability in Abyei has generated intense debate among our people. The one-month workshop organized by Abyei Voice for Security and Stability in[Read More…]
Zain mulls investing $80m to lift communication services
By William Madouk Garang The leading telecommunication Network Company, Zain South Sudan is considering to spend 80 million US Dollars for improving telecommunication services in the Country. Zain delegation led by the Managing Director and CEO for Africa, Elfatih Erwa revealed the plan during their meeting with the Minister of[Read More…]
NCA rebuffs parliament’s report that Zain, MTN still pay Sudan
By William Madouk Garang The National Communication Authority has rebuffed parliamentary finance committee’s report which claimed that two major mobile network operators – MTN and Zain were still paying taxes to Sudan. Head of NCA, Napoleon Adok was reacting to a report by national parliament last week which alleged[Read More…]
Central Bank freezes Silicone Valley Company accounts
By William Madouk Garang Bank account of a controversial Silicone Valley company limited has been frozen by the Bank of South Sudan (BOSS) over noncompliance with pertinent laws of the country. Director of Supervision Department at the Central Bank, Deng Aru Bol notified all commercial banks operating in Juba to[Read More…]
Finance Minister debunks stealing $15 million
By William Madouk Garang Minister of Finance and Planning, Dier Tong Ngor has debunked rumors that he was under investigation for remitting US dollars 15 million, a public money to his personal account in one of the national banks in the neighboring Country. This comes after a source claimed that[Read More…]
CES cabinet passes over SSP 16 Billion Fiscal budget
Bida Elly David The Central Equatoria State Council of ministers in their meeting on Thursday approved and passed over Sixteen Billion (16,000,000,000) South Sudanese pounds for the fiscal budget 2022/2023 to the parliament for further scrutiny and approval. The proposed budget was presented by the Minister of finance, planning and[Read More…]
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Moyo authorities urge gov’t to improve roads leading to refugee camps
By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto The existence of South Sudanese refugees at Palorinya Refugee settlement in Obongi District of Uganda’s West Nile region has positively contributed to development of the livelihoods of business people of Moyo and Obongi districts and beyond. This is because the over 226,000 refugees who settled at[Read More…]
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Prices of goods remain high amid dollar rise in Yei
By James Innocent Traders of Darsalam market in Yei River County of Central Equatoria state grumble of constant prices of commodities in the market amid rise of dollar exchange rates in town, one of the traders known as Yaba Kawu-kawu said they are pushing up with the business despite the[Read More…]
City Council confiscates expired goods
By Taban Henry Juba City Council authorities on Friday reported that they have confiscated a number of expired food stuffs and drugs impounded from across the markets in the City. This came after the City Council launched a search for expired goods and drugs across Juba City, which was prompted[Read More…]