By Abraham Anyon Ngoor At least about 4 people have been killed and more than four thousand head of cattle were raided after armed criminals attacked part of Padiet Payam in Uror County of Jonglei state on Tuesday. Uror County Director for Information and Communication, Gatluak Kulang Gai, in a[Read More…]

By William Madouk President Salva Kiir Mayardit has appealed to all political parties to pick their suitable aspirants for the presidential race in preparation for the planned 2024 general elections. The head-of-state while addressing a crowd of citizens at Freedom Square in Aweil town of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David An economic analyst has warned South Sudan against blames on government, Ukraine –Russia war as major factors that contributed to the downfall of the Country’s economy noting that Central bank has to be questioned against the availability of money in the black market. Speaking to No.1[Read More…]

By William Madouk President Slava Kiir Mayardit said his administration will go for general elections after the end of transitional period as the only path to power, adding that no more extension for interim unity government. The head of state made this remarks before hundreds of thousands of Aweil residents[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri The leader and Chairperson of the South Sudan National Movement for Change (SSNMC) Moro Genesio and a policy and political analyst at the Institute of Social Policy and Research James Boboya are demanding the Secretary of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) Peter Lam Both to[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang Lakes State ministry of general education and instruction has registered a significant drop in the number of senior four (S.4) candidates who are sitting for the certificate of secondary School examination from 1,969 last year to 1,903 this year, 2023. The decline of S.4 candidates was[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto A South Sudanese refugee is among many other fellows in Uganda who are left without or little hope to return back to class after finishing their ordinary level of education in Uganda with the help of non-governmental organizations supporting refugees’ children. With limited help offered, Kevin[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto The Joint security team in Maracha district of Uganda’s West Nile region have retrieved two guns in separate incidences in a single day from Nyara cell Okapi ward Maracha town council after being tipped by whistle-blowers. The guns that are suspected to have been smuggled in[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi Duku Sokiri The ruling party, SPLM has defended the party’s Secretary-General, Peter Lam Both’s comment alleging that the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar has declared war against one specific community. In a video Lam said Machar rebelled for the first-time during Dr. John Garang, he stayed[Read More…]

By William Madouk Rome Peace Talks kicked off in Italy among the government and non-signatories to the revitalized peace agreement on Tuesday, with high prospect of achieving positive results from the dialogue. Government delegation and holdout groups – Real SPLM led by Pagan Amum, NAS under Thomas Cirilo and SSUF/A[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The national ministry of General Education and Instructions has warned invigilators and students against any examination malpractices in any of the centers and schools as statistics of 35,459 students started dotting their ink on their first paper yesterday. Speaking during the opening of the first examination[Read More…]

By William Madouk Young girls in the primary and secondary schools are set to get information communication technology training to explore more opportunities in the digital space. This comes after the National Communication Authority (NCA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Go-Girls ICT Initiative organization last Friday to embark on[Read More…]

By Digi Alex A 45-year-old teacher from Makpandu who was riding to fetch examination papers for his S.4 candidates over the weekend unfortunately succumbed to a motorbike accident in Yambio County of Western Equatoria State after he had an accident. The directorate of Traffic Police in Yambio confirmed that the[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The government of Western Equatoria State has laid a strategy to fish out criminals involved in illegal logging in the State as a quest to protect nature and the diminishing historical traditional trees that are vital for people’s livelihoods. This development came following a letter of[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David President Salva Kiir Mayardit has advised the communities of Abyei Administration Area and the Twic chiefs to reconcile and stop brutal disputes among themselves urging them to immediately reach cessation of hostilities for peaceful co-existence. This development came yesterday during a meeting between President Kiir and[Read More…]

By William Madouk A group of over 300 community representatives from Jikany community in Unity State signed a peace agreement after a people-to-people conference held in Bentiu to iron simmering intra-violence. Signing of ‘Thoan Declaration’ among the community was midwifed by the governor of Unity state, Dr. Joseph Manytuil who[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David Weekend commodity price hike has drawn attention of destitute families as most of them said they have resorted to buying substitute goods to feed their families since sky rocketing price discrimination has overpowered their purchasing power. According to the weekend market update carried by No.1.citizen daily[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto The Block leader of Pagirinya 2 refugee settlement in Adjumani district in Uganda said there is high rate of smuggling in the refugee camp. Ladu Peter told No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper on Saturday 18th March 2023, that the act may bring insecurity in the settlement. He[Read More…]

By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto A young South Sudanese living in Maaji 2 refugee settlement, Adjumani district in Uganda, survived death in an accident that occurred along Maaji-Adjumani road on Saturday 18th March 2023. Unzimai Fekima’s car overturned when he was heading to Adjumani town for weekend. The 29-year-old, admitted that[Read More…]

By Staff Writer On the expense of the State Government, the Kajokeji County authorities on Saturday launched the grading of the 7.2 km road linking the County Administrative Area to the main hospital, the airstrip and the army barrack as the areas were becoming impassable due to poor road network.[Read More…]