By John Agok The unity government of South Sudan has established the Truth, Reconciliation and Healing Commission as stipulated in the peace agreement. The launch, on Wednesday in the capital Juba, was graced by the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny among other government officials and peace partners. “I am here to express that […]
By Staff Writer South Sudan and its stakeholders in the oil sector must work together to ensure revenue generated from the oil resource is channeled towards the development of other sectors, the Chairperson of the Civil Society Coalition for Natural Resources, Charles Onak Judo said. Speaking to journalists at the oil and power conference in […]
By John Agok A three-day Regional Security Conference for Eastern Africa countries has kicked off in South Sudan’s capital Juba. The Conference, first of its kind, themed “The Negative Impact of Sanctions Regime to the Scio-Economic, Political Peace and Security in the Region” is being attended by participants from National Security Services of various countries […]
By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon, Juba South Sudan’s Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology has appealed to Dr. John Garang University students to be patient as he engages the Finance Ministry to clear arrears of the contractor of the learning institution. Gabriel Changson Chang said a pending bill of the contractors was already presented to […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s First Vice President and leader of Sudan People’s Liberation Army/ Movement-in opposition (SPLA/M-IO) Riek Machar Teny has summoned his Chief of Staff Gen. Simon Gatwech Dual to return to the capital to take a new appointment as advisor to the president. Dual recently turned down job offer to serve as […]
By Denis Ejulu The bulging youth unemployment rate in South Sudan is a threat to national security following recent violent attacks registered in Eastern Equatoria state including in Upper Nile and Unity state. In an exclusive interview with the Juba Echo on Friday last week, Louis Lobong Lojore Governor of Eastern Equatoria lamented the youth unemployment rate […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s Youth Enterprise and Development Fund stipulated in the revitalised peace agreement will provide an avenue for a conflict resolution across the country according to Wani Michael, the Executive Director a civil society known as, Okay Africa Foundation. […]
By Staff Writer The South Sudan Defense Forces and two other groups have maintained interest in weeding out children from their ranks as the country seeks to build a professional force. About 33 officers from the SSPDF, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition and South Sudan Opposition Alliance attended a five-day workshop in the […]
By Staff Writer The International Organization for Migration will phase out the provision of humanitarian assistance in South Sudan and refocus on resilience, recovery and development projects, its Regional Director for the East and Horn of Africa, Mohammed Abdiker said. With years of crisis, South Sudan has only been on the receiving end of humanitarian […]
By Awan Achiek Students at Dr. John Garang Memorial University are protesting the delayed reopening of the learning facility despite relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions. Resumption was scheduled for mid-2019 but again rescheduled to March 2020 due to failure to provide food in the campus. According to Majok Daniel, a four-year student of Banking and Finance, […]