By Taban Henry A civil society activist has on Tuesday described the Absence of democratic constitutional governance system as part of the factors that pushed the country for armed-political violence. Edmond Yakani, the Executive Director  Community Empowerment for progress Organization [CEPO] revealed the statement on Tuesday after the Minister of[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Sudan Catholic Bishops’ conference for Sudan and South Sudan has urged the government to maintain the promises of not taking the country back to war and pave way for justice, peace and reconciliation.  The catholic clergymen said a lot of humanitarian assistances are currently needed by[Read More…]

Why should the Unification of commands take long? By Kiden Stela Mandela This is the third week that the citizens have been awaiting the unification of the army Commands in the country after the principal parties to the Revitalized Peace Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs has finally tabled the permanent Constitution Making Bill 2022 to the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) in its Ordinary Sitting No.4/2022 for its deliberations and enactment into law. The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Justice Ruben Madol[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong The Juba City Council has continued to crackdown the niggers and the Toronto groups. The Mayor of Juba City Michael Ladu Allah-Jabu said they will continue to arrest the criminals or niggers saying some of them are underage ranging from 6 to 17 years. He said[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The Ministry of Higher Education in the Republic of South Sudan is expected to enroll over 32 thousand students into the five public and the other universities. This was revealed to the media on Monday during the launching of the admission process for the intake of 2022-[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The IDPs residing in Mahad Secondary school have called on the government to allocate land for their settlement as Mahad School administration demanded their evacuation. It has taken nine years since the IDPs built camps for their settlement. The chairperson of the Internally Displaced Persons said the[Read More…]

By Taban Henry A civil society activist on Monday said that the failure of the government to timely crackdown insecurity in the communities has seriously contributed to the looming food insecurity in the country. Activist Edmund Yakani Executive Director for Community Empowerment for Progress Organization revealed the statement on Monday[Read More…]

By Ngor Deng Matem The Office of the National Bureau of Standards in Wau Town burnt down enormous expired commodities last weekend. The commodities whose expiry date elapsed were confiscated in the shops in Wau and Suk Jou markets. These Expired items were set on fire at the Ngolembo site[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The Minister of Higher Education has on Monday revealed that the Egyptian government has exempted tuition fees for the South Sudanese students. This was revealed to the media on Monday during the launching of the admission process for the intake of 2022-2023 academic years. Speaking during the[Read More…]

By Taban Henry An estimated 7.74 million people, about 62.7 percent of the population across the country are slated to face acute food insecurity during the lean season between April and July, according to the integrated latest food insecurity phase classification (IPC) analysis. The report indicated that from the period[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo The Mayor of Juba City Council Michael Ladu Allah-Jabu has said over 600 people according to their security report from the year 2019- 2022 died due to alcohol related death in the city. Street children and elderly are the most victims of the result of alcohol consumption[Read More…]

By Taban Henry The South Sudan National Minister of Agriculture and Food Security has decried the recent budget allocated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security citing it as far from the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programmes (CAADP) target that African Countries agreed upon in Malobo. Earlier in 2014,[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo Two cattle herders have been reportedly killed by cattle raiders in Lobira, Ikoto county of Eastern Equatoria State on Thursday morning. The commissioner of Ikoto Lokolong Joseph Jenifio said the attack came after cattle herders went to graze their cattle in the field when raiders attacked them[Read More…]

By Taban Henry A civil society activist has on Sunday called on the South Sudanese leaders to remember the Pope Francis’ kiss for peace. Our leaders under the Presidency were invited by His Holiness Pope Francis to Vatican for spiritual retreat with the intention of urging our leaders to get[Read More…]

By Ngor Deng Matem  Authorities in Jur River County of Western Bahr el Ghazal state have issued local orders banning alcohol consumption. The Alcohols banned include star Gin, vodka mix, beer and Royal whisky. The order came as a result of consultation with local chiefs with the aim of preventing[Read More…]

By Chol Makol Riak Local authorities in Nyirol county of Jonglei state have reported that more than 3,000 herds of cattle have been raided by suspected armed youth from Great Pibor Administrative area. Speaking on phone from Nyirol County, James Bol Makuei, Nyirol county commissioner said the armed youth attacked[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong The Representative of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Pius Ojara, said humanitarian aid workers are in need of strong protection across the country to ensure that services are delivered to vulnerable people. Mr. Ojara was speaking during the release of Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Ojara stressed[Read More…]

By Akol Madut Ngong The Ministry of Agriculture and food Security in partnership with Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), UNIEF and World Food Programme (WFP) on Saturday held a one-day workshop at Pyramid Continental Hotel-Juba, to assess the deteriorating food insecurity across South Sudan. Addressing the participants, the Minister of[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu The South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF), Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) and the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) army forces command that are co-chairing the Joint Defense Board (JDB) have joined their ranks ahead of the unification of the armies. This comes as[Read More…]