By Peter Kuol Kuch The County Commissioner of Twic East County has reported at least 500 individuals who were displaced following the clashes between SPLA-IO and SSPDF have arrived in Twic East County this week seeking refuge. According to area Commissioner, the IDPs started to arrive in Panyagoor, the headquarters[Read More…]

By Lodu William Odiya More than sixty thousand people are set to benefit from cash assistance to buy food items for families in South Sudan. In a statement released by Save the Children, thousands of families affected by conflict and severe flooding in South Sudan will receive lifesaving cash, health[Read More…]

By Kei Emmanuel Duku A critical artery for South Sudan’s trade remains caught between fiscal bottlenecks and local anxieties as high-ranking tax officials descended on the border town of Nimule this Tuesday to salvage a project stalled by the nation’s banking woes. According to a statement posted on the tax[Read More…]

 By Kei Emmanuel Duku South Sudan’s promise of peace is under fire as heavy fighting and airstrikes tear through the country’s northeast, leaving the national ceasefire in tatters. New reports show that the final month of 2025 was marked by a violent surge in conflict, proving that the peace deal[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto South Sudanese refugees living in Palorinya Refugee Settlement continue to face worsening humanitarian conditions as food rations distributed to them keep declining, residents told No.1 Citizen Newspaper yesterday. Several refugees interviewed expressed deep concern over the continuous reduction in food assistance, saying the situation has made[Read More…]

By Yiep Joseph President Salva Kiir Mayardit has reiterated his call on citizens to join efforts toward peace and stability in the country. Kiir’s call followed a series of reports of armed confrontations between the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces and the armed groups in some parts of the country.[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto South Sudanese in Uganda have called for peaceful co-existence as well as improved Services The refugee expressed that their neutral view and called on the people of Uganda to stay in peace citing that when Uganda is peaceful, the refugees stay safe. Speaking to No.1 Citizen[Read More…]

By James Innocent The South Sudan National Prison Service has appointed a new Director of Prisons for Yei River County, marking a leadership transition after nearly one year of service by the outgoing director. Major General Franco Wani Tongun, the former Director of Prisons in Yei River County, officially handed[Read More…]

By Yiep Joseph The business community has criticized the Ministry of Finance and Planning and the Bank of South Sudan over black-market dealings. The group claimed that the two institutions kept deaf ears on some of the emerging issues in the black market. As the country faces economic challenges, the[Read More…]

By Lodu William Odiya Vice President and the chairperson of the economic cluster, Josephine Joseph Lagu has urged the Mundari community to turn their just ended cultural festival into infrastructural development. She made this remark during the 3rd Mundari cultural festival in Terekeka, urging the community to live in peace[Read More…]

By James Innocent The Commissioner of Morobo County, Charles Data Bullen, has instructed all organized security forces in the county to remain on high alert following the killing of a civilian by unidentified gunmen on the outskirts of Morobo Town on Wednesday night. The victim, identified as 21-year-old Bidali Emmanuel,[Read More…]

By Lodu William Odiya The Directorate of Civil Registry, Nationality, Passport and Immigration (DNPI) has announced resumption of passport issuance after receiving over 10,000 booklets. Speaking to the media on Friday, 16 January 2026, DNPI Director General Maj. Gen. Elia Kosta Faustino revealed that the resumption after receiving the booklets.[Read More…]

By Kei Emmanuel Duku In the quiet corridors of Juba’s ministries, a digital revolution is unfolding one fingerprint at a time. For years, the Republic of South Sudan has wrestled with a “ghost” that haunts its national treasury: a payroll bloated by non-existent workers, duplicate names, and systemic inefficiencies. Armed[Read More…]

By Kei Emmanuel Duku South Sudan and Sudan have pivoted toward a high-powered energy alliance, signaling a new era of industrial cooperation as both nations move to exploit renewable resources and massive dam projects to light up the region. In a diplomatic engagement that underscores the deep-seated historical and fraternal[Read More…]

By Lodu William Odiya Morobo County Commissioner Charles Data Bullen has officially handed over two detained Congolese nationals, two AK-47 rifles, and two motorcycles to authorities from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The handover took place during a high-level cross-border meeting with the Administrator of the Aru Region in[Read More…]

By Lodu William Odiya The African Union (AU) visiting team to Juba has called on South Sudan government to ensure stability as the election approaches. According to the statement issued by the presidential press unit yesterday, the AU team made the call during the meeting with President Salva Kiir. President[Read More…]

By Lodu William Odiya The United States ambassador, Michael J. Adler has urged the government of South Sudan, under the leadership of president Salva Kiir Mayrardit to maintain peace and deliver services to the people. This powerful remark followed a meeting between the two parties in Juba on Wednesday. “President[Read More…]

By Chol D, Johnson Vice president and Chairperson for the Economic Cluster who is also the First Deputy of SPLM, James Wani Igga urged Caucus members to innovate in reviewing economic challenges in country. In the statement issued Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement (SPLM) party press department, the remark came during[Read More…]