By Hou Akot Hou The Aweil South County Health Director Joseph Giir Ngor has called on health partners to beep up drugs supplies to the Boma Health Workers (BHWs) in his county. His request comes following a training of 286 Boma Health Workers from Aweil South and Center counties on[Read More…]

By Gladys Kole A three days consultative and civic education workshop on federalization process in South Sudan concluded Thursday in Yambio town in Western Equatoria State with calls for transition to cooperative federalization system of governance. Participants at the just concluded workshop who expressed their views on the subject are fully in support and embraced the idea of cooperative way of[Read More…]

By Hou Akot Hou The Division 3 commander of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state has warned residents of Aweil against travelling to Sudan amid escalating tension in Khartoum. The fighting in Sudan is intensifying without sign of cessation despite international calls for[Read More…]

By Hou Akot Hou Local authorities at Aulicu payam in Aweil Center County have put two women of Makuei Boma at Auluic payam in police custody for interrogation as they are being accused of allowing a fire to consume dozens of households last week.The payam administrator of Auluic payam, Deng Bul Deng said Tuesday that they have arrested the two women because[Read More…]

By Gladys Kole The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) party led by Dr. Riek Machar is calling for reinstatement of its member who were fired by the president from various post in the revitalized transitional government of national unity (R-TGONU) in what the SPLM-IO termed as unilateral decision.[Read More…]

By Gladys Kole A police corporal in Tonj East County of Warrap state, has reportedly been arrested and expected to face the wrath of law after gouging out his daughter’s eyes last weekend. According to the county authorities of Tonj east Agany Kuut Achuil, is alleged to have intentionally used[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang Police authorities in Lakes State, Yirol West County said they have arrested two young men as suspects for investigation in connection with a rape case of 17-year-old teenage girl who was reportedly raped in Yirol West County. The incident allegedly occurred at 8:00am in Ngop Payam[Read More…]

By Yien Gattuor Mead Two people, a man and a pregnant woman were killed on Wednesday evening at around 8:40 pm in Panyijiar County of Unity State. Michael Lot, the Executive Director of Panyijiar County, told No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper on Friday, that the two deceased were shot dead due[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang Police authorities in Lakes State capital Rumbek said a girl of about fourteen (14) years old was stabbed to death in Mabor-Ngak residential area in Rumbek town, Thursday night. Lakes state police commissioner, Lt. Colonel Moses Machuoc Bol confirmed the incident to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper[Read More…]

By Deng David Panchol The extension of electric power distribution poles to other areas in Jonglei State Capital Bor by the Bor Power Plant will provide power to more than 12,000 households once completed, an official has said. Isaac Mamer Ruk, the Jonglei State Minister of Housing, Land and Public[Read More…]

By Deng David Panchol Intrepid South Sudan (ISS), a Non-Governmental Organization is resurrecting the dreams of a senior three female student who dropped out of class this year due to lack of fees but ISS said it will sponsor the school girl to continue with her academic studies. Student Abiong[Read More…]

By James Innocent Internally displaced communities of Minyori, Logo, Jonsuk, Soka Pisak, Wuji and Mukaya Payam in Lainya County are calling for urgent humanitarian assistance to rescue the situation of the IDPs where hundreds of households live without food, medicines, clothes and house belongings as a result of cattle herders[Read More…]

By Kiden Stela Mandela  An attack in Limuro center of Lainya county yesterday afternoon left five people dead and 10 others wounded when cattle herders entered Limuro trading centre. The pastoralists from Bor first entered into the barrack and what they deliberated on in the barrack is not known by[Read More…]

By Emelda Siama John Over one thousand faithful congregants at Holy Rosary Catholic Parish Buluk received ash to mark the start of the lent season on Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many denominations. It marks the first day of Lent (the six[Read More…]

By William Madouk The death toll in gory cattle camp clashes between Luanyjang of Warrap and Pakam of Lakes state stands at 25 people being killed and 15 others wounded including two children and a woman. Addressing the media, Warrap State Minister of Information, William Wol Mayom said the fighting[Read More…]

By Yien Gattuor Mead Authorities in Panyinjinar County of Unity State said they have arrested eleven (11) men as suspects to help in the investigation of cattle raiding that occurred in Lake State last week. Gabriel Majok Bol, the Commissioner of Panyinjinar County told No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper on Friday[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang Traders and shop owners in Mingkaman market of Awerial County of Lakes State have gone on peaceful strike keeping their shops shut for customers in protest of rampant cases of breakage into shops and stealing of their business stocks by thugs. The traders staged a sit-down[Read More…]

By Eng. Michael Wetnhialic Maluil, an Activist – Reachable at loikubai2020@gmail.com and WhatsApp at +211917771111 As all South Sudanese Christians and Christians worldwide warmly welcomed and celebrated His Holiness Pope Francis’ Visits to Africa along with his two other powerful Men of God, Rev. Dr. Justin Welby, the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury,[Read More…]