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South Sudanese wary over price-hike as dollar fluctuates on local currency
By Tapeng Michael Ohure The South Sudanese Pounds has never had a stable footing on the US dollars, rising and dropping leaving prices unpredictable on the market in the country. Gaining from 600 SSP for a dollar in January to 400 SSP for a dollar in September, prices were expected to drop reciprocally but instead […]
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Shoe-shining for a meal is South Sudan’s trending business attracting children
By Ruot George It’s an odd-looking job mostly done by children in their teens but shoe-shining is providing thousands of poor families a meal every day in South Sudan’s capital Juba. In a country brought down to its knees by a devastating crisis, livelihoods have been destroyed leaving people unable to fend for themselves. John […]
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Local power provider to light up South Sudan’s Wau town
Trinity Energy deputy CEO Ken Mugambi (L) and Dr. Phillip Waden, Trinity Energy’s Power Projects Manager (R) when they paid courtesy call to Wau Governor Hon. Sarah Cleto Hassan Rial (Centre) By Okech Francis A local power firm in South Sudan, Trinity Energy Ltd has announced plans to connect 20,000 households in Western Bahr el […]
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South Sudan removes checkpoints, deploys heavily as trucks resume imports
By Okech Francis South Sudan has withdrawn all checkpoints along the highway from the capital Juba to the border of Uganda and deployed heavily to deter insecurity as trucks resume importing commodities to the country, the Director General of the Custom Service, Akol Ayii Madut said. Trucks importing various commodities into the landlocked country ceased […]
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In South Sudan, teaching is unenviable
By Deng Machol Being a teacher in South Sudan is not what anyone would envy-the environment is tough and pay at the minimal. The government seeks for the least allocation to the education department and teachers earn as little as 1200 South Sudanese Pounds ($3) for a month’s work. “Who can survive on that?” Taban John, […]
Politics
South Sudan consults over new “inclusive” constitution
By Tapeng Michael Ohure South Sudan has begun consultations towards making a permanent constitution. Since 2011 when the country got independence from Sudan, the country has been using a transitional constitution incorporated from the former master. According to Nathaniel Oyet, the Deputy Speaker of the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly, the constitution making in South […]
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Politicians preach peace in South Sudan’s capital, violence in the countryside
By Okech Francis In Western Equatoria’s Tombura County, deadly chaos that have gone on for months has left hundreds dead and displaced tens of thousands of others. Armed men pitted against each other roam villages, farms and bushes in Tombura killing civilians and sending fear across communities. The rising tension and violence over the past […]
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South Sudan urges investors to seek opportunities in its vast resources
By Tapeng Michael South Sudan is calling on investors to seek opportunities in the vast resources it has. The Ministry of Investment said it has established key investment policies and projects which cabinet has approved. The ministry has three years to complete the programs and projects of investment, according to Dhieu Mathok, the Minister of […]