By Wiliam Madouk South Sudan’s ministerial economic cluster has approved 738,264,150.94 million US dollars for construction of a proposed cross-border highway connecting Upper Nile State to neighboring Ethiopia. The cluster, on Thursday approved the proposal presentenced by minister of finance and planning, Bak Barnaba Chol in a meeting presided over[Read More…]

By Charles K Mark South Sudan is the world’s deadliest place for relief workers, according to a United Nations report. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said it has recorded 40 attacks on aid workers so far this year, the highest number of attacks against aid workers. It[Read More…]

Staff writer President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Wednesday revoked appointment of Transitional National Legislative Assembly member of parliament and appoints a replacement, immediately. In a presidential decree, Hon. Tereza Awein Mijak ceased to represent the ruling, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party in the Transitional National Legislative Assembly. The president[Read More…]

By Charles K Mark The University of Juba and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a $1. 2 million, first Innovation Pod (UNIPO). If well executed, the innovative space is expected to support the institution and its students in creating ideas that will raise their standings to those[Read More…]

By William Madouk A national economic conference to address urgent issues facing the economy of South Sudan is expected on September 4th–8th, 2023, said the minister of Finance, Dr. Bak Barnaba Chol. The four-day economic conference will be held in Juba under the theme “Towards a Diversified, Inclusive, and Sustainable[Read More…]

By Gladys Fred Kole US ambassador to Juba has urged South Sudan government to expedite the unfinished tasks in the peace roadmap stated in the revitalized agreement. Ambassador, Michael J. Alder expressed the concerns in a meeting with the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Deng Dau Deng,[Read More…]

By Charles K Mark A member of the civic society is pleading with the government and educational authorities to make sign language a required course in schools. Mr. Edmond Yakani, executive director of the Community Empowerment Progress Organisation (CEPO), said it is the responsibility of the government to compel the[Read More…]

By William Madouk The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has released 8 million US dollars to cater for the needs of Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese returnees fleeing the conflict in Sudan. According to OCHA, the funds to provide life-saving assistance was released from the[Read More…]

By William Madouk South Sudan government is in shock over business advisory issued by the United States government, warning its nationals against trading in the country. The United States cited the failure by South Sudan government to implement key economic reforms and public financial management commitments as per the revitalized[Read More…]

By Gladys Fred Kole President Salva Kiir Mayardit has directed all government institutions to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This call came yesterday when the Ministry of Gender, Child, and Social Welfare and its partners launched the implementation of the UN Convention on[Read More…]

By William Madouk Minister of Information, Michael Makuei has described SPLM-IO MPs’ boycott of the parliamentary budget passage as a political game played by the opposition party to win South Sudanese confidence. Mr. Makuei defended the national parliament, largely the SPLM, and other opposition groups, for passing the 2023-024 fiscal[Read More…]

By Charles K Mark International Organization for Migration (IOM) calls for implementation of the UN’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The organization, in a press statement issued on Monday, August 14, 2023, made the appeal for unconditional inclusion of citizens with disabilities. IOM praised President Salva[Read More…]

By William Madouk South Sudan government has initiated Labour Regulations, a subsidiary law that will govern the employer-employee relationship and address loopholes in the Labour Act. The Minister of Labour, James Hoth Mai, yesterday signed the Regulations. Speaking during the signing ceremony, Mai said the labour regulations were to address[Read More…]

By William Madouk South Sudanese working without written contracts are vulnerable to labour rights abuses, said the Minister of Labour, James Hoth Mai. The minister was on Monday, speaking at the signing ceremony of the Labour Regulation at his office in Juba. He warned that many people are risking working[Read More…]

By staff writer President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Monday signed into law the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year Budget. Speaker of the National Assembly Jemma Nunu Kumba presented the Appropriation and Financial Bill 2023 to the President for endorsement. The 2.1 trillion budget was passed on Friday with a 400 percent increment[Read More…]

  By Charles K Mark In a fragile society, political disagreements lead to disintegration of a system, giving birth to minute fragmented offspring, aiming at challenging that from which it originates and shares genetic likeness. A typical manifestation is seen in a former child soldier, and SPLM party political activist, Peter[Read More…]

By William Madouk Aweil civil society activist and three other Catholic University students have been released from Military Intelligence (MI) detention. Samuel Garang Dut and colleagues where given liberty after an investigation committee found them innocent. Arrested in November 2022 at the university campus, Dut and colleagues spent nine months[Read More…]