UN News Acting unanimously on Friday, the Security Council adopted a unique resolution strongly condemning attacks against schools, children and teachers and urging conflict parties to immediately safeguard the right to education. While the 15-member Council has issued previous statements decrying attacks on schools, this is its first resolution to explicitly focus on the link […]
By Richard Sultan Hon. Mabior Garang, the son of the fallen hero Dr. John Garang De Mabior is back in Juba. He arrived yesterday aboard a Kenyan Airways flight yesterday at Juba International Airport (JIA) according to a statement from the office of the president. Hon. Mabior who was away in Kenya for political reasons […]
By Richard Sultan South Sudan defense minister says that women are the heartbeat of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). “Women are at the center of the R-ARCSS and as such peace has to be broadened to include more than just physical security. Security has also evolved and […]
CNBC Facebook on Thursday announced that it has changed its company name to Meta. The name change was announced at the Facebook Connect augmented and virtual reality conference. The new name reflects the company’s growing ambitions beyond social media. Facebook, now known as Meta, has adopted the new moniker, based on the sci-fi term metaverse, to […]
By Juba Echo &Agencies The United Nations Security Council has scheduled an emergency closed-door meeting on the coup in Sudan for today afternoon. The consultations were requested by the United States, United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Norway and Estonia, says UN envoy to Sudan Volkher Perthes during a video link briefing to reporters in New York […]
By Richard Sultan The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in South Sudan has reported an increase in the number of incidents in regards to humanitarian access. In its third quarter of 2021 report seen today by the Juba Echo, 174 humanitarian access incidents were reported, 56 per cent of which were […]
By Richard Sultan In a series of events planned in the run up to the International Day to end Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on the 2nd Nov 2021, the Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) has launched a campaign to condemn impunity and call on world governments to account for their lack of […]
By Richard Sultan South Sudan’s Health Minister Elizabeth Acuai Yol has suspended the ministry’s undersecretary Dr. Victoria Anib Majur over what she termed as indiscipline. Differences emerged between the health minister and the undersecretary after South Sudan’s Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi directed Dr. Victoria to reassign a number of Directors and Director Generals in the […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure In South Sudan’s Kajo Keji county of Central Equatoria State, cattle are busy eating from people’s farms and the farmers dare not stop them. County officials are warning the destruction on the farms will lead to extreme hunger. Two cattle camps with thousands of cattle are still active in Kajo Keji […]
By Richard Sultan The United Nations Mission in South Sudan-Human Rghts Chief for Central Equatoria State Mrs. Geetha Pious is urging South Sudanese journalists and activists to advocate for human rights through their work. “The implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan is ongoing, democratic processes […]