By Kidega Livingstone The team instituted by the Intergovernmental Authority for Development to monitor the South Sudan ceasefire has fallen into financial woes. The Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and Verification Mechanism is seeking 6 million US dollars for addressing its financial deficit, it announced in Juba yesterday. That includes a budget shortfall of […]
By Staff Writer South Sudan has welcomed the visa waiver by Kenyan government to South Sudanese who would always wish to travel to Kenya. On Monday, Kenyan government said it has abandoned visa charges on South Sudanese effective July 26, as it noted the country has also reciprocated the deal. Deng Dau Deng, the South […]
By Awan Achiek The South Sudan government has reiteratedcommitment to creating conducive conditions for voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons seeking refuge in the neighboring countries. Deng Dau Deng, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs said the government was ready to set a safe and secure environment necessary for returnof the displaced persons and refugees […]
By Simon Deng Parties to the 2018 revitalized peace deal in South Sudan have been urged to compromise on pending critical issues like the security arrangement to speed up the peace process. Peter Mayen Majongdit, Chairman of Other Political Parties (OPP) a coalition of 27 opposition parties that signed the peace deal, said that the […]
By Okech Francis Officials in South Sudan have sanctioned extrajudicial killings with 42 people executed without fair trial over the last four months, the United Nations Mission in the African Nation said. “The victims were allegedly removed from prison or police custody and brought before local officials for “sentencing,” the mission said in an emailed […]
By Onen Walter Solomon On a dark cold night, South Sudanese Arkanjelo Bundu was forced to flee the warmth of his bed as gunshots rang in his neighborhood. “Around 12 o’clock, there was a gunshot just near my house, the bullet was just over my house so I thought twice not to stay in the house so […]
By Awan Achiek Violence in Tombura town of Western Equatoria State has left thousands of displaced civilians without access to food and livelihood, according to a civil society activist. Edmund Yakani, Executive Director for the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) said displaced persons are in dire need of urgent humanitarian assistance following heightened violence […]
By Awan Achiek Countries that make up the regional body Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have been urged to pay salaries of their respective nationals monitoring ceasefire in South Sudan. Gen. Bior Leek, a senior member of the Former Detainees (FDs) which is a signatory to the 2018 revitalized peace deal urged countries that […]
Jemma Nunu Kumba as been appointed as South Sudan’s next parliament speaker By Staff Writer South Sudan President Salva Kiir has appointed his party’s Secretary General, Jemma Nunu Kumba as the speaker of the country’s next parliament, expanded to include several opposition groups in a government of national unity. Kumba until then was the Secretary […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan Opposition Alliance or SSOA has regretted the defection of Joseph Bangasi Bakasoro, the former Chairman for National Movement for Change to the ruling […]