By Awan Achiek A church leader in South Sudan has called on the country’s holdout groups to stop fighting and begin serious engagement in peace negotiations to bring a holistic end to years of crisis. While meeting with the Governor of Central Equatoria State, Emmanuel Adil Anthony on Friday, Archbishop Paul Yugusuk Benjamin of the […]
By Awan Achiek The Minister of Peace Building in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State, Gerald Francis Nyukuye has dismissed fears over the federal system of governance which various parties to the 2018 revitalized peace deal signed to implement as structure of government. Nyukuye said the ongoing talk in some section of the public that adopting […]
By Staff Writer The South Sudan Defense Forces and two other groups have maintained interest in weeding out children from their ranks as the country seeks to build a professional force. About 33 officers from the SSPDF, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition and South Sudan Opposition Alliance attended a five-day workshop in the […]
By Simon Deng A high court in South Sudan has dragged leaders from the Episcopal Church in the country to explain circumstances under which an archbishop was sacked. Ruben Akurdit was dismissed last […]
By Staff Writer The International Organization for Migration will phase out the provision of humanitarian assistance in South Sudan and refocus on resilience, recovery and development projects, its Regional Director for the East and Horn of Africa, Mohammed Abdiker said. With years of crisis, South Sudan has only been on the receiving end of humanitarian […]
By Awan Achiek South Sudan plans to boost its agriculture potentials with a new funding of $113.2 million grant from the World Bank, the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Josephine Joseph Lagu said. The funding, which will benefit the Resilient and Livelihoods Project, and Emergency Locust Response Project, will support training of farmers to […]
By Awan Achiek Students at Dr. John Garang Memorial University are protesting the delayed reopening of the learning facility despite relaxing of COVID-19 restrictions. Resumption was scheduled for mid-2019 but again rescheduled to March 2020 due to failure to provide food in the campus. According to Majok Daniel, a four-year student of Banking and Finance, […]
By John Agok South Sudan is holding its first ever conference on Women’s land rights to sensitize them on how they can effectively own land. The Conference that commenced on Thursday in Juba, organized by the consortium of UN Agencies and NGOs in collaboration with the government of South Sudan will run for three days, […]
By John Agok A 13 year-old school girl identified as Rebecca Ajak Awaker Majok has committed suicide in Yirol East County of South Sudan’s Lakes State after a quarrel with her parents. The School has declared two days of mourning following the incident on Wednesday. “She decided to leave home without notice to family members […]
By Benjamin Takpiny Juvenile offenders in South Sudan are turning to business skills to ensure a turnaround in their lives. Across South Sudan, people below 18 years are in jail, sometimes for crimes which could have been avoided if they were kept busy. At Wau Vocational Training Center, 17 year old John Manut picked his […]