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Banks urged to make baking attractive to combat money laundering

By James Chatim The Vice President for Economic Cluster, Dr Bol Mel, has tasked the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to align the country with international standards and best practices in combating money laundering and terrorism funding. This initiative aims to remove South Sudan from the Financial Action Taskforce’s grey list. In February 2025, South Sudan […]

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Manawa Peter takes charge at Nile-Com

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South Sudan’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Manawa Peter Gatkuoth has been taken selected as the Chairman of Nile Council of Ministers’ (Nile-COM). The seat that now heads to South Sudan was initially held by Rwanda. South Sudan hosted the 29th Nile Council of Ministers (Nile-COM) meeting on November 26, in which the former […]

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R-ARCSS on economic and financial management reforms in South Sudan

The recent developments and engagements suggest that some actions are being taken regarding Chapter Four of the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). The Chapter, which is majorly about reforms in the economy, is titled: “RESOURCE, ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT”. Part one of this article, starts with some relevant […]

Opinion
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Mundari community calls for disarmament

The representatives of the Mundari community, comprising the 11 Payams of Terekeka County, have called for the disarmament of the civil population.  The resolution was made in a recent dialogue on the crises affecting the community, where they identified some of the issues that cause conflicts. Henry Kala Sabuni, the Chairperson of the Independent Conflict […]

Central Equatoria
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Gov’t stops illegal collection of money at Nesitu

The Director-General of Passports, Nationality, Immigration, and Civil Registry, Lt Gen. Atem Marol Biar, yesterday shut down multiple offices engaging in the illegal collection of money at Nesitu. This comes after the directorate learned that the units of the organised forces deployed at Nesitu had been extorting money from business people, drivers, and passengers without […]

Editorial
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Food safety still a challenge in South Sudan

Food-borne diseases have become a common problem in the world, especially in developing countries. In South Sudan, a huge chunk of the population is battling the diseases due to the prevailing factors that make them predisposed. Yesterday, the South Sudan National Bureau of Standards raised a concern about the influx of expired or substandard food […]

Editorial
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SPLA-IO protests ‘arrests’ of generals

The main armed opposition, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO), has accused the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) of arresting and torturing its generals. They said the whereabouts of some of their officers remained unknown. Maj. Gen. Martin Abucha, a representative of the SPLA-IO in the Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and […]

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Governors urged to fight corruption in states

A lawmaker in the Reconstituted  Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) has called on the governors to combat corruption in their respective states. Salva Mathok Gengdit, who is a former deputy minister of the interior, has urged the governors to discuss the issues that often cause division among the citizens before the closing of the governors’ […]

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What led to Kalisto’s sad end at JCC?

The recent and unprecedented removal of the former mayor of the Juba City Council, Kalisto Lado, caught many by surprise and sent shockwaves of mixed reactions about a man who was considered the engine of Juba’s transformation. With no reason assigned for the dismissal, people have been left to drool and guess at what may […]

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