October 24, 2024
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Recuperating South Sudanese family hails treatment by Chinese medics

By Tapeng Michael Ohure Ngok Joseph Maker Gordon was in excruciating pain since 2019 when a needle pierced his ear. Three years down the road, his pain came to be eased in January 2022 after expert treatment by a group of Chinese medics posted to the South Sudanese capital Juba. Gordon’s parents, Joseph Maker Gordon, […]

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South Sudan government is under attack in Kitgwang: analyst

By Simon Deng The attack by members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition on their own group is attack on the Transitional Government of National Unity in South Sudan, an analyst in the capital Juba said. The group under Gen. Simon Gatwech Dual has been engaging in offensives on SPLM-IO members who have […]

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South Sudan: floods expose cattle to strange diseases

By Chondok Stephen MageiThe floods in Unity State seem to secede but the effects remain dire on cattle in the region.In the northern part of the state where the oilfields are located, over ten thousand cows have died and Pablang Tural Thai is one of those rueing the losses. “I have tried to vaccinate  my cattle […]

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China’s giant air traffic project takes shape in South Sudan

By Tapeng Michael Ohure It is now two years since a Chinese construction company – China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) began the construction of an Air Traffic Management System (ATMS) facility in South Sudan’s Capital Juba. China Harbour Engineering Company is the contractor for the project. The ATMS project currently employs hundreds of South Sudanese. […]

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Business

Economist urges Bank of South Sudan to re-direct auction money to spur production

By Editorial Team The vice chancellor for Upper Nile University, Professor Marial Awou, an economist advises the government to re-direct the $13 million to production instead of releasing it to the market every week to try to stabilize exchange rate. “It’s too expensive, it is a very serious cost to the economy, we can use […]

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SSPDF denies link to Maiwut fighting

By Simon Deng South Sudan people’s Defense forces has not been involved in the recent armed confrontation which left one soldier dead at Wang Kuarbiy in Maiwut County in Upper Nile state, said Maj.Gen.Lul Ruai Koang. “There were reports that there was fighting between SSPDF and SPLA-IO which was not true, it was a fight […]

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Internal squabble within OPP to blame for delay in its appointment

By Simon Deng The internal squabble within other political parties (OPP) is keeping the coalition behind schedule in terms of appointment to various institutions of the 2018 peace agreement, according to Albino Akol, the spokesman. Akol said that the opposition coalition, other political parties failed to appoint representatives to state legislative councils and also parliamentary […]

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South Sudan’s government delegation meets Kit-Gwang group in Khartoum

By Editorial team, South Sudan’s government delegation comprising of the Presidential Advisor on National Security Affairs Tut Gatluak, Director Generals of Internal Security Bureau, General Akol Koor, Military Intelligence Senior officials among other Government officials is holding face-to-face talks with a group that broke away from opposition leader turned first Vice President Riek Machar. The […]

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Opposition raises concern over delayed implementation of peace agreement

By Simon Deng Continued violation and delays in concluding critical pending tasks under 2018 Revitalized Peace deal is worrying, Puok Both Baluang, the public elation director for Sudan People Liberation Movement in Opposition has said.  “The violence should not worry only the SPLM-IO,it should worry all parties to the agreement because this is a an attempt […]

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Rise in crime, alcoholism, drugs in South Sudan’s capital Juba

By Simon Deng Residents in Juba have appealed to the government to beef up security in residential areas following the emergence of criminal gangs, alcoholism and drug abuse that is threatening the future of the young generation. “In Kokora Bridge at night, the criminals are always operating, at 8pm or 9pm and if you attempt […]

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