By Okech Francis South Sudan remains locked up in heavy debts which are taking away its oil revenues leaving the war-torn country with barely any finance to restructure its ruined economy, the deputy Minister of Finance, Agok Makur said. Despite rising prices of crude oil, all revenue generated from export goes direct to furnish heavy […]
By Editorial Team. South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit has ordered the newly appointed Finance Minster Agak Acuil Lual to pay civil servants’ arrears. “If you pay salaries of civil servants and organized forces monthly and clear all their arrears you will not only be helping yourself but also me and the people of South […]
By Ruot George Sudan’s military leader Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan was expected to lead a team of soldiers in stepping down from a Transitional Sovereign Council this month but he chose to resolve a civilian government he was working with and re-establish himself in power. On November 11, Al-Burhan issued a decree forming a new Transitional […]
By Ruot George A group of stakeholders in South Sudan have taken up a process to ensure accountability is sped up after crisis in the country. According to a peace deal reached in 2018, accountability was agreed to between the warring parties as a process that would ensure reconciliation among individuals and communities in South […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure Response to the plight of civilians caught up in crisis has never been a take for the government of South Sudan. This time around though, with fighting raging in parts of Ethiopia, South Sudan’s Embassy there suddenly announced it would pull out students behind the front lines. South Sudan’s Ambassador to […]
By Ruot George Leadership roles in South Sudan have been decided for women with a quota allocation duped the 35 percent affirmative action. Such allocations limits outright participation of women in leadership roles in the country, Prof Chaplain Kara, the Deputy Dean for Journalism and Communication at the University of Juba said. According to Prof […]
By Richard Sultan Members of Northern Bahr el Ghazal’s Aweil West based in Juba are not happy with circumstances surrounding Ajuet and Chimel areas. Up in Aweil, people took to the streets, jubilating the governor’s plans to annex the two areas to a newly created Aweil municipality. While condemning the protests, the Juba based members […]
By agencies As pressure mounts, Sudan’s coup leader, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is trying to reverse the military takeover and hand back power to the ousted civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. Burhan is facing pressure at home and abroad to restore power to civilians, and is now saying a technocratic prime minister could be announced […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan has a huge government implementing peace and slowing processes like the security arrangements through disagreements, Martin Elia Lomuro, the Minister of Cabinet Affairs said. Lomuro said the various parties that make up the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) often fail to compromise on these critical things leading to […]
By Okech Francis It’s close to two years after the implementation of the peace agreement in South Sudan but key institutions advocated by the pact are yet to be instituted, slowing down a process that must be completed by 2023, the head of a monitor warned. Commissions and institutions, such as the National Audit Chamber […]