By John Agok The South Sudan National Olympics Committee and National Youth Union on Monday signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nikola Tesla Foundation International to construct two main infrastructural or development projects. The overall objective aims at implementing sports related projects in the Country. Mr. Goran Zubic, the foreign investor said he was determined to […]
By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon, Juba Okay Africa Foundation, a youth led advocacy organization has concluded the long awaited review consultations on Students Support Fund Bill in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology for adoption. The Bill provides welfare opportunities for students while at the public universities as the fund helps less-privileged […]
By Okech Francis Pacific Petroleum Limited is campaigning against environment pollution through the provision of quality cooking gas to the people of South Sudan. The pocket friendly cooking gas comes in packages of 6 and 13 kilograms for households and 25 and 50 kilograms for commercial purposes, including use in hotels and other organizations, Kur […]
By Lieth Nyak A curfew has been imposed at one of South Sudan’s largest internally displaced people’s settlement over insecurity, a local leader said. The dusk to dawn curfew was slapped at the IDP in Bentiu, the capital of oil-rich Unity State, by the Community Watch Group, a community based group that oversees security in […]
By Awan Achiek South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit has dismissed 35 Members of Parliament replacing them with new ones before swearing in slated for later this week. The affected lawmakers were appointed in May when Kiir reconstituted the Transitional National Legislative Assembly. Lam Both, spokesperson for the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) revealed that […]
By Awan Achiek South Sudan’s economy will continue to suffer shocks heading in 2022 amid high levels of poverty and food insecurity at household levels, warned the World Bank in it’s latest economic analysis report. It reveals that food insecurity is expected to worsen going forward due to rise this year in the number of […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s Health Ministry is set to receive its second batch of AstraZeneca, the COVID-19 vaccine from Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization through the COVAX facility in the first week of August, the health authorities have confirmed. John Rumunu, the Director General for Preventive Health Services revealed to the media in […]
By Staff Writer President Salva Kiir has reconstituted the Council of States, two months after it was dissolved alongside the parliament. Kiir, in a decree on Saturday, appointed members from Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), SPLM-In Opposition and other opposition parties signatory to the 2018 revitalized peace agreement to the upper house. The Revitalized Transitional […]
July 3, 2021 U.S. Embassy Juba Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Larry E. André, Jr. U.S. Embassy Juba, South Sudan This month, both the United States and South Sudan celebrate their independence. The United States gained independence from Britain 245 years ago. South Sudan gained independence from Sudan 10 years ago. This is a time for both […]
