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…]

By James Innocent Whitaker peace and development initiative organized a three-day training of teachers on conflict resolution targeting 60 participants from five Payams that are within Yei River County of Central Equatoria State   Bush Buse the Program Coordinator for Whitaker Peace and Development initiative said in Yei alone the[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang Lack of skilled birth attendance and poor health services in the country has put mothers at risk, the Deputy Representative of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Chris Oyeyipo warned yesterday. Dr. Oyeyipo said that, high maternal mortality rates and rampant rape, child marriage besides gender-based violence[Read More…]

By Ngor Deng Matem  Three Sudanese businessmen in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state appeared in high court yesterday (23rd May 2022) to answer charges of rape case that resulted to the death of 6-year-old girl. On the 3rd May 2022, a 6-year-old girl was raped, killed and dumped in a[Read More…]

By Philip Buda Ladu A power blackout at the Freedom Hall on Monday due to a mechanical problem with the Generator producing electricity to power the public hall let to abrupt adjournment of parliamentary sitting on the presentation of two important security Amendment Bills for their second recording. The Freedom[Read More…]

By Ngor Deng Matem A huge number of Abyei citizens yesterday poured on the streets protesting with a demand to withdraw the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) from Abyei box. The protesters revealed that SSPDF base in Majak Kol and Rumkor should be relocated[Read More…]

By William Madouk Garang The Fact-Finding Committee investigating the Abyei – Twic conflict has proposed some recommendations aimed at quelling the conflict between the two conflicting communities of Ngok and Twic. In a just released report on the inter-communal clashes in Aneet settlement the committee noted that the root cause[Read More…]

By Taban Henry Internally Displaced Persons, displaced by cattle herders’ crisis in Eastern Equatoria State and Lobonok Payam, now sheltering in Gumbo of Juba County in Central Equatoria State have raised concerns over lack of sufficient humanitarian assistance being rendered to them. This came after the members of the Central[Read More…]

By Bida Elly Dvaid Central Equatoria State Reconstituted Transitional Legislative Assembly yesterday adjourned presentation of key motion for vote of no confidence against Commissioner of Kajo-Keji County to Wednesday.   This development came during the State’s Ordinary sitting number fifteen (15) which outlined deliberations and discussions for vote of no[Read More…]