By Awan Achiek At least 20 civilians were killed and several others wounded on Thursday in clashes over elopement in Annuol Payam of Yirol West in Lakes State of South Sudan, according to state official. “The number of people killed from both sides have increased from 13 to 20 based on the final report […]
By Awan Achiek The Deputy head of Abyei Administrative Area, Kon Manyiet Matiok is urging the government of Sudan and South Sudan to find a solution on the status of the oil-rich Abyei region. Abyei area covers 4,000 square miles of desert, farmland, and oil fields located along the ill-defined border between Sudan and South […]
South Sudan’s government on Thursday received food supplies from the Turkish government meant for soldiers in the cantonment sites. President Salva Kiir’s advisor on Security Affairs, Tut Gatluak, who is also the head of the National Pre-Transitional Committee, received the food supplies on behalf of the government. Erdem Mutaf, the Turkish Ambassador to South Sudan […]
The European Union is urging South Sudan’s political leaders to fully implement the 2018 peace deal to break the cycle of violence in the East African country. The EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, Mr. Janez Lenarčič, a member of the European Commission said Thursday in Juba that the EU will not hesitate to sanction individuals blocking the […]
By John Agok South Sudan’s National Police Service says it arrested two suspects connected with the killing of a former Nasir Football Club and Bright Stars player. According to the police report, the killing of Jackson Ramadan was a result of a quarrel with his sister, Stella Ramadan, over her relationship with her boyfriend who […]
The Council of State has directed the Anti-corruption Commission to investigate a payment of over $50 million part of 2% and 3% shares of meant to be paid to oil producing states but it has now been discovered that the net was being paid in some cases into the accounts of individuals and business entities. […]
By Awan Achiek South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit has declared three days of mourning following the death of Chad’s President, Idriss Déby Itno. Chad’s President Idriss Déby died yesterday of injuries following clashes with rebels in the north of the country. Déby, 68, spent more than three decades in power and was one of […]
Nearly one hundred thousand (100,000) vulnerable people from fifteen thousand five hundred (15,500) households in Juba started receiving cash transfers through the World Bank funded South Sudan Safety Net Project (SSSNP) according to the UN office for Project Services (UNOPS).The statement issued by the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) said the cash transfers are […]
Chadian President Idriss Deby has died of injuries suffered on the frontline, an army spokesman said on Tuesday. This comes a day after Deby won a sixth term, according to an election results released on Monday he , took 79.3 percent. The 68-year-old Deby, militarily had risen to power in 1990 Additional report by BBC […]
Government of Japan has donated US$6.5 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to try and stem food insecurity in South Sudan.“It is our sincere wish that Japan’s grant helps save the people from food insecurity accelerated by natural disaster, communal violence and displacement and bring those suffering people back to a normal […]