Ruot George Parties to South Sudan’s 2018 peace deal are calling on the East African regional body, Intergovernmental Authority on Development or IGAD to urgently convene a meeting to try and save a deal that ended six years of violence in the East African country. Fighting has erupted in the northern part of the country […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure Stanbic Bank South Sudan signed a partnership memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to foster development of the private sector in the world’s youngest nation. The African Development Bank through UNDP is funding a $9.2 million project that is scheduled to run for two years from […]
By Ruot George The revitalised Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, the body tasked with monitoring the peace agreement in South Sudan has criticised a tendency of people defecting from one peace partner to another. According to the interim chairperson of RJMEC, Charles Tai Gituai, defectors and parties encouraging them must be held accountable. “RJMECcondemns military […]
By Simon Deng A protest by the main opposition group in South Sudan, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition on security arrangements, threatens the successful completion of the peace implementation in the country, Abraham Kuol Nyuon, a professor of Political Science at the University of Juba said. On Tuesday, the SPLM-IO led by First […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei The capital of South Sudan’s Unity State is swarming with children running away from hunger in their homes, making garbage dumping sites a very conducive source to fill their bellies. Unity State, which was one of the regions most hit by crisis is facing a devastating crisis that has destroyed livelihoods […]
By Ambrose Achuil Garang A fire outbreak at Gok Machar Market in Aweil North County in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state has burnt to the ground over 100 shops, Kur Atak, the chairperson of the traders’ union in the main market said. At least six traders have been admitted in hospital after sustaining injuries in […]
By Michael Tapeng, One person was killed on Monday in Obira Boma in Eastern Equatoria State according to Eastern Equatoria’s Local Government Minister, Peter Lokeng. Mr. Lokeng is urging the youth to remain calm as state authorities carry out investigation with an aim of apprehending the perpetrator(s). The victim identified as Anya Ohitu also known […]
By Staff Writer, South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has on Wednesday evening fired his health minister, Elizabeth Acuei and replaced her with Yolanda Awel Deng. The health ministry docket is designated for the opposition group (SPLM-IO) headed by first vice president Riek Machar. The decrees relieving Elizabeth Acuei and for appointing Yolanda Awel Deng were […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure The government has agreed to pay salary arrears for three months to staffs of the University of Juba. The staffs are demanding for at least six months in unpaid salaries. The Head of International and Public Relations Office at the University of Juba, Professor Milton Malingasuk told Juba Echo by phone […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei Mary Nyakun Thong hastily fled Unity State capital Bentiu for Kakuma Refugee Camp in 2015 when fighting intensified in the region leaving her shop plundered and looted. Thong’s losses included livestock and for seven years as insecurity persisted, Thong relied on alms provided to refugees, ruing the losses of her $5000 […]