By Okech Francis Aided by health partners, South Sudan, a country heavily burdened by Neglected Tropical Diseases is endeavoring to eliminate it, Health Minister Elizabeth Achuei Yol said. The African nation has a high burden of neglected tropical diseases including elephantiasis, bilharzia, intestinal worms, river blindness, blinding trachoma, sleeping sickness, Kala-Azar, Buruli ulcer, rabies, mycetomas, […]
By Ruot George As the Olympic games begin in China, the Asian nation’s ambassador to South Sudan is taking the games to another level, giving orphans in Juba to understand the games. Over the weekend, ambassador Hua Ning, visited an orphanage home in the capital, Confident Children out of Conflict (CCC) to instill the spirit […]
By Editorial Team, The African Union (AU) is calling on the international community to lift the arms embargo and other sanctions imposed on South Sudan. “This is to enable the country to build the required capacity of the unified armed forces and for them to more effectively discharge their constitutional mandate of defending the territorial […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure While the world will be celebrating Valentine’s day mid-next month, candidates of primary schools in South Sudan will begin sweating it out in the primary leaving examinations. Primary 8 leaving examinations are set to begin on February 14 and the candidates and school administrations in the capital Juba have expressed readiness. […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei People displaced in South Sudan’s Unity State capital Bentiu are protesting an alleged forced recruitment of school children into the army. Led by the IDPs camp youth forum, the peaceful demonstration held on Friday questioned why children are plucked from school and enrolled into the military by force. A youth leader […]
By Ambrose Achuil Garang The Anti-corruption mission in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal has recovered a government vehicle it claims was illegally sold out. The Toyota Landcruiser belonging to the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission was recovered from a trader in Wau. According to Anei Rok, the Chairperson for the Anti-Corruption Commission in Northern Bhar […]
By Ruot George Authorities in Greater Pibor Administrative Area have declared a crackdown on youths who attacked Baidit Payam in Jonglei’s Bor county last weekend killing at least 32 people. The attackers were reportedly cattle raiders from the Greater Pibor Administrative Area. Among the people killed were three children and three women. The children drowned […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure A group of human rights defenders have undergone a three-day artistic therapy training in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. The training organized by South Sudan Human Rights Defenders Network (SSHRDN), equipped 15 participants with coping strategies, a holistic approach towards addressing traumatic and stressful experiences. Art therapy is an integrative […]
By Simon Deng The Deputy Spokesman for South Sudan National Police Service, James Dak, has slammed the transitional legislative assembly for recently passing their own emolument and privileges bill, noting that it was a selfish act. Dak was speaking at AIDA Hotel during the opening of a symposium on women access to health held under […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan has been ranked the most corrupt country in the world, according to a new report by Corruption Perception Index, (CPI), an international organization that monitors corruption globally. The ranking was derived from a study on 180 countries across the globe. Syria ranked as the second most corrupt country and Somalia […]