October 25, 2024
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Sports

Yei Local Football Association in a riot as President threatens to resign

By John Agok Yei Local Football Association’s President is threatening to resign if the General Assembly does not remove three members of the executive accused of misconduct and lack of cooperationby him.  Earlier this month, Justin Lokonga, wrote to General Assembly in order to eliminate three officials but the body never acted.   A document seen by Juba Echo claimed that the Association’s Vice President, Secretary General and Finance Secretary were not cooperative in […]

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Thousands Muslims celebrate Edir El Adha in Juba

By John Agok Thousands of Muslim have marked three days festival for Eid Al Adha in Juba on Tuesday as they wished everyone peace and joyful celebration in brotherhood and sisterhood manners.  Ramadan Abbas said the day was marked in the light of joy and faith in a bid to celebrate Eid Al- Adha in a meaningful manner.  “Today (Tuesday) Muslim brotherhoods will be sharing meals and gifts […]

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Covid-19

South Sudan wastes over 4,000 doses as vaccine shortage hits

By James Kuir Yak South Sudan has wasted about 4,063 doses as available vaccines have run out of stoke in the country, bringing a nearly 4 months of COVID-29 vaccination drive to an end. Until Sunday July 18, the country had been administering 60,000 doses, a part of the 1320,000 of the AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the global vaccine sharing initiative, COVAX. The vaccines were shifted to […]

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Mobile Operator resumes in Leer, seven years after closure

By Ruot George  The Mobile Telecommunication Network commonly known as MTN has been restored on Monday in Leer County of Unity State, seven years after it damaged in January 2014, the local authorities have confirmed.  Meanwhile, residents there are expressing optimism after itsresumption as they hope to get connected with the families and friends across the […]

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Support constitutional means to ascend to power-VP tells parties

By Awan Achiek In an attempt to end unconstitutional means of ascending to power, Vice President for Infrastructure Cluster Taban Deng Gai has urged parties to the 2018 peace deal to respect constitutional means of competing for political leadership. Gai made this call while in Bor town of Jonglei State last week, where he visited to […]

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Politics

South Sudan Opposition Alliance Regrets Influential Member’s Defection

By Simon Deng                                                        South Sudan Opposition Alliance or SSOA has regretted the defection of Joseph Bangasi Bakasoro, the former Chairman for National Movement for Change to the ruling […]

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Politics

South Sudan Delegation Departs For Olympics In Tokyo

By John Agok The South Sudan Delegation is off to Tokyo, Japan to join other countries in a bid to witness the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics games scheduled for July 23. The delegation is being led by Madam Rebecca Nyadeng, the Vice President for Gender and Youth cluster among other senior government officials. These […]

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South Sudan Activists Slams National Security Over Interference

By Onen Walter Solomon, Juba Juba-based rights activists have condemned the country’s National Security Service for cancellation of civic education awareness on the constitution postponed on Saturday. Civil Society Forum activists said they had scheduled a panel Discussion on Constitutional History of South Sudan for July 17, 2021 in Juba in a bid to educate […]

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Politics

South Sudanese Lawmakers Warned Against Egoism

By Simon Deng Members of the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly are urged to put the interest of the country first over seeking party interest. Lawmakers have already been appointed and soon will assume the house with backlogs of issues to address.  A senior MP representing Gogrial West in the reconstituted parliament, Gen. Salva Mathok […]

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Business

Maintenance To Leave South Sudan Capital Without Electricity

By James Kuir Yak South Sudan’s Capital will experience power blackout on Monday asthe power plant supplying electricity, the Juba Electricity Distribution Company announces shutdown to allow for maintenance. The City will have no power the whole day to allow for “annual preventive maintenance” on its power station and distribution networks, according to the power […]

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