By John Agok The Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) has condemned the police brutality against journalists in South Sudan’s Lakes state over the weekend. Police in Rumbek town on Saturday assaulted four media practitioners working for Good News Radio [89 FM] under the Catholic Radio Network (CRN) after they had gone to see their detained colleague who is a music producer at the Radio Station. […]
By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon, Juba At least eight (8) South Sudanese players and a technical staff have tested positive of coronavirus in Doha, Qatar ahead of their qualifiers game on June 21, the South Sudan Football Association has confirmed. The Bright Stars flew Juba City on Friday to Qatar for final qualifiers match against Jordan in the preliminary matches before the Arab 2021 Cupcompetition in November. […]
By Awan Achiek At least 1,800 students have on Saturday graduated from different colleges and faculties at the University of Juba. Prof. John Akec, the University’s Vice-Chancellor urged the graduates to apply the acquired knowledge in tackling environmental challenges facing the societies. “Today (Saturday) approximately 1,800 graduands of which there were 304 females and 1400 […]
Jaiksana, a South Sudanese Refugee singer and humanitarian has taken on making music and his first single from his upcoming album titled ‘ I am Still Alive’ is finally on all digital stores. The lyrics of his song ‘ Where is home’ is entirely moments & lessons handpicked from his personal experiences in searching for […]
The National Prisons Service of South Sudan (NPSSS) with support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has expanded its in-prison vocational training programme with the launch of Wau Prison Vocational Training Centre in Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State on Friday. The occasion also marked the graduation of the centre’s first batch of 105 trainees. The Wau Vocational Training Centre […]
By Awan Achiek Oil companies operating in South Sudan have failed to remit to the government $3.3 billion in cost recovery, Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth said. The money was accrued between 2011 when the country got independence and 2018. “After the cost recovery audit, it was found that oil companies have taken from the […]
By John Agok South Sudan Football team, the Bright Star has on Friday traveled to Qatar via Egypt ahead of a final qualifiers match against Jordan on June 21 in the preliminary matches before the actual tournament in November. The Bright Star scheduled to play Jordanian national team in a FIFA Arab Cup qualifiers next week […]
By Okech Francis Rape and other forms of sexual violence are still being used to fight wars in South Sudan, foreign diplomats have warned, urging the transitional government of national unity to ensure accountability for such vices. Over the years of crisis, both the government and rebel forces were blamed for using violence against women […]
By Staff Writer At 15 years of age, Albino Gore was logically supposed to be under the care of parents, but its not the case for the South Sudanese boy who was abandoned by his only parent, the mother, two years ago. Gore fled Kajo Keji when fighting was tense in the area in 2016, […]
By Simon Deng Eastern Equatoria state has deployed SSPDF soldiers to track down armed criminals suspected to have been behind the recent attack along Lopa-Lafon-Torit road that left one person killed and two others missing. Aliandro Lotok, spokesman for Louis Lobong, Governor of Eastern Equatoria confirmed on Friday that soldiers are working with chiefs and […]