By Lieth Nyak South Sudan has sent a plea to the United States to help it combat human trafficking and terrorism. According to the African Nation’s Minister of Interior, Paul Mayom Akech, the country’s police service needs empowerment to tame the two vices. South Sudan, coming out of years of crisis established a national technical […]
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 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, […]
By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon, Juba The newly elected executive members of the Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) is set to launch its website on June 12, two weeks after the formation of the new body. It is the first of its kind the Alliance is starting to implement its manifestos as they pledged […]
YECO signpost as it stands along the Yei – Lasu Road | Courtesy Photo Author: Bida Thomas Yei Electric Cooperative (YECO) has stopped the distribution of power in Yei town less than a month after it resumed electricity supply for only seven hours daily at the rate of five hundred (500) South Sudanese Pounds per […]
By John Agok South Sudan’s army General and his bodyguard who exchanged gun fire on Tuesday at army’s Headquarters in Juba are responding well to the treatment as both have been discharged from the Hospital. Dr. Chut Chep, Juba Military Hospital’s Director General told Juba Echo on Wednesday that the two didn’t have fractures instead […]
The South Sudan Civil Society Forum is saying they “discourage” a recent order by authorities in Lainya County of Central Equatoria State directing security organs to shoot to death foreign cattle herders who will resist arrest or fail to leave after seventy-two hours. The cattle herders have been terrorizing communities in the area since late […]
Chadian President Idriss Deby has died of injuries suffered on the frontline, an army spokesman said on Tuesday. This comes a day after Deby won a sixth term, according to an election results released on Monday he , took 79.3 percent. The 68-year-old Deby, militarily had risen to power in 1990 Additional report by BBC […]