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Overall pass rate impress, as JCC leads in 2024 primary eight exams

Out of the total 77,264 candidates (42,257 males, 35,007 females) who sat for the examination, 73,326 candidates (40,427 males, 32,899 females) passed the exams, making a 94.9% pass rate. By Ajah Jennifer Juba Christian Centre (JCC) Primary School in Central Equatoria State has emerged top in the 2024 South Sudan Certificate of Primary Education examination […]

Education Education National
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Women breaking barriers in South Sudan: A nation rising through her daughters

n the heart of Africa, under the blazing sun of Juba, a quiet revolution is taking place. South Sudanese women—once restricted by tradition, history, and the scars of civil war—are stepping into leadership, challenging stereotypes, and changing the face of their nation. In government offices, classrooms, markets, boardrooms, and even construction sites, women are breaking […]

Editorial Opinion
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EALA MP faults chop of legislator number

A South Sudan’s lawmaker in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), Dr Woda Jeremiah, has rejected the decision of the council of ministers to reduce the number of members of parliament from EAC partner states from nine to five. According to the video shared by SSBC, Dr Woda rubbished the report and insisted that the […]

Regional
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Lawmakers seek quota system for women in EAC

Lawmakers in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) have called for the implementation of the quota system in the recruitment of staff into the organs and institutions of the East African Community. In a video interview shared by South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC), the lawmakers in the regional bloc argued that males had dominated most […]

Regional
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Central Equatoria drivers accuse police of brutality

The Central Equatoria State Drivers’ Trader Union (CES-DTU) has accused some police officers based in Munuki of beating its members deployed at the bus park on Sunday. Isaac Osfaldo Loful, the Central Equatoria State Drivers’ Trade Union chairperson, said two of his members, Angelo Paul Kawoja, and Francis Tombe John, were beaten while performing their […]

Business
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CTSAMVM endorses SPLM/A-IO screening drive

The Ceasefire, Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) has welcomed the move by the main armed opposition group to the revitalised peace agreement to start screening and reorganising forces despite signalled resource constraints. The monitoring body in its 27th board meeting on Monday, hailed the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) for […]

Peace Process
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Fire guts down New Custom Market

The Custom Market in Juba has been razed. The City Review was established by an eyewitness from the scene who confirmed that the incident happened at around 6 pm on Monday. The source who spoke in confidence said several shops had been burnt but the fire brigade had arrived by 7 pm to extinguish the […]

News
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Gov’t officials, security officers learn Rwanda’s peacebuilding script

The representatives of the parties in the revitalised peace agreement have concluded a one-week training program on post-conflict peacebuilding, reconstruction, and stabilisation in Kigali, Rwanda. The trainees comprised senior military officers, ministers, and some members of parliament. Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro, Minister of Cabinet Affairs, told the journalists in Kigali after the training that they […]

News
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Pibor youth bow to pressure, accept back aid workers

The youth of the Greater Pibor Administrative Area finally accepted the operation of the humanitarian agencies without any conditions. Last month, the Greater Pibor Administrative Area authorities appealed to the humanitarian agencies to return their evacuated aid workers to offer healthcare services. The plea came after negotiations among the GPAA youth union, the Chief Administrator, […]

Pibor Administrative Area
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RTGoNU conduit to democratic governance- Nunu

The Speaker of the Reconstituted Transitional National Assembly, Jemma Nunu Kumba, has said the revitalised peace agreement addresses democratic governance in the country. She was speaking upon her arrival in Juba after participating in the inter-parliamentary union assembly (IPU) on democracy in Madrid, Spain, last week. Nunu said the delegation from South Sudan briefed the […]

News
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Governor Ngor pledges support for impaired persons

The governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, Tong Akeen Ngor, has directed the state government institutions to support the activities of persons with disabilities (PwDs). Speaking during the celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in the state capital, Aweil, Governor Ngor assured the impaired people of zero tolerance for discrimination. He […]

Northern Bahr el Ghazal State