By John Agok The South Sudan Delegation is off to Tokyo, Japan to join other countries in a bid to witness the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics games scheduled for July 23. The delegation is being led by Madam Rebecca Nyadeng, the Vice President for Gender and Youth cluster among other senior government officials. These […]
By Simon Deng Members of the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly are urged to put the interest of the country first over seeking party interest. Lawmakers have already been appointed and soon will assume the house with backlogs of issues to address. A senior MP representing Gogrial West in the reconstituted parliament, Gen. Salva Mathok […]
By Okech Francis The Union of Journalists of South Sudan is demanding the immediate release of a colleague, Alfred Angasi Dominic who has been in detention since July 5th. Dominic is reportedly detained by the National Security Services “for not reading news contents which included President Salva Kiir’s decrees announcing members of the Council of […]
By John Agok South Sudan’s Minister of Parliamentarians Affairs who also doubles as the Acting Secretary General of the ruling party, SPLM, has dismissed allegation that she was behind the ongoing youth fighting in Tumbura Town, Western Equatoria State. Jemma Nunu Kumba, who hails from Tumbura was accused by the State Governor Mr. Alfred Futuyo […]
Dr. James Wani Igga, Vice President for Economic Cluster speaking at the launch of MRV in Juba [Photo by Awan] By Awan Achiek The government has introduced Digital Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system in a bid to mitigate climate change. The five -year project which cost 9 million U.S dollars will strengthen the capacity […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar has called on President Salva Kiir to speed up allocation of funds to critical institutions within the transitional unity government to implement their mandate in order to consolidate peace. “The president (Kiir) has to go through the (peace) agreement listing all institutions that are established […]
By Staff Writer After having decamped the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party a decade ago, Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro like the biblical prodigal son has returned to the SPLM fold. Bakosoro who has dissolved his National Movement for Change party hitherto part of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance coalition, announced his return to the SPLM […]
By Simon Deng A four months dispute between the SPLM and SPLM-IO over the appointment of the Malakal town Mayor and his two deputies in Upper Nile State has been finally resolved, James Tor Monybuny, the State’s deputy governor has said. The Malakal Town Mayor’s appointment has been a stalemate as SPLM claimed lion-share stipulated […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s recent calm after years of conflict is luring investors from Egypt to rush in and invest as the youngest nation recovers from years of conflict that devastated it’s once thriving economy. Several Egyptian companies are taking part in the ongoing week-long trade exhibition involving the two countries in Juba that […]
By Kidega Livingstone A reduction of trust among the parties signatory to the peace agreement in South Sudan is threatening its implementation, the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission said. The body, monitoring the three year pact lamented that “lack of trust and political will” among the parties has delayed the security arrangement which is […]