By Chondok Stephen Magei People displaced in South Sudan’s Unity State capital Bentiu are protesting an alleged forced recruitment of school children into the army. Led by the IDPs camp youth forum, the peaceful demonstration held on Friday questioned why children are plucked from school and enrolled into the military by force. A youth leader […]
By Ambrose Achuil Garang The Anti-corruption mission in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal has recovered a government vehicle it claims was illegally sold out. The Toyota Landcruiser belonging to the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission was recovered from a trader in Wau. According to Anei Rok, the Chairperson for the Anti-Corruption Commission in Northern Bhar […]
By Ruot George Authorities in Greater Pibor Administrative Area have declared a crackdown on youths who attacked Baidit Payam in Jonglei’s Bor county last weekend killing at least 32 people. The attackers were reportedly cattle raiders from the Greater Pibor Administrative Area. Among the people killed were three children and three women. The children drowned […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure A group of human rights defenders have undergone a three-day artistic therapy training in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. The training organized by South Sudan Human Rights Defenders Network (SSHRDN), equipped 15 participants with coping strategies, a holistic approach towards addressing traumatic and stressful experiences. Art therapy is an integrative […]
By Simon Deng The Deputy Spokesman for South Sudan National Police Service, James Dak, has slammed the transitional legislative assembly for recently passing their own emolument and privileges bill, noting that it was a selfish act. Dak was speaking at AIDA Hotel during the opening of a symposium on women access to health held under […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan has been ranked the most corrupt country in the world, according to a new report by Corruption Perception Index, (CPI), an international organization that monitors corruption globally. The ranking was derived from a study on 180 countries across the globe. Syria ranked as the second most corrupt country and Somalia […]
By Ambrose Achuil Garang Trade on the South Sudan-Sudan border is diminishing, a situation blamed on increasing insecurity and a proxy to a political crisis in Sudan which has raged on for close to 3 years. The business community in Northern Bhar el Ghazal state of South Sudan say the mayhem in the Sudanese capital […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei Cholera vaccination targeting at least 20 counties in South Sudan has started in Unity State, one of the regions most ravaged by floods. Health partners including World Health Organization flanked Unity State Ministry of Health in launching the campaign in the capital Bentiu on Tuesday. “Cholera vaccine is safe for all […]
By Okech Francis Three children drowned and three women were also shot dead in an intercommunal violence in South Sudan’s Jonglei State. The violence, in Baidit Payam, North East of Bor, perpetrated by cattle raiders suspected to have swooped from neighboring Pibor Administrative Area left about 32 people dead. It occurred on Sunday leaving 26 […]
Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan has signed a cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, including 9 cooperation areas. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mayiik Ayii and his Saudi counterpart, Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud reached the deal on Monday in Riyadh, the Saudi capital. Minister Ayii said the document signed with his Saudi […]