By Staff Writer Authorities in Eastern Equatoria state have imposed curfew in Torit town following continuous protests by youth demanding employment in NGOs and UN agencies operating in the state. Aliandro Lotok, Press Secretary of the Governor of Eastern Equatoria Louis Lobong Lojore revealed that they have imposed night curfew from 7 PM TO 6 […]
By Staff Writer The growth of the energy sector in South Sudan is on course as both the government and private sectors development its growth, Dr. Philip Waden, the Manager for Power Projects at Trinity Energy Ltd said. The oil-rich country is yet underdeveloped in most sector, especially in the infrastructure and power networks. While […]
By Awan Achiek South Sudan’s Judiciary is struggling to deal with huge case backlog largely due to understaffing, said a senior judge on Thursday. Justice Ayak Der Kom Awan who sits on the Supreme Court raised concerns over the delayed disposal of cases that are frustrating the judiciary. He disclosed that most of these pending […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s Judiciary, one of the arms of the government is facing intimidation with judges and other practitioners facing abuses with arms down, the country’s chief justice, Chan Reech Madut, said. While the country’s transitional constitution calls for the immunity of judges, court officials have found themselves totally lacking judicial freedom, Madut […]
By Ruot George Internally Displaced Persons in Bentiu in South Sudan’s Unity State are in panic after gunmen breached the camps perimeters and injured two people. The incident occurred on Friday night. The injured are currently receiving treatment at the Medicin Sans Frontier facility in the town. Bentiu IPD camp is home to 111, 000 […]
By Awan Achiek South Sudan People’s Defense Force and armed opposition groups have signed an agreement to end all forms of violations against children, as they seek to be delisted from the global list of grave violators against children. Violations included recruitment into armed groups, killing and maiming, sexual violence including rape, abductions, attacks on […]
By Awan Achiek A church leader in South Sudan has called on the country’s holdout groups to stop fighting and begin serious engagement in peace negotiations to bring a holistic end to years of crisis. While meeting with the Governor of Central Equatoria State, Emmanuel Adil Anthony on Friday, Archbishop Paul Yugusuk Benjamin of the […]
By Awan Achiek The Minister of Peace Building in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State, Gerald Francis Nyukuye has dismissed fears over the federal system of governance which various parties to the 2018 revitalized peace deal signed to implement as structure of government. Nyukuye said the ongoing talk in some section of the public that adopting […]
By Simon Deng A high court in South Sudan has dragged leaders from the Episcopal Church in the country to explain circumstances under which an archbishop was sacked. Ruben Akurdit was dismissed last […]
By John Agok South Sudan is holding its first ever conference on Women’s land rights to sensitize them on how they can effectively own land. The Conference that commenced on Thursday in Juba, organized by the consortium of UN Agencies and NGOs in collaboration with the government of South Sudan will run for three days, […]