By William Madouk Garang Young people all over five counties of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State (NBGs) are urged to be peace ambassadors and resolve conflict using peaceful approach. This call came during a public awareness on Healing and Reconciliation conducted by a local organization – Empower Youth Africa (EYA)[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo Three people have been reportedly shot dead by unknown gunmen along Juba-Nimule Highway between Oboma and Omoya village Tuesday afternoon, the national Police Spokesperson Maj. Gen. Daniel Justin Boula told reporters yesterday. The police said a Bongo bus which was headed for Juba from Nimule with 45[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The President of the Republic of South Sudan has directed the Ministry of Defense to invest much effort on improving the welfare of the national forces by prioritizing health care and other crucial services. This development arose during a meeting between the national Minister of Defense[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang Public awareness and consultation report on the Nile waters will now be tabled before the Council of Ministries for deliberation in the nearest future; this is according to President Salva Kiir’s directives. The Minister of Presidential Affairs, Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin on Friday received a compiled[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo An economist has criticized the President’s action of appointing and dismissing Ministers of Finance and Governors of the Bank of South Sudan and in most cases recycling the same people, saying the rotational exercise through decrees amid deteriorating economic situation won’t help address the economic recession in[Read More…]

By Bida Elly David The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation this week reiterated South Sudan government’s readiness to brief Sudan on the final touches of the peace roadmap drafted to pave way towards the end of the transitional period of the current government. This development transpired following the[Read More…]

By Yien Gattuor Mead Thousands of citizens in Unity State’s capital Bentiu who are pro-dredging on Monday took to the street protesting the suspension of all dredging activities by President Salva Kiir in the Naam River after the arrival of dredging machineries from Egypt to Bentiu via Sudan.  The machines[Read More…]

By Ijoo Bosco The governor of Eastern Equatoria State, Louis Lobong Lojore yesterday called for immediate disarmament exercise to remove illicit firearms from the hands of civilians residing within Nimule town council, and has decided to run the State administration from Nimule. The Governor has directed all security agencies based[Read More…]

By Adia Jildo A civil society activist is appealing to the leadership of Judiciary to send mobile court to handle criminal and civil cases in Renk which had backlog of cases hence delaying justice. The Executive Director of Community empowerment for progress organization (CEPO), Edmond Yakani said that there is[Read More…]

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…]