By Ruot George The main road connecting Rubkona airstrip to its twin city Bentiu has been cut off by flooding. The engineering unit of the United Nation Mission in South Sudan – UNMISS is struggling to keep the airstrip for humanitarian provision of services. A video recorded by an aid worker shows the UN and […]
By Michael Tapeng South Sudan Journalists’ Football Club suffered a 1-0 loss at the hands of their police counterparts on Wednesday. The friendly football match was held at the Seminary Playgrounds in Rock city, Juba, at 9:00am Wednesday. The match was organized by media partners to promote good working relationship between the scribes and the […]
UN News Ten unarmed Egyptian peacekeepers from the UN Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) were shot and wounded on Monday. According to MINUSCA, the blue helmets were part of the Egyptian Constituent Police Unit and were shot by elements of the presidential guard. Two were seriously injured. The peacekeepers arrived on November 1 at M’Poko International Airport, as part of the periodic rotation and […]
Written Statement by Xi Jinping President of the People’s Republic of China At the World Leaders Summit at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. November 1, 2021 Honorable Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Colleagues, It gives me great pleasure to attend the World […]
By Tapeng Michael At least five crew members working for Optimum Aviation have died in a plane crash this morning in South Sudan after take off from Juba International Airport as the government forms a team to establish the cause of the Antinov An 26 crash in Kondokoro, Juba. The Director General of Juba International […]
By. Ruot George The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, on November 1st heard from representatives of non-governmental organizations on the situation of women’s rights in in four countries including South Sudan, Russian Federation, Kyrgyzstanand South Africa, The following non-governmental organizations spoke on South Sudan:Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa; […]
By Tapeng Michael South Sudan joins the world today (Nov 2nd) to celebrate the International Day to End Impunity and crimes against journalists. In a statement UJOSS President Patrick Oyet Charles urges all stakeholders in the country to investigate crimes committed against journalists in South Sudan. “Journalists are at times kidnapped, harassed, assaulted, detained beyond […]
By Richard Sultan The South Sudan Peoples Defence Forces (SSPDF) has said that Gen. James Nando wasn’t involved in any violence against civilians in Western Equatoria’s county of Tambura. “Gen. Nando has always been on the defensive because as is the trend with Sudan People Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) Soldiers who always attack those […]
By Richard Sultan A plane belonging to Optimum Aviation has crashed today at around 11:00am local time shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport. It was headed for Maban according to Kur Kuol, the Director General of Juba International Airport. Details are still scarce on the cause of the crash and number of casualities as […]
By Richard Sultan In a decree read out last evening on South Sudan broadcasting corporation, President Salva Kiir has fired the first undersecretary John Deng Wal and the second undersecretary in the same ministry Ujang Anjelo Deng. No official reason was given for the dismissal of the two technocrats. In a separate decree, the President […]