By staff writer, South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit received a list of command structures from South Sudan’s Opposition Alliance (SSOA)on Monday President Kiir received the list during a meeting in his office with the vice president for services cluster Hussein Abdelbagi Akol. The Minister for Presidential Affairs, Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin said, President Salva […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit says his government is committed to cooperating with all peace partners to implement the 2018 accord. “I have come before you today to affirm my government’s commitment to peace in our country. In many of my public remarks I have pledged that I will not […]
By Simon Deng and Editorial Team, SPLM/A-IO has rejected president Salva Kiir’s “Presidential decrees on the Unifications of forces” issued on Friday this week “The SPLMA/IO condemns and rejects the unilateral decision.” Reads part of the press statement issued on Saturday and seen by Juba Echo. President Kiir’s decree was announced on state owned South […]
Adopted at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on November 11, 2021 Preamble Since its founding in 1921, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has remained true to its original aspiration and mission of seeking happiness for the Chinese people and rejuvenation for the Chinese nation. […]
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 The Central Bank of South Sudan has confirmed the legitimacy of a letter seen by the Juba Echo in regards to freezing of the bank accounts of activists Abraham A. Awolic, Rajab Mohandis, Wani Michael, James David Kolok and Kuel Aguer Kuel as well as bank accounts of organisations affiliated to them. […]
By Richard Sultan The Interim Chairman of the Re-constituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (RARCISS) Maj. Gen. (rtd) Charles Gituai has said implementing the security arrangements in the pact remains the major stumbling block in its progress. He made the remarks […]
unicef COVID-19 has taken a toll on the mental health of children and young people, and impacts could be felt for many years to come, UN children’s agency, UNICEF, warned on Tuesday. Even before the crisis, children and youth were already carrying the burden of mental health conditions and without significant investment in addressing them, […]
New York The world currently faces unprecedented catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity, according to UN agencies, and around $6.6 billion is needed urgently, to support 41 million in danger of sliding into famine. To ramp up support, the United Nations on Monday convened a high-level event, calling for international action, before it is too late. Close to half a million people are experiencing famine-like conditions (IPC phase 5, under the official classification) in Ethiopia, Madagascar, South […]
By: Ruot George The meeting this week of the representatives of the government delegation and Kitguang faction of the Sudan People Liberation Movement In Opposition (SPLM-IO) raises eyebrows because the initial objective of the faction was to oust Riak Machar, the leader of SPLM-IO but not Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In Government (SPLM-IG) led by […]