By Chol Makol Riak The Relief and Rehabilitation Commission in Jonglei state has intervened in the Jonglei civil society network crisis. Last Month, Jonglei civil society network general assembly held a meeting with representatives of the 43-member organizations in the state and elected a new leadership of the network, a[Read More…]
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Over 5,000 Mundari IDPs return home
By Noah Issa Philip Over 5,000 Internally Displaced Persons from Domuru Boma in Yeri Payam of Mvolo County in Western Equatoria state, who have been displaced since 2011 due to communal conflict, have returned to their original homelands. They were forced to migrate due to inter-communal conflict between Dinka Atuot[Read More…]
Suicide cases on rise in Lakes State
By Yang Ater Yang The Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) said suicide cases are on the rise in Lakes State, urging the government to intervene. CEPO’s Lakes’ State coordinator, Daniel Laat Kon said the number of suicide death cases recorded in 2021-2022 is 45 and 28 suicide attempts mostly[Read More…]
JICA launches co-chair project at Juba University
By Adia Jildo Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has launched its first co- chair project in the learning at the University of Juba. The 5 years’ project will focus on enlightening the steps of modernization and economic development of Japan and how South Sudan can use the experience to develop[Read More…]
Jonglei Workers Union urges gov’t to pay civil servants
By Chol Makol Riak The Workers Trade Union in Jonglei state is urging the state government to adhere to its commitment and pays\ civil servants their dues. This week, the Jonglei state Minister of Information, Veronica William Deng told Radio Jonglei that the state will pay the civil servants their[Read More…]
S. Sudan remotely monitoring citizens’ safety in Ukraine
By Philip Buda Ladu The Government said it is remotely monitoring the situation and safety of South Sudanese citizens that are in Kiev, Ukraine as Russian attacks against Ukraine intensifies. As the Russian Military Offensive against Ukraine intensifies the South Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said it[Read More…]
Armed herders dislodge over 4,000 Magwi residents
By Taban Henry Over 4,000 residents in the villages of Agoro, Nyolo, Post Mangat and Chomboro of Magwi County have fled their homes after an attack by armed cattle keepers. The Executive Chief of Agoro payam, Okee Joseph Oryem confirmed that huge number of people has been displaced and one[Read More…]
Ethiopia awards 29 scholarships to South Sudanese doctors
By Philip Buda Ladu The Government of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia has awarded more scholarships to 29 South Sudanese student doctors to pursue their post-graduate programs on different specialty areas in the field of medicine. The 29 doctors were among the over 70 practicing South Sudanese medical officers drawn[Read More…]
ICRC distributes 35 wheelchairs to disabled in Aweil
By Ngor Deng Matem The International Committee of the Red Cross, (ICRC) in South Sudan has distributed thirty-five wheelchairs to people who are paralyzed and unable to walk in Aweil. The beneficiaries were identified by the state Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare in collaboration with the communities. Some[Read More…]
Gunmen loot food aid for flood victims
By Taban Henry Warehouses with food aid for thousands of people affected by floods have been looted by armed groups in South Sudan in areas that are now out of reach for aid workers. In a statement released to the media on Thursday, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Kennedy Mabonga,[Read More…]
Juba University collaborates to launch Hospitality school
By Adia Jildo The University of Juba and Zetech University in Kenya are set to launch a joint school of hospitality and tourism in the University of Juba. The school set to be launched in the next academic year will help boost economic empowerment in the country as part of[Read More…]
Armed herders attack Chomboro Boma in Magwi
By Taban Henry Huge number of people has been displaced and one wounded after cattle keepers attacked an area known as Chomboro boma of Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria State on Wednesday. Last month local authorities in Magwi County reported a high influx of cattle in the area and warned[Read More…]
Citizens express mixed reactions over 2023 elections
By Dokada William Dobo Some citizens have expressed mixed reactions over the proposed conduct of the 2023 elections schedule as spelled out in the September 2018 Revitalized peace agreement at the end of the transitional period. The implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement has been moving in a snail pace[Read More…]
Passengers survive another tragic plane crash
By Chol Makol Riak Another plane has crash-landed in Bor of Jonglei State on Thursday, the second in the country in a month. Authorities at Bor airport say the plane which was coming from Uror County crash-landed on Wednesday in Bor town. Kuot John Akech, the Director of Bor Airport[Read More…]
Thousands households affected in Abyei incident
Some of the displaced persons/Courtesy Photo By Ngor Deng Matem Authorities in Abyei Administrative Area have confirmed that ten thousand households in areas of Aneet, Agok, Juoljok, Mading Jokthiang and other surroundings have been affected by the recent violence. Chief Administrator Kuol Diem Kuol said the people who are displaced[Read More…]
Aweil youth calls for free and fair election of union leaders
By Ngor Deng Matem Aweil Youth Union in Juba have expressed commitment to hold free and fair elections in March as it is being postpone from 26th February 2022. The union’s speaker Mr. Angelo Baak Mawien said that 49 delegates representing five counties of Northern Bahr el Ghazal shall be[Read More…]
About sixteen perish in cattle raid violence
By Chol Makol Riak Authorities in Jonglei state are calling on communities in Jonglei state’s Ayod, Nyirol and Uror counties to cease hostilities following inter-communal clashes that claimed more than a dozen lives in the area. The Jonglei State minister for local government and law enforcement, Simon Hoth, said the[Read More…]
Governor Manytuil addresses State Assembly on worsening security
The Governor of Unity State Lt. Gen Dr. Joseph Manytuil Wejang/Courtesy Photo By Yien Gattuor Mead The Governor of Unity State Governor Lt. Gen Dr Joseph Manytuil Wejang on Tuesday briefed the members of the state August house on the general security situation in Unity state. The briefing to the[Read More…]
Warrap to begin disarmament next week
By Ngor Deng Matem The Warrap state government has announced plans to begin a massive Peaceful Disarmament of illegal weapons next week. The state government said that well equipped army personnel from the Tiger division in Juba have already started the journey to Warrap state. Ring Deng Ading is the[Read More…]
Ceasefire under threat, near collapse
By Taban Henry The South Sudan peace monitoring body, the Ceasefire & Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring & Verification Mechanism has warned that the ceasefire is nearing collapse and parties continue to engage in confrontations. This was revealed in a meeting convened by CTSAMVM during its monthly sitting of the technical[Read More…]