By Ephraim Modi D.S The Deputy Minister in the Ministry of General Education and Instruction, Martin Tako Moyi in a statement to the media on Monday said salary arrears of teachers in the country have been increased by 140 percent starting this fiscal year. Addressing members of the press, the[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Union of Journalist of South Sudan (UJOSS) yesterday condemned the arrest and brief detention of the nine Journalists by the National Security deployed at the Parliament. The Journalist were arrested while on duty to cover the Ordinary sitting No. 13/2022 in Parliament where lawmakers from[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The Vice President for Economic Cluster has warned South Sudanese against over dependency on imported goods. The Vice President for Economic Cluster made his statement on Monday during the swearing ceremony of Deputy Governors of Jonglei and Upper Nile including the Chief Administrator of Ruweng Administrative Area.[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S The South Sudan National Examination Council has announced at a news conference, Monday that the marking of the examination papers for Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) and Certificate of Secondary Education (CSE) for academic year 2020/2021 had commenced yesterday (Monday). The planned marking of the exams[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The National Minister of Finance and Planning has said that South Sudan’s economy can be restored by promoting domestic production taking agricultural sector as a major priority to mitigate import dependence. This came following the recent launch of community silence programme by the World Bank in[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David Civil Society Organization has commended the decision taken by the President of the Republic of South Sudan on the formation of the national human rights council as strategic institution that deals with human rights protection and promotion directly with the office of the President. On the[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The government of South Africa has appointed former State Security Agency (SSA)’s domestic intelligence branch boss, Advocate Mahlodi Sam Muofhe as her new ambassador to South Sudan. Muofhe was the former head of the SSA’s domestic branch, where he focused on rooting out corruption which resulted[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Catholic Holy Father, Pope Francis has apologized to the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the people of the Republic of South Sudan for postponing his Apostolic Visit, but said he is optimistic about his plans to reschedule the visits as soon as[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S The Government of Central Equatoria State, through the State Cabinet Affairs’ Minister Wayi Godwil issued a statement to give all paramount chiefs in the state vehicles. Minister Godwil made the speech during the last day of the Commissioners’ and Mayors’ Forum on last Friday in Juba.[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Bank of South Sudan has strongly warned Market dealers amid speculating the market stating rumours regarding shortage of the United States Dollars in the future. This came after rampant devaluation and consistent skyrocketing of commodity prices have hit the market creating passivity of market imbalance.[Read More…]

By Isaac Mangu/Azande Kingdom Press Unit/ Western Equatoria State – Yambio The King of Azande Kingdom His Majesty Atoroba Peni Rikito Gbudue has officially launched the registration of all Azande people worldwide for easy planning and service delivery purpose. The registration exercise launched on 9th June 2022 under the theme[Read More…]

By Ijoo Bosco South Sudan People’s Defense Forces and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition have agreed to have joint patrol in Torit after being summoned by the State Governor Louis Lobong Lojore on Friday. The press secretary in the office of the governor Aliandro Lotok told the media that,[Read More…]

Akol Madut Ngong A concerned citizen has called on Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Juba, Prof. John Akech Apurot to convene a Consolidated Public Debate to address the controversial issue of dredging River Nile and resumption of the digging of Jonglei Canal. In an open letter addressed to[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S The Central Equatoria State’s Minister of Local Government and Law Enforcement Agencies, Moro Isaac Jenesio has urged all civil servants in the State to desist from attaching themselves to any political party. The State minister issued his kind of warning statement while addressing participants at the[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Governor of Central Bank of South Sudan said they have released money for paying six Months’ salary arrears of Civil Servants and the organised forces across the country in a bid to guarantee continuous payment of monthly salaries without delays from July. The major aim[Read More…]

By John Sylivestor Timba The youths from Kadiba, Mundri East County of Western Equatoria State have lauded Mercy Corps organization for quickly responding to their request and provide vocational and livelihood training. Last week, youth leader in the area raised youths’ concern and called for actualization of a delayed project[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S The Technical Committee for the establishment of the Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing on the protection of victims and witnesses of conflicts in South Sudan are calling on groups assigned to carry out investigation on conflict related incidents to enfold key findings related to conflicts.[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo Three radio presenters have filed a court case against the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Radio Jonglei Tijwog Agwet dragging him to court for allegedly forging signatures of employees, exploiting and serving them with procedural suspensions. Agol Samuel Panchol one of the staff of Radio Jonglei said[Read More…]