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By Correspondent The Vice President for Economic Cluster, Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel convened a consultative meeting with a delegation from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), led by its Executive Director, Dr. Abraham Telar Nicknora. The meeting focused on advancing national efforts to combat financial crimes, including money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit financial activities […]
National
Faith-based groups and civil society organizations urged the AU Panel of Wise to engage in the release of the political detainees and the lifting of the house arrest of the First Vice President By James Chatim The faith-based groups and civil society organizations have urged the African Union Panel of Wise to facilitate the urgent lifting of house arrest of […]
National
The statement came after the vice president for service Cluster, Josephine Joseph Lagu ordered for the closure of the tribal based associations from operating in the universities By Chuol Chanyong The Acting Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Juba, Dr. Adam Choloug Ohiri, said the twenty-two officially recognized students’ associations must remain strictly […]
National
A FIFA delegation led by FIFA Women’s Football Development Manager, Arijana Demirovic, arrived in Juba to initiate women sports projects in the country. The delegation that arrived on Wednesday is expected to meet various sports stakeholders to discuss the plans to initiate the FIFA women’s projects in the country. The projects are bordering on the […]
Sports
The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have launched an investigative mobile court in Maban County, Upper Nile State. Over 23 capital cases, 17 murder cases, and six cases of Sexual Gender-Based Violence are expected to be investigated by the court. The hearings shall run throughout […]
Upper Nile State
President Salva Kiir has revoked James Kok’s membership in the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA). In a presidential decree read on the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Cooperation (SSBC) on Wednesday, Kiir revoked the membership of James Kok, who was appointed to the R-TNLA on the ticket of SPLM-IO. Kok was replaced by Pei Nyawela […]
Politics
The medical director of Torit hospital, Dr John Isaac, has raised concerns over the surging cases of hepatitis B in Eastern Equatoria State. Dr Isaac said the disease was responsible for the cause of deaths in the state, adding that most patients who seek treatment at the hospital are often diagnosed with hepatitis B. “Hepatitis […]
Eastern Equatoria State
The Greater Pibor Administrative Area authorities have appealed to the humanitarian agencies to return their evacuated aid workers to offer healthcare services. Community stakeholders held a consultative meeting in Pibor where they resolved to work together to facilitate the return of the workers. Juma Loduz Nyapoz, the chairperson of the steering committee in the Greater […]
Pibor Administrative Area
The reports alleging that some officers of the national security service clobbered some visually-impaired people are saddening, and if authentic, such acts amount to a total violation of human rights. According to the Chairperson of the Visually Impaired in Central Equatoria State, Robert Ladu, about 20 visually impaired people were assaulted by national security on […]
Editorial
The Chairperson of the Central Equatoria State Chamber of Commerce has accused the Juba City Council of extorting traders in the market by imposing unreasonable amounts of money in the name of fines. Addressing the media at a press conference on Thursday, Robert Pitia Francis said Juba City Council is operating outside the bylaws of […]
Business
Medics at Bor Hospital in Jonglei State have resumed service after holding a meeting with the State Minister of Health and directors at the ministerial complex on Wednesday. The government officials have promised to clear October incentives within one week. They further promised that UNICEF had agreed to allow Care International to sign a memorandum […]
Health
A senior medical doctor has expressed fears over the increased use of antibiotics, arguing that it could trigger resistance, which could complicate the treatment of certain diseases. In commemoration of World Antibiotic Week, which is being observed from Thursday, November 18, to Wednesday, November 24, 2021, the Executive Director of Al Sabbah Children’s Hospital, Dr […]
Health
The World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have endorsed ways of improving food security within the country through an initiative dubbed “Ignite Food Systems Challenge”. With the support from the USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS), WFP and UNDP have called […]
National
The Central Equatoria State Governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony has relieved Juba City Council Mayor Kaliso Lado of his duties. The Office of the Governor announced Thursday evening that the firing was effective with immediate effect. “Governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony has today issued a Gubernatorial Decree for the relieve of the Mayor of Juba City Council […]
Central Equatoria
A 17-year-old girl in Mathiang village of Aweil, Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State, was taken to the police by her parents for refusing to reveal the man who impregnated her. The young girl was taken to the police station by her father, Garang Yuel, and her cousin, Yai Ater Malith. They said, “She is pregnant with […]
Northern Bahr el Ghazal State
