By Simon Deng The Sudan Transitional Government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) rebel group led by Abdelaziz Adam Alhilu will sign an initial peace deal on June 6, a mediator said. Peace talks between the two “is progressing well” in the South Sudanese capital Juba, Dhieu Mathok, a member of the mediation team […]
By Staff Writer for now The Archbishop of South Sudan Internal Province of Central Equatoria State has laid blame on the country’s army for the murder of church members last weekend. The four murdered included a church leader, a ten year old and two others, according to Archbishop Paul Benjamin Yugusuk. The deceased Parish Priest […]
By Awan Achiek The Lutheran World Federation, a Church-based organization operating in South Sudan has on May 31 graduated about 145 youth on its vocational skills program. The empowerment program was on soap making, saloon business, mobile phone repair, bakery and shoes mending in the States’ capital respectively. These include Juba, Torit, Wau, Malakal, and Bor. […]
By Staff Writer In a bid to eradicate financial woes, Okay Africa Foundation a youth led advocacy organization is calling on individuals and stakeholders to ensure proper financial accountability and transparency at their reach across South Sudan’s areas. They echoed a call during Youth-led public discourse on financial accountability and transparency in Juba that attracted over […]
By Awan Achiek, Juba-South Sudan South Sudan government has threatened to shut down schools over failure to adhere to coronavirus preventative measures meant for schools’ resumption and general public at large. The warning comes days after various reports indicate that most schools in the country’s capital Juba were not observing COVID-19 preventive measures. These include […]
By Simon Deng The frontline health care workers deployed at the Public Health Emergency Operation Centre in Juba have resumed work on June 1, after reaching consensus with South Sudan’s Health Ministry, according to an official. Dr. John Rumunu, the Director General for Preventive Health services said the group has now recommenced its daily activities […]
By Staff Writer Majority of South Sudanese will increasingly be reliant on humanitarian food assistance this year, due to high food deficit caused by sub-national conflicts and flooding since 2020, said a new report by UN agencies. The Crop and Food Security Assessment Mission (CFSAM) report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the […]
By John Agok The Western Bahr El Ghazal State’s police have over the weekend arrested seven suspects believed to have been behind stealing at Catholic Bishop’s Residence in South Sudan’s Wau town. Earlier May, suspected thieves broke into the Most Reverend’s residence, when he was away, and stole electronic items and cash amount equivalent to […]
By John Agok The Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) in South Sudan has revealed that it will report peace violators to the guarantors for action in the next report. Maj. Gen. Dafaalla Mohammed, the Acting Chair told its Board members that the full reports on ceasefire violators to IGAD, R.JMEC among […]
By Simon Deng The Sudan government has accepted the proposal of the Sudan People Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) under Abdelaziz Adam Alhilu through the mediation team to amicably negotiate on the pending tasks. Khalid Omar, the Sudanese Cabinet Affairs Minister who also doubles as the head of Sudan transitional government’s mediation team said the transitional government […]