By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan ought to include gender-based violence (GBV) component in police training curriculum, Justice Ajonye Perpetua, the acting Secretary General of South Sudan Law Society (SSLS) said. Perpetua was speaking at a workshop organized by SSLS to raise community awareness on gender-sensitive police response and GBV survivors’ protection. “We need holistic […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei Internally displaced people at Bentiu Internally Displaced People’s camp have warned of a massive forced recruitment of children into the fighting ranks of both the government forces and opposition group of the SPLM-IO According to the chairman of the IDP camp, Thaya Wicyoak Leay, many school children are among those being […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei Deployment of local leaders in Koch County of Unity state turned fatal when the opposition forces of the SPLM-IO opposed it. Clashes occurred twice on Sunday, at 2.30 PM and at 10.30 PM as the country tried to deploy officials to work in Mirmir payam. SPLM-IO Acting Division commander George Gatbany […]
By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon, Khartoum, Sudan Unlike in the African setting, where masses could fear retribution to partaking in contentious political related issues, or shared national agendas; someone who hasn’t travelled to Sudan during the ongoing anti-government protests won’t figure out a country where civilians are more united to executing national duties in Africa than […]
Tapeng Michael Ohure Leaders from a rebellious opposition group have arrived in South Sudan’s capital, a sign of reversal of increasing insecurity in the north of the country. The group known as Kitgwang faction reached a peaceful settlement to grievances with the government this week. They split from the main opposition SPLM-IO led by First […]
By Ruot George First Vice President Dr Riek Machar who is the commander in chief of the main opposition group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition has directed his forces to cease all acts of hostility with a split away faction. In a statement issued this week, Machar said the directive comes in line […]
Ambrose Achuil Garang A court in South Sudan has sentenced an army general to five years in court for rape. On Wednesday, the Wanjok Court in Aweil East County of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state found Brigadier General Liai Wol, 55 years, guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl in August 2021. Judge Mathiang Kuach Mathiang, […]
By Musa Mahadi/WFP The World Food Programme (WFP) is helping to restore a key roadway submerged in the aftermath of years of flooding in South Sudan’s Unity State. The Bentiu-Panakuach arterial road is the only means of connecting communities and towns that have been cut off from each other after devastating floods hit the region […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan has started registering all foreigners who are residing in the capital Juba in an exercise which has registered some staying illegally. “Today, the immigration officers got 6 Bangladesh whose passports, visas and alien registration stickers expired since 2016,” Lt. Col James Galuak Madiet, the Chief of Immigration at Munuki station […]
IOM News The International Organization for Migration (IOM), with support from Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) and Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), has upgraded Pibor Humanitarian Hub with a solar power generation plant in South Sudan’s Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA). The solar setup has a capacity of 26.4 KVA and a power bank sufficient […]