By Bida Elly David As South Sudan brokered 7 days’ truce between Sudan’s Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) supposedly taking effect yesterday, fighting rages on in the capital, Khartoum. Reuters reported that fierce fighting could be heard in central Khartoum yesterday as the army tried[Read More…]
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Mayor tells traders to resist paying unnecessary taxes
By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri The mayor of Juba city, H.W. Michael Lado Allah-Jabu has cautioned traders to resist paying unnecessary taxes to errant city tax-collectors. Traders in Juba have severally complained of the unavoidable and multiple heavy taxes from the Juba City Council as well as unfair approach by[Read More…]
UN says over 30,000 persons entered S. Sudan
By William Madouk More than 30,300 people including returnees, Sudanese refugees and other nationals have crossed into South Sudan. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has report noted that over 90 percent enter through Joda, in Renk, Upper Nile State. “Since 16 April, over 30,300 people[Read More…]
Freedom of expression is vital in constitution making-AMDISS
By Aweye Teddy Onam As South Sudan joins the rest of the world to mark World Press Freedom Day, the Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) has called on stakeholders to guarantee freedom of expression for everyone as the country gears towards making a permanent constitution. In a[Read More…]
Ghanaian Peacekeepers awarded UN peace Medals in Bentiu
By Gladys Kole The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Force Commander, Lieutenant-General Mohan Subramanian, made a special trip to present medals of honor to 700 Ghanaian peace keepers in South Sudan, acknowledging their remarkable contribution to UNMISS’s peacekeeping objectives. Medal parade held in Bentiu honored Ghanaian peacekeepers serving[Read More…]
Situation of Refugees and Returnees is alarming
By Gladys Kole The Sudan conflict has placed over 20,000 refugees and returnees in dire need of humanitarian aid at Paloouch, Renk and Jodah areas, along Sudan- South Sudan border. A government delegation with partners that went to assess the situation of the refugees and returnees fleeing fighting described the[Read More…]
Cabinet approves workplace safety policy
By William Madouk Garang The Council of Ministries has approved occupational safety and health policy meant to prevent hazardous fatalities, and provide conducive environment for employees at workplaces in both public and private sectors. Addressing the media after the first Cabinet meeting in 2023, chaired by President Salva Kiir, Minister[Read More…]
Peace Principals to meet over Kiir’s unilateral decrees
By Bida Elly David The leadership of the peace partners; the SPLM and SPLA-IO are set to sit for a dialogue over unilateral decisions made by President Salva Kiir in governing the Unity Government. This was revealed to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper by Puok Both Baluang, the Acting Press Secretary[Read More…]
Chamber injects SSP45 million for company awards
By Bida Elly David South Sudan chamber of commerce has injected Forty-five million (45M) South Sudanese Pounds for inter-company awards set to kick off on the 9th –December-2022 as well as launched its on-line website meant to disseminate its business activities to the World. The National chamber of commerce is[Read More…]
Government resolves to improve Country’s financial position
By Bida Elly David The Minister of Cabinet Affairs has reiterated government’s commitment to resolve the numerous challenges impeding financial institutions to improve the fiscal and monetary sector in the country. He made this statement while briefing journalists shortly after the council of minsters’ meeting on Friday regarding the current[Read More…]
Kiir heartens household farmers to part take in agriculture
By Taban Henry President Salva Kiir Maryardit is calling on the household farmers to engage in serious agricultural activities to improve livelihoods. The President made the appeal to the local farmers on Saturday during an inspection visit to his vast stretches of maize and rice plantation in Luri payam west[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…]
R-JMEC endorses extension amid Troika’s boycott
By William Madouk Garang Members of the peace monitoring body, the RJMEC have endorsed the two-year extension of the transitional period, but diplomats representing Troika countries abstained from the vote. The United States of America, United Kingdom and Norway known as the Troika countries declined to back the extension, citing[Read More…]
No need for rebels, Kiir tells holdout groups
By Akol Madut Ngong President Salva Kiir Mayardit urged the holdout rebel movements that are still locking horns with the government to embrace the spirit of the Revitalized Peace Agreement and desist from rebellions saying they no longer want rebels in the country. The President made the call to the[Read More…]
Museveni urges S. Sudanese to work for national interest
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni urged South Sudanese to concentrate on looking at their interest and not their identity saying “we the progressive forces, we say look at the interest of the people not the identity”. The Ugandan President spoke during[Read More…]
Defend the flag: You are not Oyee or Viva soldiers
By William Madouk Garang A renowned civil society activist has urged the newly graduated unified forces to defend the Country’s flag but not political parties’ interest, citing that let politicians under Kiir’s SPLM chant Oyee and Riek’s SPLM-IO hymn their own Viva. The Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress[Read More…]
SPLA-IO lawmakers call off parliamentary boycott
By Taban Henry The members of parliament at the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) under the docket of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) on Monday called off their boycott of the parliamentary sitting. This came after the President and the First Vice President Dr. Riek[Read More…]
Kiir, Machar mull over security bill
By William Madouk Garang President Salva Kiir and his deputy Dr. Riek Machar have mulled over National Security Bill that bestowed unfettered (autonomous) authority the rights to detain suspects without warrant of arrest. On Thursday, the two principals exchanged views on various topics regarding the implementation of the Revitalized Peace[Read More…]
Adil, Mayen vow to end disasters by enacting bill
By Bida Elly David Central Equatoria State in partnership with the National Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management have jointly promised to speed up the implementation of the disaster, risk management bill to remedy natural and man-made disasters that have almost caused turmoil to the County. This development arose[Read More…]
Riek ready to face Kiir over Parliamentary row
By Taban Henry South Sudan First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar and the Chair of the Governance Cluster in the unity government is ready to meet President Salva Kiir to resolve the discrepancies of the Opposition lawmakers over passing of the political parties Act (amendment) Bill 2022. Earlier last week[Read More…]