By staff The Anglican Church of South Sudan concluded its Synod at St. Joseph Cathedral of Good Shepherd in Serekat residential area, Juba South Sudan on last Sunday. The participants of the Synod were from; Kenya, Uganda and from parts of South Sudan states. Speaking to the congregation, His Grace[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David Juba city deputy mayor for infrastructure development, Thiik Thiik Mayardit is set to be dragged to the court by the Directorate of South Sudan traffic police after slapping an officer and demolishing traffic offices at Buluk police residence. This saga transpired during a demolition exercise carried[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David National Revenue Authority has said that poor internet connection, insecurity and infrastructure are factors that have impeded the collection of revenues through the E-taxation system. It said that government needs to raise up eyebrows towards addressing the underlying factors to enable effective collection of revenues. The[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Directorate of civil registry, nationality, passports and immigration has made new increment of fees for the issuance of nationality, passports and other related national identification documents. Speaking to the media, Atem Marol Biar the Director General for civil registry, nationality, passport and immigration said that[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang Vice President for Service Cluster, Hussein Abdelbagi Akol has criticized security apparatus of failing to shut down unlicensed universities operating in the country though they were given green light. Akol stated that security organs were given order since last year to close down all universities that[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang      The Chairman of South Sudan United Front/Army (SSUFA), Paul Malong Awan has assured the government and peace guarantors of his commitment to ceasefire agreement, his close ally revealed. SSUF/A military Spokesperson, Col. Philip Deng Kuol said they have no any intention of waging war against[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Executive Director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) has called on the EAC community parliamentarian to use the ongoing tournament as a mechanism to embrace peace rather than breaking the region apart.  South Sudan capital city, Juba is hosting Inter-parliamentary games of East[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David A renowned gender expert has blamed the health sector over poor monitoring of male doctors regarding sexual act against women saying nurses and girls in most facilities would be at risk against the abuse. She made the statement following the accusation of the medical doctor at[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David South Sudan National Election Commission (NEC) has slammed the government against delays on the enactment of the national election act saying that the stagnation of the act would affect the roadmap and the deadline through which the bill would be executed. The Election Commission is regarded[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Managing Director of South Sudan Media Authority has warned government officials against using the Social media platforms for promoting hate speech or disseminating information of their own interest urging them to avoid acting like activists. The development transpired during a three day drill on the[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang      The Chairman of South Sudan United Front/Army (SSUFA), Paul Malong Awan has assured the government and peace guarantors of his commitment to ceasefire agreement, his close ally revealed. SSUF/A military Spokesperson, Col. Philip Deng Kuol said they have no any intention of waging war against[Read More…]

By Taban Tom Henry The Rt. Hon. Speaker of the National Parliament of the Republic of Kenya, Moses Wetangula has urged all the East African Community member states to waive visa fees in the region. The Kenyan parliament speaker made the appeal yesterday in Juba during the inauguration of the[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Lirya Payam of Juba County has made a promise to declare war against cattle herders following abduction of two children and murder of their father on Wednesday night according to local authorities. The local authority pointed out that the government of Central Equatoria State has[Read More…]

By Taban Tom Henry The Republic of South Sudan is for the first time hosting the East African Community 12th edition of the inter-parliamentary games under the theme “widening and deepening EAC integration by increasing visibility for its citizens through sports”. The 12th inter-parliamentary games are hosted by the Transitional[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo A whistle blower has exposed a sex tape of a medical doctor who has been sexually exploiting staff, patients and other minors. The medical doctor (name withheld) who had been working in a government hospital was said to have been committing the act since 2015 to date[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David Amnesty International and the South Sudanese Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) have called on the African Union to speed up the formation of the Hybrid Court for South Sudan (HCSS). The Hybrid Court for South Sudan is an AU-led hybrid court which will have the mandate[Read More…]

By Taban Tom Henry The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ruben Madol Arol said the Local Government Act amendment is on hold awaiting the permanent constitutional making process to enact permanent constitution. He revealed this during his presentation at the ongoing 6th governor’s forum yesterday. Justice Madol in his[Read More…]