By Adia Jildo Creating something in mind to earn a living comes through relentless research and analysis, but Friday Joseph Lubang who invented the first ever mobile carwash in Juba says, capital is the only factor hindering youths’ talent. “As youth struggle with livelihood and a way of survival,[Read More…]
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President Kiir announces Unified Command Structures
By Kiden Stela Mandela The President of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit has issued a number of Republican Orders for the Unification of the Command Structures for the Unified South Sudan National Army. Last Sunday the Government and the Opposition signed an agreement on the sharing ratio of the Unified[Read More…]
Senior SPLM-IO official murdered in Leer violence
By Taban Henry A senior South Sudan main armed opposition official was killed on Friday in of Unity State’s Leer County violence that initially started following attacks on the main armed opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) based in Koch County. James Gatjung Jail Dok, the deputy chairman[Read More…]
Strange bird with tags found dead
By Ngor Deng Matem A bird not identified by name was found dead with tags on the legs. The dead bird was spotted in Boro Medina village in Raja County of Western Bahr el Ghazal state last Thursday. One of the tags has the writing of HT 107 Latvia and[Read More…]
Kajo-Keji Commissioner, 2 Ministers to appear in parliament today
By Philip Buda Ladu The Kajo-Keji County Commissioner and two cabinet ministers of Central Equatoria State government are set to appear before lawmakers at the State Transitional Legislative Assembly (STLA) on Wednesday (today) to answer questions on persistent illegal logging in Kajo-Keji. The Central Equatoria State Transitional Legislative Assembly (STLA)[Read More…]
Journalists in Bor gain skills on conflict sensitive reporting
By Chol Makol Riak The Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) has organized a three days training in Jonglei state capital, Bor. The training aims at mentoring journalists on conflict sensitive gender reporting, ethical, accurate reporting, safety and protection of journalists and reporting on constitution making process. Speaking to[Read More…]
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Violence should be curbed by all means By Kiden Stela Mandela Violence is increasing every day in the country mostly in the counties. Nobody understands what is actually taking place in the country. Civilians are facing rough situation ever and this violence is more than war, every killing, looting and[Read More…]
Egypt pledges to support technical education
By Akol Madut Ngong The Egyptian Ambassador to South Sudan on Monday said Egypt will support South Sudan in the aspect of technical education to reinforce the future of the country. Amb. Mohammed Elmoatez Mostafa Abdelkader said “I want to see how they are working; we can support them with[Read More…]
Sixteen SSPDF soldiers, 3 civilians await trial over killing
By Adia Jildo The mobile Court martial is to try 16 SSPDF soldiers for murder of civilians and looting properties and 3 civilians will also be tried for murdering soldiers in Yei. The mobile court martial has been approved last week to travel to Yei in order to prosecute criminals[Read More…]
Deficiency of constitutional supremacy fuels violence
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…]
Bishops urge political leaders to embrace peace
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…]
Nation talks
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…]
Constitution making bill ready for enactment
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…]
City authorities continue to crackdown niggers
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…]
Over 30,000 scholars to be enrolled into Universities
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…]
IDPs in Mahad demand land for settlement
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…]
Failure to crackdown insecurity threatens food security
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…]
Expired commodities burnt in Wau town
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…]
Egypt exempts tuition fees for S. Sudanese students
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…]
About 7.74 million people to face acute hunger
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…]