By Bida Elly David The Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs, Angelina Teny revealed that South Sudan is one of the Countries registered in the shame list of the United Nations. She said South Sudan is included in the list due to the bad reputation it generated through the successive[Read More…]
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President Kiir discusses bilateral ties with Sudan
By Mary Poni President Kiir met with a delegation from the Republic of Sudan led by the Deputy Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo on Tuesday to discuss political developments in Sudan. According to the statement from the office of the President, the discussion was basically focused[Read More…]
SSPDF deploys over 700 soldiers for peace mission to DRC
By Bida Elly David South Sudan people’s Defense Force has sent off a battalion of seven hundred and fifty (750) soldiers for a peacekeeping mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the East African Community regional force DRC. This development came following a request from the East[Read More…]
Gatwech on spotlight over gruesome Pibor attack
By William Madouk Garang Murle Community Youth Association (MCYA) has accused the Kitgwang splinter group under rebel leader Gen. Simon Gatwech Dual of backing up the white army ethnic militia to attack civilians in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area. David Ngiro Yangkon, the chairman of MCYA told journalists that the[Read More…]
Kajo-Keji citizens yearn for gov’t intervention amid second cattle invasion
By Mary Poni Citizens of Kajo-Keji County are yet again grappling with invading cattle herders that are destroying livelihoods, instilling fears in the returnees who have come back from refugee camps to rebuild their broken walls. Office of the commissioner said the county residents are losing trust in the government[Read More…]
Police registers zero crimes during Christmas
By Bida Elly David The national police spokesperson said the authority has registered zero cases of death and crimes during the festive season despite accidents that left number of motorists injured in the city. Speaking to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper on the Christmas aftermath, police spokesperson Maj. Gen. Daniel said[Read More…]
Authorities blame armed youth over Pibor mayhem
By Kiden Stela Mandela Authorities in Pibor administrative area said the attack that started on Monday morning was worsening in Gumuruk County and Kongor payam of Likwangole County. Speaking to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper yesterday (Tuesday 27th December 2022) in a phone interview, Pibor information Minister Abraham Kelang said the[Read More…]
Activist slams national leadership over Pibor killings
By Bida Elly David A civil Society activist has slammed the national government leadership over their reluctance to proactively respond to the current conflict in Greater Pibor Administrative Area saying that their silence without action would continue to escalate the violence further if not well addressed. In a statement extended[Read More…]
Communication authority vows to reduce communication costs
By Bida Elly David National Communication Authority has made a positive move to rescue the country from high communication costs by connecting well advanced fibre optic cables from Ethiopia for affirmative improvement. This development was revealed last week following the authority’s plans to improve the country’s communication network that had[Read More…]
Company sues state government over unpaid dues
By Bida Elly David The managing director for Trans Africa partners Co. Limited has said that his company has opened a case against the government of Upper Nile State following unpaid dues for the installation of CCTV and supplies to various ministries since 2011. Speaking to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper[Read More…]
Jonglei, Greater Pibor bleeds as other States celebrate Christmas
By Mary Poni As citizens across South Sudan joined the rest of the world to celebrate this Christmas feast, greater Jonglei and most particularly Pibor Administrative Area is bleeding as armed youth from Jonglei State reportedly mobilized themselves and attacked youth from Pibor area. Edmund Yakani, the Executive Director of[Read More…]
Power tussle won’t take us anywhere, Kiir warns
By William Madouk Garang President Salva Kiir Mayardit has said power struggle will not benefit the country in any way but rather toss the nation into total destruction and fiery furnace. Addressing congregation at St. Theresa Cathedral parish on the Christmas Day, President Kiir cited that it’s now a time[Read More…]
Women’s Bloc pushes for enactment of 35% affirmative action in OPP
By Mary Poni Women’s Bloc of South Sudan has appealed to the government to reconsider the 35 percent affirmative action for women in Other Political Parties (OPP). The Chairperson for Women’s Bloc of South Sudan, Amer Manyok Deng said that this time around, President Salva Kiir shall give chance to[Read More…]
Nyandeng secures $3.7bn aids grant for South Sudan
By William Madouk Garang Vice President for gender and youth cluster, Rebecca Nyandeng De’Mabior has succeeded in securing 3.7 billion US dollars from World Food Programme to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. Nyandeng, who is in charge of the gender and youth cluster in the unity government[Read More…]
Cabinet approves skills development policy
By William Madouk Garang The Council of Ministers on Friday approved the vocational training and skills development policy that will assist in training unskilled labour force to ensure the progressive growth of the workforce in the country. This is after the national minister of Labor James Hoth Mai presented the[Read More…]
NRA directs tax agencies to digitalize collection to probe mischiefs
By Bida Elly David The National Revenue Authority (NRA) has directed tax collecting institutions in the state to ensure immediate and full implementation of the E-tax system to ease collection of taxes as well as mitigate issues of fraud and misconducts. In a statement seen by No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper[Read More…]
Joint operations deployed for civil protection amid festivity
By Bida Elly David The national police spokesperson has underscored that the police in conjunction with other security segments has already deployed not less than three thousand security forces to mitigate criminal activities to ensure safety of the citizens amid Christmas feast in Juba. This development came following concerns from[Read More…]
UN pumps $14M to support floods, violence victims
By William Madouk Garang The United Nations Humanitarian has approved $14 million as a direct charitable assistance to 262,521 people who are affected by continued violence and severe flooding. Five states across the country are expected to benefit from the fresh allocated charitable funding which are Unity, Upper Nile,[Read More…]
South Sudan war is a fight for wealth: Bishop Ameyu
By Bida Elly David The metropolitan Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba yesterday said that the on-going conflict in South Sudan has been in existence due to greed for wealth as opposed to political disagreements. While passing his Christmas message to the faithful and political leaders in a media[Read More…]
MP wants kids abducted by cattle herders returned
By William Madouk Garang Anne Kaku, an MP in the parliamentary caucus at Central Equatoria State Transitional Legislative Assembly appeals to Jonglei government, and Bor community to help return eleven children allegedly abducted by cattle herders in Juba County. The Lawmaker said that if such act of child abduction continues[Read More…]