The Press Secretary in the office of Vice President, James Wani Igga, Michael Alla Jabu has denied that the bodyguards of the vice president beat up a man who blocked their convoy in Sherikat, a suburb of Juba City. Michael says on April 3, at around 11:45 am, while travelling to Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria […]
The African Development Bank and WHO delivered medical supplies, including intensive care unit (ICU) beds, medicines, lifesaving biomedical equipment and personal protective equipment (PPE) to South Sudan’s Ministry of Health in support of the country’s ongoing COVID-19 response according to a press release by WHO on Saturday. WHO says the supplies include12 ICU beds, over […]
Fifty-eight women and children who were abducted last year during vicious inter-communal fighting in Jonglei State in South Sudan are finally being reunited with their families according to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan The exchange of abducted women and children came following a community-led goodwill agreement between the Lou Nuer, Murle and Dinka […]
The South Sudan’s ministry of health has graduated a total of 103 students with diplomas in nursing and midwifery under its Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery in Juba on Wednesday. The Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery had about seventy (70) students from its 7th batch in which 35 were for nursing and another 35 […]
Kenya Transporters Association issued a travel advisory on April 2 following what it called, the increased incidences of insecurity, murder and violent crimes against foreign drivers and setting ablaze of trucks currently being witnessed in South Sudan. “Transporters are advised to withdraw their services with immediate effect until such time (when) security is guaranteed.” Reads […]
Authorities in Greater Pibor Administrative Area say they have handed over 27 abducted children on Thursday to authorities in different parts of the country where the children were previously residing. Speaking to Juba Echo on phone, the Director General in the ministry of Information in Pibor Administrative area, Yasir Babakir said they handed over the […]
The government of Uganda is advising its nationals to exercise extreme caution as they travel to South Sudan; it adds that those travelling to South Sudan should note that there is violent crime such as carjacking, shootings, ambushes, assaults, robberies, and kidnappings in South Sudan particularly along the Yei road.
The governor of Bank of South Sudan Bank, Dier Tong said “I want to take this opportunity really to correct some misinformation that I saw this morning in the newspaper that there is a cheque of $1.5million that was paid to East Africa and that the cheque bounced. That is misinformation.”
He added that they have now created new positions in the Authority, “We have created a position of assistant commissioner for public relations, we are going to have a website to improve our services, anyone who wants information regarding taxation in South Sudan can get from us.” Said Mugoya on Thursday.
The much-awaited graduation of unified forces to take charge of security during the ongoing transitional period continues to delay due to financial constraints, according to peace monitors. Charles Tai Gituai, head of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) revealed on Wednesday that lack of sufficient funding is delaying the graduation of the necessary […]