By Chondok Stephen Magei Heavy fighting erupted in northern part of Unity State between cattle herders from Pariang and Guit on Saturday. The clashes occurred at the border between Ruweng Administrative Area and Unity State. Unity State Ministry of Information’s Director General, Deng Muon Liah told Juba Echo that the state government is aware of the fighting. “Tension […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s unending hunger has been aggravated by a devastating flood that has washed away farms and killed livestock while displacing hundreds of thousands of people whose livelihoods have been completely eroded. About eight States were hit hard by undulating floods that has been raging for the last three years. The government […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei Radio has never been more meaningful in South Sudan than the cohesion it created among groups hit hard by crisis. On February 13, all attention turns to the commemoration of World Radio Day and in one of the country’s crisis hotspots, Unity State, internally displaced people recall how the media nurtured […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan’s fiscal year for 2021/2022 is around the corner, but seven months late. Last week, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning presented a 287.04 billion South Sudanese Pounds before the lawmakers. The country is part of the East African Community which fiscal year runs from July to June. “The lifespan […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan government should expedite the formation of an inclusive national human rights advisory council, Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) said Tuesday. The call comes as members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan started their ninth visit to the East African nation. The three-member Commission […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei Primary schools in South Sudan’s Unity State have begun doing final examinations, amidst congestion of space, after delays caused by COVID-19 and floods. According to the State Minister of Education, Tot Jok Chieng, the examinations will take one week. “All primary school pupils are in their final examination although there are […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure The Chinese Embassy in South Sudan and the Ministry of General Education have opened a Chinese language learning center in the capital Juba. Situated at Juba Day Secondary School, the center aims at aiding learning of the Chinese is meant to aid learning of the Chinese language and its culture. Joseph, […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei In 2017, famine struck in the counties of Leer and Mayendit in Unity State, affecting 100, 000 people. The area then was part of the region worst affected by the conflict that befell South Sudan. People, farms and livestock were pounded mercilessly by warring parties then, causing the famine which was […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan’s main opposition group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition has released four people detained during the conflict in the country. The release of the people on February 3 was facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross. The ICRC said it used its neutral role to aid […]
By Okech Francis Inmates enrolled in Information Communication Technology vocational training at several prison facilities in South Sudan have received a boost in their learning with a donation of computers from Stanbic Bank South Sudan in partnership with the United Nations Development Program. The twenty desktop computers come installed with a lifetime Microsoft license and […]