By Emmanuel Mandella A night of revelry ended in disaster for a group of South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) soldiers when their military vehicle overturned in Kubri Bou, leaving eight soldiers injured, and two in critical condition. According to Bernardo Gabriel Amin, the Executive Director of Nagero, the accident occurred on Monday at around […]
National
By Liam Josh Kent Anthony joined Atlabara as a junior player from the Uganda Premier League side Onduparaka before they were relegated to the second division. The young star established himself as a starter under then Atlabara coach Akon Peter. Now, after spending some time at the club, the player is looking forward to the […]
Football Sports
By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon Often times, people in South Sudan get caught in a two-fold berth whereby one part of the responsibility is to act and the other is engaging in a blame game. The latter has always been the norm of many in this country. For more than a decade of independence, more reasons […]
Opinion
Poor maintenance routines and overloading of passengers and cargo planes are some of the major causes of aircraft accidents in South Sudan. In an exclusive with The City Review on Thursday, the Director General-Air Navigation Service at the South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority (SSCA), Stephen Rombe Lojulo, mapped three major causes of plane crashes that […]
Business
The long-awaited eleventh synod of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS) kicked off in Juba yesterday as clerics rope the country in their prayers. The internal dispute between ECSS and defrocked Jonglei Internal Province (JIP) Archbishop Reuben Akurdid Ngong is one of the items on the agenda to be discussed. The synod is expected […]
Regional
South Sudan is yet to fully control its airspace ten years after gaining independence. Despite the ongoing bid to tighten safety controls as part of the reaction to mitigate the frequent fatal plane crashes, The City Review ascertained that a huge chunk of aviation control processes is still being conducted from the Sudanese capital Khartoum. […]
National
The Internal Security Bureau of the South Sudan National Security Service (NSS) has arrested a suspect with a money-laundering machine used for printing fake dollars. A quantity of fake $111, 000 notes were also seized from the suspect on Thursday. At a press conference yesterday, David John Kumuri, the Director of Public Relations in the […]
National
Lawmakers from the National and Council of State representing different constituencies in Eastern Equatoria State are in Torit for a political forum. The forum that was organised by the state government of Eastern Equatoria draws together political leaders, including lawmakers, who will discuss, among others, security, economy and food security, borders, the return process, development, […]
Eastern Equatoria State
A 26-year-old woman and her two children were killed after the security forces tried to apprehend the most notorious criminal, Panther Makur Garang, in Lakes State. The police said organised forces went to Amet village of Aluak-Luak Payam, Yirol West after they realised that the most wanted criminal, “Panther”, was in Amet village to meet […]
Lakes State
“If my people who are called by my name [will] humble themselves and pray and seek my face, turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and I will forgive their sins and heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears will be attentive to their prayers that […]
Politics
The government, through the ministry of agriculture and food security, yesterday teamed up with the Japan International Cooperation Development Agency (JICA) to launch a project aimed at boosting food security in the country. The project will be implemented by the government of Central Equatoria State as a pilot to be extended to other states across […]
National
Fangak County Commissioner Biel Boutros Biel has appealed for food relief from the World Food Programme (WFP) to help the hunger-struck flood victims. Several villages within the county have been submerged in floods, leaving residents in dire need of food aid. “We are appealing to the World Food Programme to move away from treating Fangak […]
Jonglei State
The report about the expulsion of a local journalist working for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) by the governor of Warrap State is very disturbing and a total violation of human rights. In a letter addressed to the head of the UNMISS field office in Kuajok, the capital of Warrap state, Governor […]
Editorial
The Council of Ministers of Central Equatoria State, chaired by governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony, on Thursday approved the transition of the state government from an analogue system of governance to an electronic system. This was after the State Minister of Cabinet Affairs presented a Memorandum of Understanding the government signed with a company called Max […]
Central Equatoria
The South Sudan senior men’s team has entered its fourth day of full training on the technical part of the game as they warm up for Algeria and Gambia friendlies. The team is expected to travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the end of this week, but they will continue to train for […]
Sports