By Bida Elly David The South Sudan Government has poured blames and has stated that the death of the late Manawa Peter Gatkuoth was due to heart attack that resulted from criticisms and pressure from some citizens who exaggerated the dredging plans of the Nile. Their statement came following the[Read More…]
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Riek ready to face Kiir over Parliamentary row
By Taban Henry South Sudan First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar and the Chair of the Governance Cluster in the unity government is ready to meet President Salva Kiir to resolve the discrepancies of the Opposition lawmakers over passing of the political parties Act (amendment) Bill 2022. Earlier last week[Read More…]
MP accuses Speaker Nunu for lavishly spending money on trips
By William Madouk Garang A lawmaker at Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) has slammed the Speaker of the R-TNLA, Jemma Nunu Kumba accusing her for wastefully spending lots money on expensive and fruitless trips abroad. MP Juol Nhomngek also alleged that Speaker is working to “destroy” young Members of[Read More…]
Opposition MPs boycott sittings over altered political Parties’ Act
By William Madouk Garang A section of lawmakers from the main opposition party’ Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) have been dodging parliamentary sessions echoing that the recently passed ‘controversial’ Political Party’s Act is tampered. This came after the Specialized Committee on Legislation and Justice in the Transitional Legislative[Read More…]
Troika calls for Kiir, Machar face to face talks
By Taban Henry The US Ambassador Jonny Baxter has called on the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny to meet and engage in face to face discussions with President Salva Kiir to iron out issues hindering progress of the Revitalized Peace Agreement. This was revealed to the media on[Read More…]
British lawyer defends his report on S. Sudan conflicts
By Philip Buda Ladu The author of the report “Pushing The Reset Button for South Sudan” which the Government released as revealing that the 15th December 2013 and 8th July 2016 conflicts were attempted coups has come out to defend his report amid criticism of the report. Steven Kay, a[Read More…]
Gov’t to launch nationwide consultation on truth, reconciliation and healing
By Taban Henry The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs has on Thursday planned to launch the National Public Consultation as a way of establishing the Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing as indicated in the chapter 5 of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic[Read More…]
R-JMEC enlightens Council of States on R-ARCSS
By Philip Buda Ladu The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) on Thursday convened an orientation workshop for the Members of Council of States on the Revitalized Peace Agreement, its status of implementation and the functions of the Council of States. Dr. Thomson Fontaine, the R-JMEC Chief of Staff-Strategy[Read More…]
Troika meets SPLM officials over sluggish peace implementation
By Adia Jildo Representatives of the Troika countries and members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party met on Thursday at the Party’s Secretariat in Juba to discuss challenges facing the implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement. Briefing journalists after the meeting, Bol Makueng, the SPLM Secretary for External[Read More…]
No insecurity alarm in Juba – Kiir
By Philip Buda Ladu President Salva Kiir Maryardit yesterday said there is no problem of insecurity in the capital city Juba, clearing the public’s dilemmas and fears of possible repeat of the 2016 J1 incident. Some media reported of security deployment around the streets of Presidential Palace J1 and the[Read More…]
Peace principals at loggerheads over army command
By Philip Buda Ladu President Salva Kiir and the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar are portraying signs of strong disagreement over the unification of the Command of the yet to be graduated unified forces as the two key principals to the 2018 R-ARCSS differed on the ratio of forces’[Read More…]
Intense fight over position culminated into recent violence
The SPLA-IO Spokesperson Col. Lam Paul Gabriel/Courtesy photo By Taban Henry The Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition has blamed the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) for continues fight over position, a reason for the recent violence. This was revealed to the media on Thursday after fresh clashes hit[Read More…]
Cabinet minister blasts Troika, R-JMEC
By Philip Buda Ladu The Minister of Cabinet Affairs in the R-TGoNU, Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro has bitterly expressed disappointment with the Troika countries (United States, United Kingdom and Norway) and R-JMEC saying they always dwell on reporting bad things about the Government of South Sudan. Dr. Lomuro, who represented[Read More…]
RJMEC seeks amicable solution for alleged attacks
By Taban Henry The Chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) is calling on the peace parties to find amicable solutions to the upsurge of the recent violence that has been reported in some cantonment sites and the SPLA-IO positions across the country. This was revealed after[Read More…]
Citizens of WES demand new MPs to restore peace
By Digi The Western Equatoria State citizens are calling on the newly reconstituted State Revitalized Transitional Legislative Assembly of Western Equatoria State to bring peace in the state Last year, the President of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit reconstituted the Legislative Assembly of Western Equatoria State and[Read More…]
SPLM/A-IO withdraws from Security, peace mechanisms
By Philip Buda Ladu The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and Army in Opposition, (SPLM/A-IO) tendered their letter of suspension to the Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, (RJMEC) suspending their participating in the meetings of the ceasefire monitoring body, CTSAMVM including the RJMEC. The suspension was declared through[Read More…]
Industrialization remains a dream without hydropower
Dr. James Wani Igga/Courtesy photo By Philip Buda Ladu The Vice President for Economic Cluster Dr. James Wani Igga said South Sudan dearly needed a hydroelectric-power station built to produce strong electricity that can attract investors to establish factories in the country. The Vice President for Economic Cluster said there[Read More…]
Minister calls on lawmakers to pass environmental bill
By Adia Jildo The deputy Minister of Finance Agok Makur has called on the chairperson of the standing specialized committee of environment to pass the environmental bill so as to protect the environment for the future generation. He said oil dependence has a great effect of the environment hence climate[Read More…]
Women in Yambio trained on Governance
By Digi More than 50 women in Yambio County of Western Equatoria State attended training on Enhancing Gender Responsive Governance that kicked off on Friday last week The two days training which started on Thursday and ended on Friday last week was organized by the United Nations Mission in South[Read More…]
Anti-Corruption body lacks framework to prosecute officials
By Philip Buda Ladu The National Anti-Corruption Commission said it lacks the legal framework that can enable them investigate and prosecute corrupt officials found guilty of corruption and embezzlement of public funds. The Anti-Corruption amendment Bill 2011 that the Commission drafted in 2011 is stranded in between the Ministry of[Read More…]