By Kidega Livingstone Heavy rains pounding across South Sudan is cutting off vital supplies to the capital and other parts of the country. Travelling with commodities across flood-prone South Sudan is worst during the months between June and September, when heavy rains lead to flooding in most parts. In the Eastern Equatoria region of Magwi […]
By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi It is a fact that the legislators of South Sudan’s incoming Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) are appointees of the parties to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS), not members elected into the TNLA through popular vote. Shall being appointees make the […]
By Simon Deng A four months dispute between the SPLM and SPLM-IO over the appointment of the Malakal town Mayor and his two deputies in Upper Nile State has been finally resolved, James Tor Monybuny, the State’s deputy governor has said. The Malakal Town Mayor’s appointment has been a stalemate as SPLM claimed lion-share stipulated […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s recent calm after years of conflict is luring investors from Egypt to rush in and invest as the youngest nation recovers from years of conflict that devastated it’s once thriving economy. Several Egyptian companies are taking part in the ongoing week-long trade exhibition involving the two countries in Juba that […]
By Kidega Livingstone A reduction of trust among the parties signatory to the peace agreement in South Sudan is threatening its implementation, the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission said. The body, monitoring the three year pact lamented that “lack of trust and political will” among the parties has delayed the security arrangement which is […]
By Don Bosco Malish A decade after independence, South Sudanese are yet to experience true citizen’s participation in the running of the governance of the country. Many citizens, civic actors and political commentators point to the shrinking civic and political space in the country. The ruling elites will do everything to protect the political space. At the moment state processes […]
By Onen Walter Solomon, Juba Police in Uganda’s Lamwo District is holding a South Sudanese for allegedly killing his 5-year-old daughter on Sunday, July 11, 2021. Alfonse Oroma, a 29 year old a resident of Zone 6, Block 5 at Palabek Refugee Camp was immediately arrested on Sunday evening on charges related to murder of his daughter identified as Gladys Alaro. But a […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s self-proclaimed Prophet who was arrested over the weekend for treason will be produced before the court of law on Monday as the Police have completed the primary investigations, the Police Spokesperson Maj. Gen. Daniel Justin Buolo has confirmed. Pastor Abraham Chol Maketh was arrested on Sunday for charges related to subversion, after prophesying that the President Salva Kiir tenure of Office was coming to an […]
By Staff Writer At least three construction workers have died after falling from a tower in South Sudan’s capital while climbing a building under construction at the country’s state owned television, the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) Station on Tuesday. Baba Medan Konyi, the Deputy Minister of Information and Communication confirmed the incident to Juba […]
By Staff Writer, Juba South Sudan Youth Organizations’ Coalition, a loose collection of over 20 indigenous organizations operating in the country is appealing to the national Ministry of Youth and Sports to include local voices in the recent submitted Youth Enterprise Development Fund Bill. Last week, the National Youth Union among other local partners […]