The Lobonok Youth Association has condemned the killing of two young men at Yapa area of Lobonok County by suspected armed ‘foreign’ cattle herders on Sunday evening. Moses Korsuk Matthew, Chairman of Lobonok Youth Association told Juba Echo via phone that the young men were shot dead and later cut when they went fishing at […]
By Okech Francis South Sudan’s new parliament will be inaugurated soon but its being warned against falling in the flaws of its predecessor, being a puppet to the government of the day. A peace agreement under implementation bills the law house to help formalize regulations that will steer the country out of war and into […]
By Staff writerSouth Sudan’s army commanders have been sensitized on disarmament that’s expected to affect some members of the armed forces. According to a statement from South Sudan’s Defense Ministry, the Embassy of Japan’s Head of Political Affairs Ms. Haruna Maki, on behalf of the Japanese Ambassador to South Sudan, shared with the leadership of […]
By John Agok The South Sudanese are alarmed over no functional parliament to support the executive wing of the government. The country has been running without parliament that oversees the functionalities of the governmental institutions on daily basis since last year. Though the 2018 peace accord stipulates for full reconstitution of the parliament, the current […]
By Staff Writer The Acting Managing Director of the Nile Petroleum Corporation (NILEPET), Stanslaus Tombe says challenges like lack of awareness and budget allocation to the national ministry of environment and forestry is hindering execution of environmental projects in South Sudan Speaking at an event to mark the World Environment Day on Saturday, Stanslaus Tombe […]
Juba City Deputy Mayor for Infrastructural Development, Thiik Thiik Mayardit has been accused of dictating to the Veterans Security Service (VSS) Company the wages and work conditions for employees. This past week, Thiik Thiik Mayardit is said to have orchestrated a violent attack on two English ‘expatriates’/foreign managers at the VSS headquarters in Gudele in which the […]
By Simon Deng The Minister for Gender, Child and Social Welfare has urged the newly reconstituted parliament to pass the Gender-Based Violence Bill into law. Ayaa Benjamin Warrile, said that the GBV bill will help reform, consolidate and harmonize laws and provisions related to GBV including domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, harmful customary […]
By John Agok The Association for Media Development in South Sudan or AMDISS has on June 4 unanimously nominated its former seven executive members instead of voting. Mary Ajith, the former Chair maintained her position, Josephine Achiro became a new Secretary General among other five executive members for the second term of roughly two years. […]
By Staff WriterSouth Sudan’s government on Friday resolved to prosecute those that will be found with fake academic documents.“The resolution was passed to the effect so that these people are traced, arrested and taken to court because if you are honest person, you are not supposed to acquire fake documents and use it for employment […]
By Awan Achiek COVID-19 vaccination will commence next week, Saturday, June 12 in Warrap State of South Sudan, according to a government official. This came few days after the state received 6,800 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines from the national Ministry of Health in Juba on June 3rd. Ring Deng Ading, Warrap State Minister of […]