Development partners including the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have urged the government to prioritise and invest in food production to avert the recurring circle of famine. Christy Ahenkora, the deputy country resident representative for the United Nations Development Program told a gathering during the opening of Ignite Food System Challenge at Palm Africa Hotel […]
The United States government has questioned the decision by the transitional government of national unity to retain the commissioners of Koch and Mayendit in their respective positions despite the implication of directly masterminding spates of conflict in Unity State. This comes after the Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) concluded in its […]
Kenya’s media conglomerate Standard Group has apologised to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir after exiled government critic Dr Peter Biar made what the group deemed inappropriate remarks against the head of state. The apology comes a week after Standard Group subsidiary KTN News aired a segment in which Biar made derogatory remarks against Kiir, including […]
The First Deputy Speaker of parliament has warned the country risks returning to another conflict if deep-seated grievances are not addressed by the transitional unity government. Nathaniel Oyet Pierino made the remarks during the orientation workshop for members of parliament in Juba on Tuesday. “Any critical objective of the peace agreement is to address the […]
By staff writer The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reported that cases of conflict-related sexual violence more than doubled, compared to the same period last year. According to the latest civilian casualties from January to March 2022, UNMISS documented 63 cases of conflict-related sexual violence – up from 28 compared to the same […]
The Chairperson of Information, Communication, Technology and Postal Service in the Transitional National Legislative Assembly Hon. John Agany Deng said that the social insurance bill is necessary to the country because the lives of civil servants or government workers are not insured and that made many lives to be lost. “On social Insurance Bill that […]
The cabinet has on Friday approved 2.7 billion South Sudanese Pounds for the dissemination of the 2018 peace deal to the citizens across the country and beyond. President Salva Kiir and his deputy, Dr Riek Machar signed a peace agreement in 2018 that ended five years of civil war. But challenges remain, including the government’s […]
The Undersecretary for the Ministry of Petroleum, Awow Daniel Chuang on Friday visited South Sudan Geological Data Centre in Juba which has been under construction since last year. The facility has now reached its completion stage and is located at the Checkpoint area adjacent to Jebel Kujur and UNMISS. The ministry’s official said the geological data centre […]
The Vice President for Service Cluster, Hussein Abdelbagi has urged students to denounce violence and embrace peace in order to achieve stability across the country. “As the government we want students to be patriotic, hardworking and innovators in the society, we need you to be ambassadors of peace and peacemakers in our community. Let us […]
The Chairperson of the National Youth Union of South Sudan, Mr Gola Boyoi Gola has on Thursday relieved three of his officials. In a dismissal letter seen by Juba Echo today, the youth leader said: “This Order shall be cited as Executive Order No: (04) for the year 2022 A.D for the relieve of the three […]