By Simon Deng After years of conflict in South Sudan stopped projects being implemented by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the East Asian nation has embarked on full resumption with four new bridges to be constructed in the capital Juba over the next two years. JICA is implementing a grand project targeting improving water provision […]
By Ruot George and Chondok Stephen Magei Authorities must intervene to stop ongoing violence in South Sudan’s Unity State that is threatening the peace and stability of the people, a local pressure group has demanded. Several counties in the southern part of the state have witnessed acts of violence caused by armed youths which has […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure As peace sets in and people return home, communities in Lainya in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State are facing an uphill task in reviving business. Lainya was a scene of heavy conflict between 2016 and 2019, and to date pockets of insecurity still linger. And because of that, transport cost for […]
By Ruot George Over 2300 households have fled violence in the southern part of Unity State this week, an official said. The violence which started from Mirmir in Koch County spread to neighboring Leer and Mayendit. Several people have been killed including civilians and aid workers. In Leer town, the Director of the Relief and […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei A humanitarian worker has been killed in Koch County of Unity State over a suspected love triangle. The 36-year-old Mathiit Both Duor was killed on Friday morning by Gatkor Riak Phan, the husband of the woman he was suspected to have an affair with. Dour worked for World Relief, a church-based […]
By Ambrose Achuil Garang Police in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State capital Aweil have arrested four people in connection with the gang-raping of a fourteen-year-old girl. The incident took place on Tuesday evening at Bar Mayen payam of Aweil Center County. Guot Guot Akol, the police spokesperson for Northern Bahr el Ghazal said the suspects […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei and Ruot George Violent attacks perpetrated by armed youths have been raging on for over two weeks in the southern part of Unity State causing civilian deaths and displacement. The youths have been on the warpath, burning down villages, overrunning opposition cantonment sites and killing people including at least an aid […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure The European Union has budgeted a funding assistance to South Sudan but has conditioned that continuity in spending on the 11-year-old country is subject to positive results. The bloc has spent 1 billion Euros in the country since independence but donors and tax papers are fatigued their money can’t change the […]
By Ambrose Achuil Garang When the father of Peter Garang Dut bought him a motorcycle to help get money to subsist the family up, he never expected it would end up landing in in jail, charged with murder. The 18-year-old primary going was riding on the street in Aweil South County in South Sudan’s Bahr […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure A sustainable food production program has been launched in Chukudum, Budi County of Eastern Equatoria State. The Chinese Embassy in South Sudan said the program is meant to alleviate unemployment among the youths. “It is essential to empower youth to advance peace and development in the grassroots. We should always place […]