The South Sudan economic reforms are stagnating because some greedy individuals want to control the exchange rate in the black market, the Central Bank Governor Moses Makur Deng has claimed. “Some powerful people want the black-market rate and official rate. They want to get dollars at the official rate and sell at the black market […]
Children and women are among the 13 people killed in Wednesday’s attack in Duk County of South Sudan’s restive Jonglei State. Bol Deng Bol, Chairperson for Jonglei Civil Society Network, confirmed that three women and two children were among dozens killed in the Duk Padiet cattle camp by suspected youth from the Murle community. “Yesterday […]
The Chairperson of the National Youth Union of South Sudan, Mr Gola Boyoi Gola has on Thursday relieved three of his officials. In a dismissal letter seen by Juba Echo today, the youth leader said: “This Order shall be cited as Executive Order No: (04) for the year 2022 A.D for the relieve of the three […]
Some businesswomen in Yambio town of Western Equatoria State have decried the bad state of the road making transportation of homemade products to the main market difficult. Mrs Jonnah Nahumba is a woman in her late 20s in Yambio’s main market selling cabbages and palm oil production in Sakole village of Yambio county. Speaking in […]
The world faces huge challenges in overcoming the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity, the war in Ukraine, the accelerating climate crisis and biodiversity loss. In response to these multiple global threats, we need solutions at scale that are cost-effective and equitable and can be implemented rapidly. Forests and trees offer such solutions and […]
The commissioner of Magwi County in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state David Otto Remson is blamimg cattle herders for what he describes as massive displacement in Mugali Payam since last week According to Commissioner Otto, over 1000 residents of Mugali have been displaced and are now seeking refuge in Nimule payam He says the cattle […]
By Staff Writer South Sudan’s Minister of Higher Education, Gabriel Changson Chang has cautioned universities against admitting those who do not meet the established minimum qualifications for university education. Changson advised universities to adhere to the qualification framework set by the Ministry of Higher Education. “I urge the Vice Chancellors, the deputies, and the registrar […]
By Staff Writer The Deputy Director of Juba Central Prison in South Sudan, Major Gen. Bak Anyar Longor on Tuesday decried the deplorable conditions of prison due to congestion. Anyar who spoke after release of 7 inmates on Tuesday in Juba said that Juba Central Prison has more inmates than the capacity the facilities can […]
Authorities in the western part of South Sudan are urging aid agencies and the national government to buy agricultural produce from the state to supply to internally displaced persons and those facing acute food shortage in the country. The United Nations is warning that more than 60 percent of South Sudanese people are food insecure. […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure Farming in refugee camps is always complimentary to the food the refugees get from the United Nations. The Ethiopian refugees sheltering in Juba-Gorom refugee settlement camp are doing cultivation annually to add on to what the UN provides. The Anyuak refugees were relocated from Pochalla to Lologo and Gorom areas in Juba […]