By Philip Buda Ladu   On the occasion of World Environment Day, Josephine Napwon Cosmos, Minister of Environment and Forest issued a powerful call to action against plastic pollution. Speaking on Thursday in her office, the Minister emphasized the critical need for both individual and collective efforts to combat this[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu    Ministry of Health in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), on June 4, 2025, officially opened a new 40-bed neonatal inpatient ward at Aweil State Hospital. This significant development aims to vastly improve medical care for sick, low birth weight, and premature babies in Northern[Read More…]

By No.1 Citizen   National Legislative Assembly has postponed a schedule Monday 9th June 2025, re-opening. According to Hon. Benjamin Oliver Mori, Chairperson of Information committee and also spokesperson of the national Assembly, the delay is due to technical problems. He asserted that it also gives an opportunity for legislators,[Read More…]

By No.1 Citizen   President Salva Kiir Mayardit has placed Warrap state and Mayom County in Unity state, under six months’ state of emergency. Announced over state owned media, South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) on Thursday evening, President Kiir cited deteriorating insecurity situation in the affected areas, as reason for[Read More…]

By Yiep Joseph   Central Equatoria state government has suspended all land demarcation activities in Nyamini area in Lado payam of Juba County. According to local order No.2/2025, Emmanuel Tete Ezbon Simon, the Commissioner of Juba County issued that all demarcation in Nyamini area, Lado Payam, must halt. “I Emmanuel[Read More…]

By Jacob Onuha Nelson   The new governor of Warrap state, Bol Wek Agoth, has on Thursday 5th June 2025, taken oath of allegiance to assume. President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Wednesday, appointed Bol Wek Agoth through a decree, to replace the former governor, Magok Magok. Governor Bol, who has[Read More…]

By Nakwam Rose   Famous gospel singer, a talented song writer, Leilah Suzan has left the country in grieve following her tragic death in a fatal car crash. The heartbreaking news of Laila’s demise became viral on media platforms, on Wednesday, immediately she breathed her last. Lady Amina, a friend[Read More…]

By Yiep Joseph   President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Wednesday reconstituted a committee to tackle implementation of pending tasks in the 2018 peace agreement. Almost with similar personalities to the National Transition Committee (NTC), President Kiir on Wednesday, reconstituted a High-Level Ad Hoc Committee on the Implementation of the 2018[Read More…]

By Yiep Joseph   Central Equatoria Security Committee has directed the state Ministry of Health Ministry review clinics to ensure standards. The committee made the directive on Wednesday during state security committee meeting in Nesitu, Lokiliri Payam. The rotational security meeting, which was chaired by Paulino Lukudu Obede, the deputy[Read More…]

By Yiep Joseph   Vice President (VP) for Economic cluster, Benjamin Bol Mel takes over office as First Deputy Chairperson of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) a ruling party. Key in his address on Tuesday after assuming office, Bol vowed to ensure implementation of the policies and programs. In the[Read More…]

By Yiep Joseph   South Sudan government has called on the views of the public to be incorporated in the drafted 2025-2026/ National Budget. Although the budget is still being drafting by the concern committees of Finance and Planning before it is table in Parliament in July, the government has[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu   Regional peace partners on Tuesday issued a stricken warning that South Sudan’s fragile peace process is on the verge of collapse. Citing ongoing military confrontations creating “tremors of an impending explosion”, that it threatens to plunge the nation back into full-scale war. Speaking during urgent[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu   South Sudan National Bureau of Standards (SSNBS) has re-exported five trucks of grains at Nimule Port of Entry. The incident on Tuesday June, 3rd, 2025, reflects unwavering commitment of SSNBS to safeguard consumers against unhealth products. This action follows a series of recent interceptions and[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu   President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Wednesday, tasked the newly appointed Minister of Health, Sarah Cleto Rial, to address critical challenges facing healthcare sector in the country. After, Sarah Cleto taking oath, the president emphasized the pressing need for improved health service delivery. Kiir lauded Minister[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu/Julie Londo  Stepping into Juba’s open-air timber market under the blazing sun, you’re immediately struck by the sheer volume of Congolese and South Sudanese wood. Along dusty streets, simple shops made of rusting corrugated iron are stacked high with mahogany and teak, their freshly sawn faces gleaming[Read More…]

By Hou Akot Hou   Ministry of Health in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State launched a vaccination campaign on Monday to combat pneumonia. It’s part of Rotavirus Vaccination Campaign organized in partnership with Women’s Empowerment Center South Sudan (WECSS), UNICEF, and the World Health Organization (WHO). The event was attended[Read More…]

By Yiep Joseph   Fresh land disputes have emerged in Lado Payam with Nyangwara-Pojulu Tijor Community calling on the state government to stop Land Demarcation in Nyamini area. Last week, a group of elders, chiefs from Bari Community, declared land demarcation in Nyamini area for more than 20,000 plots. The[Read More…]