By Hou Akot Hou Medical workers in Northern Bahr El Ghazal state have called on healthy residents to turn up at the Aweil state hospital to donate blood to help patients with anemia because the facility is in need. Luka Lual Aleu, the health education focal point person at Aweil[Read More…]
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Medicine Sans Frontiers aids refugees with mobile clinic
By Hou Akot Hou Medicine Sans Frontiers (MSF), a health Non-Governmental Organization has established a mobile clinic at Wadwill Refugee Camp in Northern Bahr El Gazal State of South Sudan. Wadwil is an area where Sudanese war escapees have been relocated last months for temporary settlement. Peter Dut Thiep, acting[Read More…]
Engineers threaten to quit University project
By Deng Athian A five-member technical committee tasked to design a master plan for construction of Northern Bahr El Ghazal-Aweil University has threatened to withdraw from the project. According to the letter signed by the 5 members, mainly Architects and Engineers, construction of the fence and main gate started before[Read More…]
Save rabies patients- Health official
By Hou Akot Hou Health officials in Aweil West County of Northern Bahr El Ghazal state have appealed to the community to always rush victims of dog bits to get anti-rabies vaccine, immediately. Mr. Lual Khamis, a health worker said a dozen of patients incapacitated have been admitted to Nyamlel[Read More…]
Man, stabs brother to death
By Hou Akot Hou A young man stabbed his brother to death over the weekend at Maduany near Aweil Town in Northern Bahr El Ghazal state (NBGs). The deceased identified as 35 years old Akol Kuan Tong was knifed by his brother, Tong Akol Tong over a small dispute at[Read More…]
Police issues ultimatum for motorists to acquire number plates
By Hou Akot Hou Traffic police in Aweil, Northern Bahr El Ghazal state, have given an ultimatum for owners of both heavy and light vehicles to register their machines and get plate numbers. “State traffic police directorate is urging owners of tractors, cars and the motorbikes to get themselves number[Read More…]
Police to return confiscated toxic Liquor
By Hou Akot Hou Northern Bahr El Ghazal state (NBGs) government, Aweil municipal council and the police have agreed to return assortment of toxic alcohols spirits that were confiscated from traders. The police spokesperson in NBG, Captain, Guot Guot Akol, said the municipal authority has directed that the drinks be[Read More…]
Meat prices shoot up in Aweil town
By Hou Akot Hou Residents of Aweil town, Northern Bahr El Ghazal state of South Sudan, have raised concerns over meat price hike, as butchers now sell a kilo at over 3,000 South Sudanese pounds, from SSP 2,500, in April. The increase comes in the wake of high inflation coupled[Read More…]
Aweil hails UN peacekeepers
By Hou Akot Hou Acting governor for Northern Bahr El Ghazal state, Tong Lual Ayat has hailed United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) peacekeepers for making the world a peaceful place to live. The acting governor, made the remark during celebration of the International Peacekeepers’ Day in Aweil under the[Read More…]
Gov’t warns against sale of donated toilet slabs
By Hou Akot Hou Northern Bahr El Ghazal State Ministry of water resources has issued a stern warning to locals in Aweil against selling the distributed latrine covers (Slabs). Mr. Dut Deng Gabriel, Director for water and sanitation at the ministry noted that some individuals who were given the latrine[Read More…]
Hippopotamus kills a woman in Aweil
By Hou Akot Hou A hippopotamus has 52-year-old woman identified as Aluat Aluong Mawien at Wun-atem Mei village in Aweil East County, Northern Bahr El Ghazal. Mawien, a mother of three children was killed on Thursday morning, as she attempted to cross a river. An eyewitness, Garang Ben Ben said[Read More…]
Aweil Traders decry soaring prices
By Hou Akot Hou Traders in Aweil market of Northern Bahr El Ghazal state have complained of hike in commodity prices as a result of the Sudanese war which paralyzed cross-border trade preventing entry of goods. Adam Musa, a trader, said the Sudanese conflict is affecting the people in Aweil[Read More…]
River blindness vaccination campaign Launched
By Hou Akot Hou Northern Bahr El Ghazal state Ministry of Health is launching a vaccination campaign for river blindness, in Aweil South and Center counties. Acting Director General in the ministry, Peter Dut Thiep told this outlet that training of personnel to conduct the vaccination in the two counties[Read More…]
Refugees, Host community opt for tribunal court
By Hou Akot Hou Local chiefs seek to establish a tribunal court to settle cases between refugees and host community, at Wadwil refugee camp in Aweil West County, Northern Bahr El Ghazal state. Setting up of the local court is being initiated in a quest to settle foreseeable issues between[Read More…]
Refugee woman suffers miscarriage at Wadwil
By Hou Akot Hou A youth activist has raised concerns over dire living conditions of female Sudanese refugees, as a woman reportedly had a miscarriage. Mangar Bol, who is based in Wadwil at Gok-juer of Aweil West County in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State, where the refugees have been relocated,[Read More…]
NBGs: Police probes six suspects of stealing mosquito nets
By Hou Akot Hou Police in Northern Bahr El Ghazal (NBG) state are probing into the case of six suspects accused of stealing bales of mosquito nets, on Saturday. One of the police officers Dut Garang Deng told this outlet that they have remanded the suspects after a report from[Read More…]
Returnees, refugees receive food aids in Aweil
By Ngor Deng Returnees and refugees who fled raging war in the neighboring Sudan have finally received some food aid, for the first time since their arrival in Northern Bahr El Ghazal state. The food assistance was delivered to returnees and refugees at Majok Yinhthiou by a national Non-Governmental Organisation. Food[Read More…]
Journalists receive training on transitional justice in Aweil
By Hou Akot Hou Hope Africa South Sudan, (HASS), a national organization is training 25 media practitioners in Northern Bahr El Ghazal state on transitional justice mechanisms. The three-day training which attracted journalists from various media outlets, kicked off on Wednesday in Aweil town and will end on Friday. HASS,[Read More…]
NBG: At least 280 police officers graduate in Aweil
By Hou Akot Hou Hundreds of thousands of people turned up to witness graduation of 280 police officer on Monday, at Aweil Freedom square. The police officers had undergone four months’ refresher training. Governor Tong Aken Ngor and the state police commissioner, Philip Madut, graced the occasion with inspection of[Read More…]
Minister Akol visits Northern Bahr El Ghazal to assess humanitarian needs
By Hou Akot Hou National Minister of Humanitarian Affairs has visited Northern Bahr El Ghazal with partners to assess the situation and needs of thousands of returnees and refugees camping at Kiir-adem. He led a team that included representative from the International Organization for Migration, (IOM) and other humanitarian partners.[Read More…]