Many high-quality African products become available to Chinese consumers during an online shopping festival from April 28 to May 12. Hunan, Zhejiang, Hubei and Henan provinces are among the provinces that will hold livestreaming events featuring participants ranging from ambassadors to African anchors, to sell signature products from more than 23 African countries. More than […]
By Chondok Stephen Magei After years of living in squalid refugee camps in countries neighboring South Sudan, thousands of returnees displaced by conflict are staring hunger in the face due to failed crops caused by flash floods. Nyanuba Kuneng, a 22 –year old woman who arrived this week in Lalop boma of Budang Payam this […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan’s Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) has recommended amendment of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA, Act 2009) and Political Parties Act 2011. This came after the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Reuben Madol Arol tabled Thursday two bills before the R-TNLA in Juba, the capital of South […]
By Staff Writer The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and 44 humanitarian partners are urgently appealing for 47.8 million U.S dollars to respond to critical needs of thousands of refugees who arrived in Uganda this year. It said in a statement issued on Friday that this refugee crisis is due to renewed violence in Eastern part […]
By Staff Writer Foreign workers with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies in South Sudan have ordered to pay for work permits. Peter Mayen Majongdit, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management issued the ministerial order in Juba on Friday. “I Peter Mayen Majongdit, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Republic of […]
By Staff Writer The government of South Sudan and Japan on Wednesday signed agreement that will pave way for construction of 4 Bridges in Juba. Amb. Mayen Dut Wol, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation who signed the grant agreement worth 2.655 billion Japanese Yuan (23.3 million U.S dollars) on behalf […]
By Simon Deng The Governor of Eastern Equatoria state Louis Lobong Lojoreon Wednesday called on the national legislative council of states to establish legal frame work to guide movement of cattle in the country. “In order to avoid clashes between cattle keepers and the predominantly farming communities, as well as between different cattle keeping communities, there is need to establish […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s ceasefire is increasingly under pressure of unraveling due to ongoing hostilities in the oil-rich regions of Unity and Upper Nile, said ceasefire monitors on Thursday. […]
By Awan Achiek At least 125 juvenile inmates, prison wardens in Western Bahr el Ghazal State of South Sudan have been equipped withvocational skills at Wau Central Prison Vocational Training Center. Ibrahim Surur, State Cabinet Affairs Minister of Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State, on Thursday during the graduation ceremony of these inmates and prison wardens urged them to utilize properly the skills and knowledge acquired. “Those of you who […]
South Sudan’s ceasefire is increasingly under pressure of unraveling due to ongoing hostilities in the oil-rich regions of Unity and Upper Nile, said ceasefire monitors on Thursday. Asrat Denero Amad, the Chairperson for Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) warned that the ceasefire is now under threat due to clashes between […]