By Opio Jackson The Office of the President said there is no election in 2022 due to the time lost. Nhial Deng Nhial Minister of Presidential Affairs said it is President Salva Kiir’s right to lead South Sudan at least till next elections determines the post transitional power architecture. “The[Read More…]
Politics
This is some dummy copy. You’re not really supposed to read this dummy copy, it is just a place holder for people who need some type to visualize what the actual copy might look like if it were real content.
Gov’t, holdout group near to final peace deal-Dr. Barnaba
By Opio Jackson The government, Pa’gun Amum and Gen. Paul Malong are on the road to final peace process, said Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, head of government delegation to the Naivasha peace talks. Since January 2021, the government has been engaging Pa’gun Amum the leader of Real-SPLM and Gen. Paul[Read More…]
NAS Rejects Joining Peace Process
By Kiden Stela Mandela The National Salvation Front NAS, one of the hold out groups who are not signatory to the Revitalized Agreement on Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS), has stated that it will not join the peace process. NAS was responding to a statement made by the[Read More…]
Government Accuses Biar of Working for Regime Change
By Ochaya Jackson The Government of South Sudan through Office of the President has on Friday said that Activist Peter Biar Ajak is attempting to depose the regime using unconstitutional means. Biar lately fled to United States after the US State Department granted him humanitarian visas on the ground that[Read More…]
Gen. Johnson Olony Remains SPLM-IO Nominee
By Kiden Stela Mandela & Ochaya Jackson The Leadership of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) has on Monday said that Gen. Johnson Olony remains a nominee on its ticket to be appointed as the Governor of Upper Nile State. This was revealed by First Vice President’s Spokesperson James[Read More…]
President Kiir Flops IGAD’s DEADLINE ON PARLIAMENT
By Kiden Stela Mandela and Ochaya Jackson President Salva Kiir has not heeded to Inter-Governmental Authority on Development IGAD’s demand to melt the current Parliament which houses 400 MP’s before Sunday 26th July, 2020, in an effort to speed up the implementation of the agreement. IGAD on the 14th July,[Read More…]
Government Denies Murder Accusations against Activist Peter Biar
By Kiden Stela Mandela/ Ochaya Jackson The Government of South Sudan through Presidential Spokesperson Ateny Wek Ateny, on Friday yesterday, denied the accusation that the government was intending to kill Human Rights Activist Peter Biar Ajak. Activist Ajak arrived at Dulles Airport in Washington, DC on Thursday together with his[Read More…]
Cantonment sites at verge of collapse / CTSAMVM
By Keji Janefer Silver The Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAM-VM) in its 16th extraordinary meeting on Friday, said cantonment sites are almost collapsing due to lack of logistical support, according observation. Major general Teshome Gemechu Aderie, chairperson of CTSAMVM, said they had observed that the[Read More…]
Mabior denies resignation from SPLM-IO
By Keji Janefer Silver The former Deputy Minister of Interior in the re-vitalized peace agreement, Mabior Garang, has denied reports circulated over the social media that he had resigned from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO). Mabior, who spoke to No.1 Citizen Newspaper from Nairobi Kenya on Sunday,[Read More…]
Stranded South Sudanese nationals in India return home
By Ochaya Jackson More than 20 South Sudanese nationals, who were stranded in India for the last four months, landed at Juba International Airport on Friday evening 10/07/2020, according to the Indian Ambassador to South Sudan, Subramalial Dakexina Moorthy. The Ambassador was speaking to the media upon his arrival from[Read More…]
Environment Minister warns against tree logging
By Moyo Jacob South Sudan Minister of Environment and Forestry, Josephine Napwon Cosmas, has warned individuals practicing logging of trees in Eastern Equatoria State, to stop immediately. The minister stressed that her office in Juba had registered several reports of forests being destroyed by some people for their personal interests.[Read More…]
Kiir admits the agreement’s tortoise movement
By Ochaya Jackson The South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, on Wednesday, admitted that he was painfully aware of the behind schedule implementation of the re-vitalized peace agreement, which is a disappointment to the citizens’ expectations, and called for collective effort to speed up the process by eliminating the obstacles to[Read More…]
Minister encourages leadership aspiring women
By Keji Janefer The Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, Aya Warille, paid a courtesy visit, Tuesday, to the National Transformation Leadership Institute, at the University of Juba premise, to acquaint herself with the work of the institute. The National Transformation Leadership Institute was initiated in 2016 by a[Read More…]
Undersecretary calls for appointment of Presidential Advisor on Gender and Human Rights
Keji Janefer The Undersecretary in the ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare Esther Ikere has called for the establishment of oversight mechanisms and appointment of Presidential Advisor on gender and human rights. Esther also called for establishment of gender commission to promote gender equality and monitor the implementation of[Read More…]
Why SPLM-IO have Objection on National Dialogue
SPLM-IO Chairman Dr. Riak Machar while living in South Africa declined to meet the National Dialogue (ND) Committee headed by Co-Chair of the Committee for first and second time in a row. The first visit by committee to South Africa it failed, claimed Dr. Machar not ready for that meeting,[Read More…]
SPLM/A Youth League Trains Members on Nationalism
By Keji Janefer Members of the National SPLM/A Youth League started attending a public lecture on Nationalism in the context of Pan-Africanism on South Sudan at its headquarters in Juba. The training which is expected to continue for six months is aimed at equipping the youth with the knowledge of[Read More…]
Internally Displaced Persons protest against 32 States
By Bosco Bush Taban People living in the Protection of Civilian Sites (PoCs) in Juba staged a peaceful protest to denounce the current 32 States in South Sudan. On Wednesday 12th February 2020, thousands of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) carrying placards and singing songs said that they are “demanding[Read More…]
Vice President says people should forget dowry, encourages girls’ education
By Keji Jennifer Silver South Sudan’s Vice President Dr. James Wani Igga emphasized the importance of education to women and girls stating that culture is the main hindrance to education of ladies. “This is the problem with this because this lady is not educated so how are you going to[Read More…]
Governors reiterate their call to maintain 32 states
By, Bosco Bush Taban The Governors of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) have reiterated their call to maintain the current thirty two States. In a press statement Tuesday 11th February 2020 at the SPLM House in Juba, Maridi State Governor Africano Mande Gendima said that, the current[Read More…]
First Brexit residency applications made
This is some dummy copy. You’re not really supposed to read this dummy copy, it is just a place holder for people who need some type to visualize what the actual copy might look like if it were real content. If you want to read, I might suggest a good[Read More…]