By Simon Deng Increasing price of crude oil will help boost economic recovery if well utilised by South Sudan, Vice President James Wani Igga said. Speaking at a symposium organised by United Nations Development Program with support from the government of Japan, Igga said the oil price boom will help support the country’s financial management […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei Church leaders are demanding Unity State government and communities to overcome and supress violence that continue to torment the people. In February, violence has led to cattle raiding, destruction of villages including looting and plunder, killing of civilians and displacement in the areas of Koch, Leer and Mayendit Counties. “The State […]
By Johnson Juma Batal An army unit awaiting integration into the South Sudan People’s Defence Force, stationed in Western Equatoria, is acting in manners that risk bilateral relations with neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, the office of the governor said. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the office of governor Alfred Futuyu Karaba, […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure Periodic tremors are occurring in the vicinity of South Sudan’s capital Juba and leaving residence worried. The latest incident occurred in the early morning hours of Friday and lasted for more than a minute. The tremor with a magnitude of just over 3.0 had its center about 2.4 km south of […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s Upper Nile University has joined hands with the Kenya based Zetech University to collaborate in various fields of studies. A delegation from Zetech University visited South Sudan to explore chances of collaborative work between the two higher institutions of learning, Marial Awou Yol, the Vice Chancellor for Upper Nile University […]
By Deng Machol President Salva Kiir has instituted a committee to investigate violence in Abyei region which has claimed the lives of at least 10 people. About 50,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in Aneet area which pitted the communities of Twic Mayardit against the Ngok Dinka of Abyei. An MSF staff was […]
By Ruot George South Sudan has directed its embassy in Washington DC to follow a case in which its citizen was killed by police in Canada. The incident occurred in Calgary on February 19 when Latjor Kuony Tuel was shot at several times and killed in what police said was an act of aggression towards […]
By Simon Deng Most South Sudanese women working in the cross-border trade sector are ignorant of a new trade regime that exempts goods less that $2000 from taxation, Finella Ayam, the technical advisor for South Sudan Women Entrepreneurs Association, said. Thousands of South Sudanese women are engaging in the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) businesses […]
By Ruot George Journalists in South Sudan have been trained on identification of threats and risks on communities and how information can be used to mitigate them. About 15 of them, selected from different media houses in the capital Juba acquired the one-day training organised by CORDAID on Thursday with support from the Food and […]
By Simon Deng The Ethiopian government has offered 29 scholarships in various Ethiopian universities for South Sudanese medical doctors, Nebil Mahdi, the Ethiopian Ambassador to South Sudan said. The various fields of the scholarship include in internal medicine, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatric, urology, radiology and general surgery. “Ethiopia and South Sudan have very strong […]
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