By Ambrose Achuil Garang A truck transporting 40 tons of food aid has overturned in Northern Bahr el Ghazal and caught fire. The incident occurred along Kuom road in Aweil town on Wednesday morning. The truck was carrying food assortments including sorghum, cooking oil, Plumbynut and nutrition flour. According to the spokesman of the Traffic […]
By Ruot George Oil companies operating in South Sudan will not be immune to prosecution if an environmental audit implicates them in contributing to environmental pollution, the Undersecretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Joseph Africano Bartel, said. Consortiums exploiting crude oil in South Sudan include Dar Petroleum operating companies (DPOC), Greater Pioneer Operating […]
By WHO in South Sudan Kai Koang, at the crack of dawn on a Tuesday morning, armed with his loud megaphone tightly held to his mouth and moving from house-to-house, stormed site D of the highly populated Bentiu internally displaced persons (IDP) camp passing on good news – on the commencement of the oral cholera […]
By Staff Writer South Sudan Human Rights Defenders Network (SSHRDN) has donated an assortment of digital equipment aimed at boosting the work of its members across the East African nation. The donated items included state-of-the-art laptops and mobile phones. James Bidal, the head of SSHRDN secretariat, said the digital equipment support program would enable human […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan is working on plans to begin managing its vast wetlands. According to the country’s Ministry of Environment, an environmental policy will be launched in a fortnight. The country is home to Africa’s largest wetland, the SUDD, covering an estimated 57,000 square kilometers, representing one of the world’s largest fresh […]
By Ruot George Seven traders were killed and six others wounded in a cattle raid in Jonglei last weekend, the Secretary General of the State, Gatwech Koak Nyuon, said. Five other traders are also missing following the raid on Friday in an area between Uror and Gadiang, Nyuon said in a statement today. About “700 […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan has maintained it is committed to a peace deal reached with a group of breakaway opposition forces. The Presidential Advisor on National Security Affairs, Tut Gatluak, said the government will go to all peaceful lengths to ensure the country attains full peace and security. The group which broke away […]
By Okech Francis South Sudanese teachers operating in remote and hard-to-reach areas are set to benefit from a two-year incentive program. At least 7,450 primary school teachers in hard-to-reach areas will receive a monthly cash incentive for through an OUTREACH program, funded by the European Union and UNICEF, a statement emailed by the two agencies […]
By Ambrose Achuil Garang A 17-year-old boy was hacked to death on Monday morning in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. The deceased, identified as Mangok Mawien Deng was killed at his home in Maper Ayaai village of Aweil North County. A cousin whom he shares a room with, and is at large, is the main […]
By Ruot George South Sudan has directed all investors to register again after massive scam has been unearthed in the investment sector. The Minister of, Investment, Dhieu Mathok said the exercise is in line with streamlining corrupt dealings that have invaded the department. “The process will take one month. The team is divided into two […]