By Johnson Juma Batal Over 39,500 people displaced by conflict in Tambura County to Ezo County have been provided with plots of land, Ezo commissioner, Abel Sudan said. Each IDP was given a plot of land measuring 35 by 30 meters per household, Sudan told Juba Echo by phone on Thursday. “The IDPs who are […]
By Okech Francis Rising violence in South Sudan is affecting provision of humanitarian assistance with aid workers having to flee from the conflict areas, the Norwegian Refugee Council said. In the last two weeks, warehouses with food aid for thousands of people affected by floods have been looted by armed groups in areas that are […]
By Simon Deng The government of South Sudan has been slammed by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Juba, Prof. John Akec for maintaining very low wages in the civil service. Speaking at an event organised at the university by the World Bank to report on the economic recovery in South Sudan, Akec noted […]
By Ruot George Lawmakers from Unity State are demanding the governor suspends three commissioners over violence in the last two weeks. Attacks by armed youths on villages in Leer and Mayendit which began on February 15 has left at least 20 people dead and displaced over 2300 households. The youths also overran a cantonment site […]
By Okech Francis About three children have reportedly been killed in an attempted cattle raid in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, the United Nations Children Fund said, demanding that children should not be targets in violence. The children “were reportedly killed during an attempted cattle raid on Ghoh cattle camp, in Pagil payam on 18 of […]
By Simon Deng Continuous bloodshed in South Sudan continues to pain the East African region, especially with the fact that steps are not being undertaken critically to address it, Ismail Wais, the Special Envoy for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in South Sudan, a regional bloc, said. Speaking at a ceremony to welcome a new […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan national security officers stormed a press conference organized by Members of Parliament at the national legislature in the capital Juba and arrested eight journalists and one activist in attendance. The journalists and activist were picked up from the parliament in the capital and driven to a national security facility […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure A delegation from the African Union Peace and Security Council has arrived in South Sudan’s capital Juba to assess the implementation of the country’s peace agreement. Deadlines set by a 2018 peace agreement in the country to accomplish key provisions of the deal, including the security arrangement, permanent constitution making and […]
By Ruot George and Simon Deng Parties implementing a peace deal in South Sudan were nonchalantly reluctant looking at three years of implementation as a long time and could give them the opportunity to linger about. Its one year to go to the end of the three-year transitional government of national unity and suddenly everybody […]
By Simon Deng The Jonglei state government has released the emoluments of civil servants after a protest over unpaid salaries and allowances, Veronica William Deng, the State Minister for Information said. “The government has implemented paying its civil servants, the workers started receiving their salaries on Friday last week, the salaries will not be touched, […]
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