Breaking News
By Chuol Chanyong The Governor of Upper Nile State, James Koang Chuol, confirmed the arrest of at least 14 youths in Malakal town following the Sunday incident in which two individuals were assaulted by suspected criminals at the main market. Koang denied any claims of ethnic targeting in the incident, including rumours of widespread […]
Regional Upper Nile State
Badagbu noted that peace is slowly returning to the State after an unsettled year of ethnic conflict, crime, and displacement. By Emmanuel Mandella The Acting Governor of Western Equatoria State, Badagbu Daniel Rimbasa, has reaffirmed his commitment to restoring security and peace in the state. Addressing a congregation at St. Mary’s Catholic Parish in Yambio […]
Western Equatoria
By Emmanuel Mandella The Christian community in Western Equatoria State has been challenged to choose humility and peace as a practice in their daily actions. Thousands of Christians flooded the streets of Yambio Town on Sunday to celebrate Palm Sunday, marking the beginning of the Holy Week. In his homily on Palm Sunday, Bishop Edward […]
Regional Western Equatoria
The first court hearing of a man arrested in possession of a bulk quantity of marijuana is expected to commence this week in Aweil town, Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. Garang Dut, 30, was caught in possession of 40 kilograms of marijuana, commonly known as bhang, last week during a crackdown on criminals ahead of […]
Northern Bahr el Ghazal State
Mark Anei Mading, a member of parliament from the SPLM-IO at the Warrap State Legislative Assemble, is spending days behind bars after being arrested on Friday. The incident happened after the community of Ler Machar Anyar requested Mading to coordinate a meeting, and after the meeting, they went to Governor Aleu Ayieny Aleu’s home to […]
News Politics
At least two soldiers from the South Sudan People Defence Force (SSPDF) have been shot dead at Lanyi, Lozoh Payam, in Mundri East County, Western Equatoria State (WES). According to an inside source at the facility, an army officer belonging to SSPDF in Lanyi, Mundri East County, opened fire on his colleagues after a few […]
News Western Equatoria
Soil salinisation is a threat to food security worldwide, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). FAO said many countries, especially those on the African continent, lack the adequate capacity for soil analysis. Soil salinisation is the accumulation of soluble salts of sodium, magnesium, and calcium in the soil texture […]
Agriculture Business News
The Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have revealed that the country will receive another shipment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine tomorrow. “On Tuesday we will be receiving another 168,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, ” Dr. Brendan Dineen, South Sudan World Health Organisation Co-coordinator has confirmed. He was […]
COVID-19 Health News
December 7 has been marked as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity for the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and the Prevention of this Crime. This day calls for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide, which was the first human rights treaty adopted by the General Assembly. The convention signifies […]
Editorial News OpED
The Governor of Central Equatoria State, Emmanuel Adil Anthony, has called on the communities of Morobo and Yei River counties to engage the holdout groups to denounce violence. He made the plea on Saturday while addressing the communities of Adil Kaya Payam in Morobo County. Governor Adil urged the communities to hold peace and unity […]
Central Equatoria News
South Sudan has received a boost in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic after the Vice President in charge of the Service Delivery Cluster, Hussein Abdelbagi, who is also the chairman of the national task force on COVID-19, received equipment from Rak Media Group on Saturday. Speaking during the event, the Head of RAK Media […]
COVID-19 Health
A photo of a mysterious-looking woman with hooves wandering a highway at night is taking South Sudanese cyberspace by storm. On Saturday this week, Juba Eye, a South Sudanese-owned Facebook page picked up the photo and shared it with more than 190,000 of its fans. The page posted the photo and captioned it “Be careful […]
Explainers & Fact-Checks
The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition, led by First Vice President Dr Riek Machar Teny, will have to wait for longer to have a new deputy chairman to replace Henry Odwar who defected to the Kit-Gwang group. The group was expected to elect a new deputy chair at its 4th National Liberation Council meeting […]
Politics
This article is part five which looks into some recent developments relating to the South Sudan Audit Chamber, fighting corruption, and the R-ARCSS reforms agenda on “resource, economic and financial management”. While recently welcoming the government’s assurances that “it will provide far greater transparency over revenues (including oil), spending, and on levels of debt and […]
Opinion
The case of Dr Miguna Miguna, an exiled Kenyan lawyer, versus the Republic of Kenya, is often viewed as a matter pitting President Kenyatta against the constitution of Kenya. This is because Miguna, in his defence, is shielding himself with the constitution to regain his birthright provided for in Chapter three, Article 14 of the […]
Opinion
