By Simon Deng South Sudanese youth have been urged to end violent acts and cattle raiding by the Vice President for Service Cluster. “As the government we want students to be patriotic, hardworking and innovators in the society, we need you to be ambassadors of peace and peace makers in our community,” said Hussein Abdelbagi […]
The commissioner of Magwi County in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state David Otto Remson is blamimg cattle herders for what he describes as massive displacement in Mugali Payam since last week According to Commissioner Otto, over 1000 residents of Mugali have been displaced and are now seeking refuge in Nimule payam He says the cattle […]
By Staff Writer South Sudan’s Minister of Higher Education, Gabriel Changson Chang has cautioned universities against admitting those who do not meet the established minimum qualifications for university education. Changson advised universities to adhere to the qualification framework set by the Ministry of Higher Education. “I urge the Vice Chancellors, the deputies, and the registrar […]
By Staff Writer The Deputy Director of Juba Central Prison in South Sudan, Major Gen. Bak Anyar Longor on Tuesday decried the deplorable conditions of prison due to congestion. Anyar who spoke after release of 7 inmates on Tuesday in Juba said that Juba Central Prison has more inmates than the capacity the facilities can […]
Authorities in the western part of South Sudan are urging aid agencies and the national government to buy agricultural produce from the state to supply to internally displaced persons and those facing acute food shortage in the country. The United Nations is warning that more than 60 percent of South Sudanese people are food insecure. […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure Farming in refugee camps is always complimentary to the food the refugees get from the United Nations. The Ethiopian refugees sheltering in Juba-Gorom refugee settlement camp are doing cultivation annually to add on to what the UN provides. The Anyuak refugees were relocated from Pochalla to Lologo and Gorom areas in Juba […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei After years of living in squalid refugee camps in countries neighboring South Sudan, thousands of returnees displaced by conflict are staring hunger in the face due to failed crops caused by flash floods. Nyanuba Kuneng, a 22 –year old woman who arrived this week in Lalop boma of Budang Payam this […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan’s Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) has recommended amendment of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA, Act 2009) and Political Parties Act 2011. This came after the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Reuben Madol Arol tabled Thursday two bills before the R-TNLA in Juba, the capital of South […]
By Staff Writer The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and 44 humanitarian partners are urgently appealing for 47.8 million U.S dollars to respond to critical needs of thousands of refugees who arrived in Uganda this year. It said in a statement issued on Friday that this refugee crisis is due to renewed violence in Eastern part […]
By Staff Writer Foreign workers with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies in South Sudan have ordered to pay for work permits. Peter Mayen Majongdit, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management issued the ministerial order in Juba on Friday. “I Peter Mayen Majongdit, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Republic of […]