October 24, 2024
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South Sudan says deal with opposition group didn’t violate peace pact

By Ruot George South Sudan has defended a recent agreement reached with a splinter group of the main opposition, SPLM-IO as not against the pact being implemented in the country. The government signed an agreement with the so called Kitgwang faction that calls for ceasing hostilities and promoting peace. “This engagement is under the term […]

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Anticipating clash with armed youths, SPLM-IO soldiers flee cantonment

By Chondok Stephen Magei Opposition forces of the SPLM-IO cantoned in South Sudan’s Unity State have fled their site, a day after clashes with armed youths. An officer with the group, Maj Yor Yang said intelligence network cited the armed youths from Koch County crossing Ngony swamp in large numbers, believed to be planning to […]

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Government weighs in as three-quarters of South Sudan lacks food

By Simon Deng South Sudan’s unending hunger has been aggravated by a devastating flood that has washed away farms and killed livestock while displacing hundreds of thousands of people whose livelihoods have been completely eroded. About eight States were hit hard by undulating floods that has been raging for the last three years. The government […]

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South Sudan’s final year of peace implementation scary: UN

By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan has entered the final year of implementation of a peace pact and the United Nations Human Rights Commission monitoring the country has warned that affairs are not as rosy as planned. Political and sub-national conflicts which should have been addressed by the peace agreement remain common place and plans […]

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South Sudan peace pact enters critical phase

By Ruot George and Simon Deng The three-year peace pact in South Sudan is entering its critical phase with barely a year to the set timeframe. The implementation of the peace deal aimed at ushering the country into peace and security dividends but delays in accomplishing tasks in the deal have characterized the slow pace […]

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480,000 livestock targeted in vaccination drive

By Paul Jimbo The National and the Central Equatoria State Ministry of Animal Resources, Fisheries and Tourism have launched a major animal vaccination campaign to rid the country of myriad livestock diseases. In the event attended by both the National Minister Hon.  Onyoti Adigo Nyikech and his state line ministry counterpart Hon. Alex Lotiyu graced […]

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Health

South Sudan revives HIV treatment guidelines

By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan has relaunched a guideline that will help the country in combating the HIV pandemic. The guideline spells out the prevention and treatment of the pandemic. Alongside, the country’s Health Ministry also received a Data Management Unit from its health partners ICAP and as well the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) […]

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Radio, the unifier of conflict-affected communities in South Sudan

By Chondok Stephen Magei Radio has never been more meaningful in South Sudan than the cohesion it created among groups hit hard by crisis. On February 13, all attention turns to the commemoration of World Radio Day and in one of the country’s crisis hotspots, Unity State, internally displaced people recall how the media nurtured […]

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Politics

Clash at cantonment site in Unity State leaves two dead, five injured

By Chondok Stephen Magei A clash at a cantonment site south of South Sudan’s Unity State has left one person dead and five others injured, an official of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition, Nhial Kam Both said. The clash at Korjamus, two kilometers from Mirmir town in Koch County was caused by an […]

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Central Equatoria State governor urges new parliament to enact good land laws

By Simon Deng The governor of Central Equatoria, Emmanuel Adil Anthony has urged the new State transitional parliament to enact sound legislations to regulate land acquisition. The August House should constitute a standing specialized committee on land to enact laws for regulating the land acquisition across the state, Anthony said in a statement issued in […]

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