The Reconstituted Transitional National Legislature has been urged to expedite the enactment of a vital legal framework to prepare the country for elections before the end of the transition period. Charles Tai Gituai, the Interim Chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) on Tuesday called on the 550-member parliament to prioritize the legislative […]
The National Revenue Authority (NRA) is planning to establish a one-stop-shop for revenue collection to reduce the tax burden on the taxpayers, said Marial Dongrin Ater, the Deputy Commissioner for Research and Planning. “We are coming up with what we called one-stop-shop, a concept that brings national and state governments to cooperate, we do not […]
The Governor of Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State Sarah Cleto Rial has appealed to media institutions in South Sudan to be impartial in covering national affairs. In reference to the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, Cleto said media coverage has been in favour of one party, which the country has known since the war of liberation. “The […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s minister of justice and constitutional affairs on Monday tabled for the first time the social insurance fund bill before the transitional national parliament for deliberation. Ruben Madol Arol, while tabling the draft bill that was recently approved by the council of ministers, said it seeks to insure employers and employees […]
By Benjamin Takpiny The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has released $19 million to help South Sudan prepare for severe flooding expected during the ongoing rainy season. “Three years of unprecedented flooding have devastated people’s lives,” said Sara Beysolow Nyanti, Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan in a statement issued Monday in […]
By Awan Achiek South Sudan and neighboring Uganda have agreed to work together to counter human trafficking across their porous borders. Gen. Atem Marol Biar, South Sudan’s Director General for Nationality, Passport and Immigration, revealed on Monday that officials from the two countries recently discussed issues of human trafficking along their common borders. Biar recently […]
The national ministry of health says it is planning to upgrade the health system from primary healthcare to a tertiary level. Yolanda Awel Deng Juach, the Minister of Health said on arrival from Dakar, Senegal that the government plans to improve the healthcare system through partnership. “In South Sudan, we are only dealing with primary […]
By Jacob Bol Mayar At least 30 participants have attended a dialogue aimed at driving peaceful and social co-existence. The event was organized by Amalna South Sudan with intention of discussing challenges hindering peace at a community level. Arike Richard, the Outreach Manager for Amalna South Sudan said the dialogue forum is to bring together […]
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Antoine Tshisekedi held on Sunday intensive bilateral talks that tackled means to enhance bilateral relations between the two countries. During a press conference after their meeting in Juba, Kiir said he also touched on trade and security between the borders of […]
The cabinet has on Friday approved 2.7 billion South Sudanese Pounds for the dissemination of the 2018 peace deal to the citizens across the country and beyond. President Salva Kiir and his deputy, Dr Riek Machar signed a peace agreement in 2018 that ended five years of civil war. But challenges remain, including the government’s […]