The graduation and deployment of the first batch of the unified forces are expected next week, said Tut Gatluak, the presidential advisor on National Security Affairs who is also the chairperson for the National Transitional Committee. “We are ready for graduation. After the Easter celebration the technical committee will come up with the timetable for […]
A group of civil society organizations has expressed concerns about what it called a “dire humanitarian situation” in Leer County of Unity State. This comes amid a spiralling conflict characterized by deaths, displacements, and the destruction of properties. Eight civil society groups including Action for conflict Resolution, African Indigenous Women Empowerment, Relief Agency, Assistance Mission […]
The ongoing subnational violence in various parts of South Sudan has curtailed the work of the transitional justice mechanism, James Kuong Ninrew, the chairperson of the Transitional Justice Working Group has decried. Addressing journalists at Dembesh Hotel Wednesday, Kuong underscored that it was a challenging task to implement a justice system in conflict-torn areas adding […]
Photo shows Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, the vice president for services cluster By Simon Deng South Sudan’s national taskforce on COVID-19 has issued a public order effecting a three-week partial lockdown. The vice president for services cluster, Hussein Abdelbagi Akol, who also doubles as the chairman for the National taskforce on coronavirus pandemic said, “The national […]
By Awan Achiek JUBA-South Sudanese young people have began using debate as a means to to promote peace and harness their career path potentials. Recently, Plan International –South Sudan, an organization that advocates for the rights of children organized a one-day young people parliament with the aim of championing peace and unity. The debate was […]
By Staff Writer United Nations International Children’s Emergency Funds (UNICEF) says it’s seeking USD 183.6 million for its 2022 Humanitarian Action for Children in South Sudan. UNICEF says 4.1 million children in South Sudan are in need of emergency assistance. The country is facing multiple humanitarian crises and this year a total of 8.3 million […]
By Onen Walter Solomon, Juba A Health official at the South Sudan’s Ministry of Health said the nine members of the delegation of the South Sudan national football team who tested positive for SARS-COV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, in Doha did not get tested from a government laboratory prior to departure to Qatar. The team […]
By Awan Achiek and Staff Writer, Juba The main United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) operated warehouse in Pibor Administrative Area that held one month’s worth of life-saving food and nutrition supplies for 33,000 people has been looted by armed group. Over 550 metric tons of food, enough to feed 33,000 food insecure people for one month […]
By Awan Achiek, Juba-South Sudan South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit has formed a committee headed by his security advisor, Tut Gatluak to negotiate with Sudanese government to find amicable solution for Abyei which is located at the border between the two countries and is claimed by both Juba and Khartoum. The committee which was […]
Awan Achiek, Juba-South Sudan South Sudan Doctors’ Union has issued a 72 hour ultimatum to Authorities in Unity State to apprehend killers of an aid worker, Dr. Louis Edward who was reportedly murdered by yet to be identified people in Ganyiel village on Friday. The deceased was identified as Dr. Louis Edward Saleh, he worked […]