By Yien Gattour Mead   After eight months of extensive work, four activator machines have successfully cleaned 12 km of the Naam River in Unity State, David Gai, the Minister of Information and Communication in Unity State said. The cleaning project, which began in August 2023, covers the stretch from[Read More…]

By Yien Gattuor   A local court in Leer County, Unity State, has sentenced a 32-year-old man to three years imprisonment on Wednesday for stealing two cows. The court also ordered the man to return the stolen livestock. “We sentenced the man after he took two cows from Leer town[Read More…]

By Yien Gattour Mead   A man killed his 38-year-old brother on Thursday, last week in Koch County of Unity State, according to local government official. Details surrounding the killing are still unclear as the suspect has not yet been apprehended. Koch County police director, James Tut Wal identified the[Read More…]

By Yien Gattour Mead   A total of 397 cataract patients in Mayom County, Unity State, have successfully undergone free eye surgeries funded by Samaritan’s Purse (SP). The eye operations campaign began on February 22 and ended on Friday last week. Organized by the County Health Director (CHD) in collaboration[Read More…]

By Yien Gattour   Internally displaced persons in the country threaten to boycott election due to lack of security reform as stipulated in the peace deal. The IDPs criticize parties to peace agreement for failure of security reforms and demand that humanitarian needs, integration of IDPs and refugees, are prioritized.[Read More…]

By Yien Gattour   Local authorities in Panyinjar County of Unity State have taken a suspect into custody following an incident involving the fatal shooting of an individual identified as Lony Lieth Gai. The suspect, who reportedly had a history of alcohol abuse, is believed to have been the closest[Read More…]

By Yien Gattour   A humanitarian worker has been arrested and detained in Koch County, Unity State of South Sudan, for allegedly defaming locals on social media, police authorities say. Brig. Gen. Tut Wal Daang, Koch County Police Commissioner, confirmed the arrest of Daniel Wal Tuol Teny, who works with[Read More…]

By Yien Gattour Mead   Unity State Police Commissioner Maj. Gen Gordon Machar Yieh has pledged to uphold journalists’ rights to access information without hindrance. Gen. Machar was meeting journalists in Bentiu town over the weekend, after the arrest of a journalist, William Kuol Makuar, who works with a local[Read More…]

By Yien Gattour   Koch County of Unity state has mobilized more than 22 million South Sudan Pounds to resettle returnees who fled ongoing conflict in neighboring Sudan. Ruot Riak Teny, the chairperson of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission told No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper on Wednesday. He said that the[Read More…]

By Yien Gattour Mead   Over 4,000 unified forces in Unity State’s Leer County at Muom Training Centre have remained without food, and medicine for seven months after they graduated from the centre. Speaking to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper on Tuesday, the chairperson of the training centre, Brigadier General, Peter[Read More…]

  By Yien Gattour   Authorities in Mayom County, Unity State of South Sudan, have reported that a young man has been killed by his brother-in-law over refusal to pay dowry. The suspect, who had a history of claiming dowry, was not arrested but is still being looked after by[Read More…]

By Yien Gattour   Nearly 1,580 South Sudanese who have recently arrived from Sudan to Panyinjar County in Unity State are facing a dire shortage of food, clean drinking water, shelter, and medication. Aliza Nyamal, a women’s representative of the returnees, spoke with No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper on Sunday.[Read More…]

By Yien Gattour A five-day measles and polio vaccination campaign targeting children between the age of 5-15 has begun in Rubkona County of Unity State. This began after cases of measles increased in Bentiu IDP camp and Rubkona town. Unity State has registered 1,200 cases and over 73 deaths due[Read More…]

By Yien Gattour Unity State Legislative Assembly on Thursday resolved to summon the state’s minister of finance and planning to answer questions about the 3 percent proceeds from the sale of crude oil allocated to the state. The move came after an SPLM-IO legislator, David Jany Yak, raised a motion[Read More…]

By Yien Gattour Local authorities in Wangkay Payam, Unity State, have arrested two armed youths suspected of attacking the Payam Administration. The suspects, who have a history of revenge killings, were arrested on Monday afternoon following gunfire exchanges with police officers. Mayom County Commissioner John Bol Mayak confirmed the arrest,[Read More…]