By David Malaak South Sudan is set to pay proceeds to the oil producing area of Ruweng, six years after it last remitted such funding. The South Sudan Petroleum Revenue Management Act, 2013, a legal formula for distributing and using oil wealth in the country allocates 5 percent to oil producing states of which 3 […]
Peacekeepers on patrol stand behind a woman in Abyei By David Malaak South Sudan and Sudan contested over the ownership of Abyei a decade ago, a region on the border between the two countries leading to holding plans for its secession until a plebiscite is held. Now as South Sudan marks ten years, the people […]
By Gen. Salva Mathok Gengdit, Hon. The recent interview done by the Kenyan journalist Jeff Koinange to H.E President Salva Kiir Mayardit made me respond to one of his questions, saying, “are you the unifying factor of this country (South Sudan)?” This was Jeff asking H.E President Kiir. President Kiir responded to the question nicely […]
By Awan Achiek South Sudan’s peace monitor has called on political parties in the country to strive and break the deadlock over the ratio of the unified command structures essential for overseeing the graduation of Necessary Unified Forces. The parties are yet to reach a deal on the ratio of the unified command structure, making […]
By Simon Deng The South Sudan’s Catholic Archbishop is calling for improved educational system across the country as he tasked the Church and the government to raise a better Society for the Country. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, the Archbishop for the Catholic Diocese of Juba said learning was important for the societies and for that […]
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have reaffirmed their strategic partnership to improve the lives of millions of South Sudanese and support their aspirations for a better future. “To help vulnerable people thrive, WFP goes beyond emergency food assistance,” said Matthew Hollingworth, Representative and Country […]
By John Agok The Special Representative of the Secretary General in South Sudan has condemned the deteriorating security situation in Tumbura town of Western Equatoria state among the youth; as he called on the government to salvage the situation. It is reported that the citizens were being displaced in the Tumbura’s youth clashes that started […]
By John Agok The UK Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs is calling on government at all levels in South Sudan to tackle violence and hold accountable perpetrators against what he described as “man-made” humanitarian crisis. The Envoy said the violence against the Humanitarian workers in South Sudan was unacceptable, as looting reports […]
By David Malaak The South Sudan army has arrested 32 people over the looting of food aid meant for the needy people in Warrap, in the northwest of the country. The suspects, part of a larger group, including youths, women and children, are implicated in the looting of tons of sorghum from 3 trucks belonging […]
By Okech Francis South Sudan remains holed up in crisis despite a peace deal being implemented, the International Crisis Group said, urging drastic changes to the management of affairs in the new nation to avert more mayhem. The peace deal reached in September 2018 plucked Riek Machar from rebellion, placing him in the second most […]