Madam President,  The Security Council sanctions regime on South Sudan is the most controversial of all Security Council sanctions regimes. This is because South Sudan is the youngest member of the United Nations. It has gone through a decade of war. It has a poor and weak foundation. And it[Read More…]

By James Innocent The commissioner of Yei River County in Central Equatoria State, Aggrey Cyrus Kanyikwa landed to Yei on Friday morning following his surgery and medication in Khartoum, Sudan.   Mr. Aggrey confirmed to people of Yei that he has been away to Khartoum for health issues. He said[Read More…]

There is a thin line between obvious and pseudo solutions The heavy rain that comes with its destruction during its season and the scorching sun which does just the same when its time has come, the weighty running water that destroys farmlands, storms that wreck houses and the blazing sun[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The National Ministry of Roads and Bridges yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to construct additional four bridges as part of their strategic plan to reduce traffic congestion in Juba. Speaking to the media after meeting, the National Minister[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S South Sudan contractors are unhappy with the government as most contracts are being allotted to Foreign Service providers. The national service providers raised the complaint yesterday during a validation workshop of public procurement and disposal of assets regulations 2022, and standard procurement documents dated 17th-26th May,[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The Vice President for Gender and Youth Cluster, Rebecca Nyandeng on Wednesday warned children within the country from getting affected by what she called as ‘our disease’. The statement came after a three-day workshop organized by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in collaboration[Read More…]

By Martha John savio The health unit at Kitgum municipality has on Thursday received 683 health kits to boost health upkeep in the village. The commissioning took place at the premises of Kitgum Local Government. The health educator in the office of District Health officer, Mrs. Atim Winy Fred said,[Read More…]

Will hunger kill all South Sudanese? Kiden Stela Mandela It is not true that people will starve over hunger here in the country because South Sudan has the capacity of practicing agriculture and be safe from the severe hunger here in the country as seen in other counties within South[Read More…]

Survival for the fittest, the new motto Many households now struggle with the current looming hunger that has surface itself. As households struggle, small scale businesses are all trying to recover from the Covid pandemic, effects of the climate change that led to flooding, the current rise in prices of[Read More…]

By Taban Henry Archbishop of Canterbury, Anthony Poggo on Tuesday called on the government of Central Equatoria to keenly end the awful insecurity caused by loggers and cattle herders in the state. Bishop Poggo who is also Advisor on Anglican Communion Affairs made the statement in a meeting with the[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S The Vice President for Gender and Youth Cluster, Rebecca Nyandeng yesterday expressed worries about the situation in the country, and warned South Sudanese on looming severe hunger amid effects of natural and man-made disasters. Nyandeng made the statement during a three days conference on Child Protection[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo A political analyst, Boboya James has dared government’s failure to honour commitment in prioritizing education system in South Sudan. The analyst confronted government yesterday on primary eight examinations which have not been marked, and exams facilitators not been motivated towards their work. Most schools have opened, yet[Read More…]

By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei South Sudan Vice President for Gender and Youth Cluster, Rebecca Nyandeng de Mabior has defied government over increased numbers of street kids in the country. VP Nyandeng issued the statement yesterday during a three-days’ workshop organized by United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on the[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu The Federal Republic of Ethiopia is planning to increase scholarship for South Sudanese students amid 90 being granted undergraduate scholarships to South Sudanese students within 13 different Universities across Ethiopia. Ethiopian Ambassador to South Sudan, Nabil Mahdi told No. 1 Citizen Daily Newspaper yesterday. The Ambassador[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David A 32 year old man at Shar Batr, a suburb in the outskirts of Juba, yesterday deserted his partner and absconded after a gang of boys brutally surrounded them in their return from Texas club of Gudele 2. The incident transpired after the two partners were[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The President of the Republic of South Sudan yesterday directed the newly accredited Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Garang Garang Diing to strengthen the long term bilateral relationship between the two countries. The meeting came following the Ambassador’s visit to bid a farewell to the[Read More…]

By Taban Henry Police authorities in Nimule have reported the killing of a 52-year-old man (Okumu Musa) who was shot on Monday night at his home in Nimule town. The Police Inspector in Nimule, Major David Kasmiro confirmed to No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper that the man was gunned down, and[Read More…]

Stop taking Doctor’s lives to safe lives By Kiden Stela Mandela The issue of killing Medical doctors in the country is really increasing every now and then which is disturbing minds of the citizen in the country because this are the people who are taking care of human lives countrywide.[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S The Vice President for Gender and Youth cluster, Rebecca Nyandeng yesterday appealed to the United Nations to remove sanctions on the country and imposed it on the leaders, alleging that leaders are the causers of the sanctions. The Vice President issued the statement in a three-day’s[Read More…]