By Staff Writer Foreign nationals from neighboring Uganda and Eritrea have been given three months to legalize their stay in South Sudan. Lt. Gen. Atem Marol Biar, the Director General for Civil Registry, National, Passport and Immigration announced the plan on Tuesday in Juba after a group of Ugandans protested the manner in which their […]
By Okech Francis An ambush on a taxi plying the Juba-Nimule highway in South Sudan has left two people dead, the police said. The taxi, a Noah, from Juba, was travelling between Kerepi and Moli when gunmen shot at it also injuring three other people, Police Spokesman, Daniel Justin Buolo told Juba Echo by phone. […]
By Ruot George The governor of South Sudan’s Unity State has suspended the State Minister of Health indefinitely. Governor Joseph Monytuil suspended Moses Lam Dhil in a gubernatorial decree issued on Tuesday. The State Information Minister Gabriel Hon Makuei confirmed the suspension but would not give details. Speaking to Juba Echo by phone, Chang said […]
By Lieth Nyak Traders who ply the river route on the Nile are ruing illegal checkpoints which extorts money from their hands. According to the chairman of the traders’ association in Unity State, Gabriel Thuok Gai, people who do not even identify themselves often confront the business people in transit and demand exorbitant fees from […]
By Staff Writer A South Sudanese woman, Mama Amira Ali has been sentenced to 6 months in prison and ordered to pay 35 million South Sudanese Pounds ($87,000) for compensation of damages done. Mama Amira Ali was found guilty of defamation of Nyenagwek Koul Mareng, the former Minister for Information Telecommunication in Warrap State. Her […]
By David Malaak Ring Deng Mangong is not a normal child but despite his disability, the 11-year-old boy born without arms, has faced the challenge with heads high. Mangong, who goes to school in Abyei on the border of South Sudan and Sudan, has learned to write with his feet. “I sit at the window, […]
By Staff Writer Cattle keepers have been given a 72 hour ultimatum to evacuate the outskirts of the South Sudanese capital Juba following deadly clashes last week. The clash, near Juba, between the cattle keeping Mundari communities of Kobura and Tali left at least 30 people dead, prompting the government of Central Equatoria to issue […]
By Awan Achiek South Sudan’s Health Ministry has reported a confirmed case of guinea worm infection in Uror County of Jonglei State this month. The victim is a 13-year-old girl atWunethony village who presented with itching, swelling and blister like symptoms. Dr. John Rumunu, the Director of Preventive Health Services at the Ministry of Health […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s opposition party, the People’s Liberal Party has dismissed its leader Peter Mayen Majongdit accusing him violating the party’s constitution. Majondit who is also the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs has been embroiled in disputes with some of the opposition parties within the OPP coalition that also signed the 2018 revitalized peace […]
By Simon Deng Ugandan nationals living in Juba petitioned their embassy over what they said were exorbitant visa fees levied on them by South Sudan immigration officers. Moses Nyanzia, a 32 -year -old Ugandan trader in Gumbo who was one of the petitioners said that migration authorities are charging him 100 U.S dollars for a […]