By Okech Francis The United Nations World Food Program has suspended the provision of food assistance to more than 100,000 internally displaced people in South Sudan. The move, prompted by a funding shortfall will affect IDPs in camps in Wau of Western Bahr el Ghazal State, Juba, the capital, and Bor South in Jonglei State, […]
By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon The interdenominational groups in South Sudan have embarked on “interfaith exchange visit” meant for learning and experience sharing among different faith-based actors. These involved five denominations that include South Sudan Islamic Council, Presbyterian Church, Pentecostal Church, Seventh Day Adventist and Episcopal Church of South Sudan. The event conducted by Christian Agency […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation has dismissed a journalist, a few weeks after being released from National Security Service detention. Journalist Alfred Angasi Dominic was dismissed on Thursday but no reasons were given. In a statement issued on Thursday, the SSBC administration said it also dismissed two other journalists, Emmanuel Patrick Laku […]
By Deng Machol Being a teacher in South Sudan is not what anyone would envy-the environment is tough and pay at the minimal. The government seeks for the least allocation to the education department and teachers earn as little as 1200 South Sudanese Pounds ($3) for a month’s work. “Who can survive on that?” Taban John, […]
By: Ruot George The Executive Director for the Juba based Foundation for Democracy and Accountable Governance (FODAG) Jame David Kolok says two of his staffs who were arrested yesterday have been released this afternoon without charges. Yesterday armed gunmen stormed into the office of the civil society organization several times arresting two of their staffs. Jame […]
By Denis Elamu South Sudanese parties to the 2018 revitalized peace agreement have agreed on the formation of the long-awaited unified army command charged with superintending over the yet to be graduated 83,000 unified forces. Martin Elia Lomuro, Minister of Cabinet Affairs revealed that the deal reached by the parties ends the long-standing stalemate over sharing of the ratios within the military […]
[poll id=”2″] By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon, Juba The South Sudan High Court has dismissed the court case between the defrocked Jonglei Provincial Archbishop and the primate of the Episcopal of the South Sudan (ECSS) for further trials in the Tribunal court. But the ECSS headquarters in Juba described the verdict as a “win” in its […]
By David Malaak A group of United Nations peacekeepers deployed in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal have pulled out of their bases following protest by the local communities in the area. The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei were deployed in Aweil North and Aweil East counties to patrol the Safe Demilitarized Border […]
By Acayo Nancy South Sudan has deployed forces to mitigate deadly ambushes that has left at least nine people dead in this month, police said. Two drivers of Somali origin were gunned down while travelling on the Juba-Nimule highway in South Sudan on Sunday, “They have already gone, a very good number of organized forces […]
Officials addressing Press Conference during weekly corona virus briefing in Juba on Sunday (Photo: Manyuon Mayen)