By Adia Jildo The Ministry of Youth and Sport is promising to channel fifty percent (50%) of the grant donated by African Development Bank to support women activities. The grant is for raising financial capacity and civic awareness through the establishment of youth enterprises for youth and women in South[Read More…]

MANNERS MAKE A MAN What differentiates man from beast besides the fact that we can tame anything are manners. People always applaud one who has good manners or good behavior. It could even be called good morals! According to the English dictionary; morals is an adjective that is concerned with[Read More…]

Women continue to face violence amid peace  By Kiden Stela Mandela The country has experienced some of the highest levels of sexual violence in the world. Even before the civil war officially ended in September 2018, women and girls had continued to experience high levels of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and had limited ways to address these[Read More…]

By James Innocent Ali Luwaya The advance military martial court will arrive Yei River County of Central Equatoria State by, Thursday. The Director of Military and Civil Relationship Lt. Col Michael Machar says a high military delegation team that will travel to Yei military garrison is more powerful than the[Read More…]

By Chol Makol Riak A local youth led organization called Plant A Tree Organization (PATO) is focusing on reforestation to reduce challenges created by the climate change. The organization has currently trained at least 10 area chiefs in Bor, Jonglei State. The training aimed at sensitizing the communities in Jonglei[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu The Ministry of Petroleum and its partners, Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nile Pet) and the Commission of Oil and Gas are in the eve of nationalizing the exploration of oil and other natural resources in the country. The Parliamentary Specialized Committee on Petroleum met with the three[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The Vice President for Gender and Youth Cluster, Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior on Tuesday pledged to work hard to end Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) in the country. Nyandeng was speaking to the media as she paid her first courtesy visit to the Gender Based Violence[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David  The Visually impaired students who are in senior four, currently sitting for their national certificate of education are encountering difficulties in answering the exams due to lack of resources and instructor who could guide them during the process of curriculum coverage through the use of typing[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David Persons with disabilities are raising their voices to be appointed into the government institutions. Earlier this week, the group uttered alarm over exclusion in policy and decision making within the government sceneries. In a statement extended to No. 1 Citizen Newspaper this week, the Chairperson for[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo International partners are biding to improve the learning environment in the country. On Tuesday, the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) through the Turkish Embassy in Juba and the Rwandan contingency, through the State Ministry of Education donated 90 desks, and modified the playground of Kapuri Nursery[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Central Equatoria State Chamber of Commerce yesterday said the business environment was heading for jeopardy as traders raise anxieties on day and night assaults on their enterprises by the gang group known as niggers operating in Juba.  In an interview with No. 1 Citizen Newspaper[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The high court in Juba has convicted a catholic priest for 7 years in prison over the shooting of bishop-elect of Rumbek Diocese. The other three locals who allegedly participated in the shooting of bishop-elect were also convicted. After almost a year of the shooting of Bishop-elect[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu Officials from the Ceasefire Transitional Security Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) are saying armed clashes between parties to the signatories of Revitalized Peace Agreement in Unity and Upper Nile States undermine the permanent ceasefire the parties endorsed. The Chairperson of CTSAMVM Lieutenant General, Asrat Denero Amad[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) has called off its ordinary sitting No.6/2022 due to errors observed in the 2022 amendment bill that is made up of the police, prison warden, fire brigade and SPLA laws. Speaking in her address to the August house, the Speaker[Read More…]

By Ngor Deng Matem President Salva Kiir Mayardit has pledged 40 million South Sudanese Pounds as part of his contributions towards the development of Northern Bahr el Ghazal (NBG) University. The University administration organized a fundraising event in Aweil town during the weekend to pull resources for upgrading the university.[Read More…]

By Milly Bayi Nyuga The nation’s rising number in the urban population that is migrating from the rural areas is steady but frustrating the already scarce resources in town. “In developing countries, urbanization usually occurs when people move from villages to settle in cities in hope of gaining a better[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The SSPDF Director of Civil military relation and public information Lt. Col. Michael Machar in Yei is calling on the locals in Yei River County to report cases involving military personnel as the advance team of the mobile court martial. The military court martial is set to[Read More…]

UNDERSTANDING CONSTITUTION AND FREEDOMS IS THE RIGHT PATH TO CIVILIZATION According to the English language; free as an adjective means not under the control of anyone else or not obstructed and to be fair also as an adjective means treating people equally or exercising justice and election, a noun means[Read More…]

Are falsifications and envy worth doing? By Makeer Peter Jok Based on the question, the answer is a big NO. In the human context, vividly without a second thought, falsifications and envy are two separate and slightly attached social evils that ruin relationships and destroy bonds that are supposed to[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong The National Ministry of health in partnership with health agencies on Monday 25th April, 2022 joined the world to commemorate the World Malaria Day at Nyakuron Cultural Centre under the Global theme: “Advance. Equity. Building. Resilience. End. Malaria” in conjunction with local theme: Together, Let’s End[Read More…]