By John Agok President Salva Kiir has on Thursday evening dismissed the 1st Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Mr. Garang Majak, replacing him with John Deng Wal, the former State minister. The Republican Decree number 52/2021 read out on the state-run Radio did not disclose why the senior government official was fired. However, […]
Proprietors of private schools in South Sudan have rejected to follow a directive from South Sudan’s National Ministry of Education which fixes school fees charged by private schools. The owners of the private schools said South Sudan is a free market economy and there is no way the government can fix the price of school […]
By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon, Juba The Chairperson of the Jonglei State Civil Society Network has been arrested by security organs in Bor town for allegedly questioning the sale of President Kiir’s donated food aid meant for flood affected victims. Mr. David Garang Goch had recently said that he saw some of the food aid […]
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 […]
By Awan Achiek South Sudanese criminals won’t be deterred from their acts without the establishment of a hybrid court, an advocate said. The formation of the court is spelled for in the peace deal reached between the government and opposition groups in 2018. Its formation was meant to ensure accountability for crimes committed during a […]
By Staff Writer The host community and the Internally Displaced Persons in Mangalla Payam, Central Equatoria State, have agreed to strengthen social coexistence among the communities there. The residents made a promise during a Community Dialogue on Conflict and Trauma healing approach among different ethnicities held at the site in April. “It has built trust […]
By John Agok The South Sudan National Olympics Committee has commended the performance of the South Sudanese athletes in Maebashi City, northwest of Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics games scheduled for 23rd July to August 8, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. While addressing the news conference in Juba on athletes progress in Japan, […]
South Sudan’s government has issued an order on Thursday banning private schools from charging fees in U.S. Dollars. “Private schools to charge annual school fees not exceeding eighty thousand South Sudanese Pounds (80,000SSP) inclusive of all scholastic requirements.” Reads part of a statement form South Sudan’s Ministry of General Education and Instruction “All Private schools […]
By Okech Francis The International Criminal Court has handed a 25-year jail term for Dominic Ongwen a former commander of the notorious rebel group which operated in northern Uganda, the Lord’s Resistance Army. Ongwen was convicted on 61 counts of crimes which include murder, abductions, rape, attacks on civilian settlements, pillaging and destruction of properties […]
South Sudan’s government said early this week that it plans to commence inoculation of teachers across the country as schools reopen after more than a year of closure. “Teachers in Juba will have five vaccination centers where they can go and get the COVID-19 jabs, their vaccination is one of our priorities.” Said South Sudan’s […]