By John Agok The South Sudan’s Cooperative Socieities have promised to explore more opportunities on how to boost local capacity and empower communities through agricultural- business (Agric-biz). Elijah Wamalwa, the Managing Director for Cooperative Bank of South Sudan said there was a need for collaboration and partnership with cooperative societies. “We are coming up with […]
By Denis Logonyi The South Sudan’s Minister of Cabinet Affairs has disregarded the recent Bank accounts freezing sanctions slapped on him by the Kenya’ authorities and threatened to challenge the move in the court of law. On June 15, the Kenya’ High Court frozen Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro’s Bank accounts, accusing him of fanning violence […]
By Okech Francis Over 3000 South Sudanese police officers have been promoted to new ranks. The officers, derived from across the ten States, were promoted to various ranks including from sergeant, sergeant major and warrant officers to lieutenants, and from 2nd lieutenants to 1st lieutenants, up to major general, the Inspector General of Police, Majak Akec Malok said. “They […]
By Denis Ejulu Li Jinkuan, a Chinese language instructor with the eighth batch of the Chinese medical team is relishing every opportunity to teach South Sudanese medics Mandarin, despite knowing that the language is new to his students. He has been training about 45 medics since May, that include medical doctors, nurses and laboratory technicians […]
By Simon Deng The peace talks between the Sudan transitional government and opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) have on Tuesday been suspended to allow parties undertake further consultations. Tut Gatluak Manime, head of South Sudan’s mediation team revealed that the parties still have disagreements on adoption of secular state as demanded by SPLM-N led […]
By Awan Achiek The government and the UN World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday signed agreement to provide meals to over 530,000 children in 1,100 schools for a period of 19 months. Kuyok Abol Kuyok, Undersecretary in the Ministry of General Education and Instruction said that the project will enable them to provide school meals […]
By Awan Achiek South Sudan’s capital Juba sits on the bank of Africa’s longest river, the Nile, but for residents to get the water, they must dig deep into their pockets. After ten years of independence, the country has not yet got a pipe water system including in the capital and access is through water […]
Al least 178 inmates and prison staff have undergone technical training in plumbing, electrical and masonry at Juba Central prison. The Vocational Training Centre (VTC) graduation featured the Centre’s fifth batch of trainees, consisting of 178 inmates and prison staff. The newest cohort brings the total number of VTC graduates to 907 people (769 inmates, […]
By Staff Writer The government has promised to increase budgetary allocation to the agriculture sector in this year’s fiscal year to nearly 10 percent. Dr. James Wani Igga, Vice President for Economic Cluster revealed that agriculture sector has been underfunded for the past years since independence in 2011, adding that increasing budget for the sector […]
By Staff Writer South Sudan’s Minister of Environment has raised red flag on the proliferation of expired goods on the market from neighboring countries. Josephine Napon, Minister of Environment disclosed that Juba has become dumping ground for expired food and other commodities. “The food that we are consuming sometimes is risky for the health of […]