Breaking News
While confirming the incident, an authority said the vehicle was overloaded with 14 passengers, including the driver. By Emmanuel Mandella Thirteen students from Mandela Secondary School in Yambio are receiving medical treatment after they were injured in a car accident along Saura Road. The incident occurred when the vehicle they were traveling in suffered a […]
Western Equatoria
By Emmanuel Mandella In a major shift in allegiance, 221 troops formerly aligned with the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) have defected to the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and other organized forces of the government. The defecting troops, led by eight commanders, were part of the integrated SPLA-IO forces trained and stationed […]
National
The food items had been looted by criminals in Alek North and Alek South Payams, Gogrial West County By Aguok Chok The Governor of Warrap State, Magok Magok Deng, through the state Minister of Cabinet Affairs Agem Akotdit Madut, officially handed over 800 recovered bags of sorghum to the World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday. The […]
National
The national parliament has suspended a debate on the botched deworming that affected learners in Ibba. The report was presented to the House by Western Equatoria State legislator Dr Gasim Barnaba Kisanga yesterday. Dr Gasim tabled the report on the incident of deworming tablets for bilharzia which were given to school children in Ibba County […]
National
The Deputy Governor of Central Equatoria State, Sarah Nene Redento, has urged all parents to embrace gender parity in education. Redento advised parents not to neglect girls’ education. She called for the eradication of early and forced marriages to stop setbacks to girls’ education. The government official was giving the remarks during the inauguration of […]
Education
President Salva Kiir has directed the youth of Jonglei State to embrace peaceful co-existence in the state. President Kiir met with the Governor of Jonglei State, Deenay Jock Chagor, at the State House in Juba yesterday, where he communicated the message of peace. The governor briefed President Kiir on the security situation in Jonglei State, […]
Jonglei State
The South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority (SSCA) has banned all the Antonov planes operating in the country, citing safety concerns linked to substandard maintenance. The Director General-Air Navigation Service at the South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority, Stephen Rombe Tako Lojulo, said the authority ascertained that most of the aircraft operating in the country have safety […]
Business Business News
The World Food Programme [WFP] is seeking support for the 750,000 people affected by the flood across the country.The agency described the raging flood as a threat that could reverse the gains made in food security. More than 750,000 people in 31 counties across eight states have been affected by the floods. Out of this number, 365,000 people have been displaced. In Unity State alone, local authorities indicate that almost 90 per cent of the state is underwater, leaving very few safe havens for displaced people. Getting worse The Country Acting […]
National
The Governor of Unity State, Joseph Manytuil Wejang, has raised concerns about the threats posed by flooding in the area. His statement came after the Chilaak residential area and Rubkona markets were submerged by floodwaters on Sunday.In a press statement seen by The City Review, Governor Manytuil said the flood in the area came as a result of climate change whose impacts require a strategic plan to curb. “Unity State is under immense threat because of the devastating flood. It has submerged and all residential areas of Chilaak and Rubkona market just two days ago,” he said. “We […]
Unity State
The Turkish Ambassador to South Sudan, Erdem Mutaf, has said his government is committed to implementing many projects to support the country. Speaking at the opening ceremony of Kapuri Basic Primary School yesterday, the ambassador said the Turkish Embassy will always support South Sudanese to bridge the gap through education projects, humanitarian assistance and capacity building. “We will always be together with South Sudanese whenever they need our embassy’s assistance, we will try to reach every segment of South Sudanese society wherever we feel that they are vulnerable and they are in need,” said Ambassador Mutaf. “These projects are the signs of the commitment from the Turkish Embassy and the Republic of Turkey to assist [in developing the infrastructure] of South Sudan. Humanitarian assistance, capacity building projects and education are prior objectives of our embassy here. So, thanks to the agreement we signed with the General Education and […]
National
The war victims retreating to their residences in Tombura County are now grappling with the healthcare crisis that has hit the area. The police commissioner Lt. Col. James Paulino told The City Review that the county had received an unspecified number of returnees who are now in dire need of humanitarian assistance. “The situation in Tombura is now calm, there are no gunshots. Few people have returned to their homes, but others are still unwilling to come. What worries them is that there are no food and healthcare services here on the ground. The hospital was looted and everything destroyed during […]
Western Bahr El-Ghazal
“A Tribal Mind is a troubled mind,” so goes a saying. As our treasures are laid up there near our reach, we are yet again working to make them be out of reach through tribal activism and mobilisation. “He or she is from so and so tribe,” that’s one of the inappropriate labels we give […]
Opinion
The office of the Governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State has dismissed accusations levelled against Governor Tong Akeen Ngor that he defied the directive of the First Vice President Dr Riek Machar Teny. Ngor’s office issued a statement on Friday last week stating that the circulated information regarding Ajuet and Chimel (Meriem East and Meriem West Payams respectively) in Aweil West County was not authentic.The governor’s office said the accusations had been constructed by the “adversaries of peace and stability in Northern Bahr El Ghazal State in particular and South Sudan in general.” “The office of the Governor of NBGS would kindly like to clarify to the general public that the Government of Northern Bahr El Ghazal State under Hon. Governor Tong Akeen Ngor is fully committed to the implementation of the Revitalised […]
Northern Bahr el Ghazal State
The Office of the First Vice President Dr Riek Machar has said he is free to travel anywhere thanks to his acquisition of valid travel documents. Since being sworn in as the country’s second in command in the dispensation of the Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU), Dr Machar has not travelled outside Juba. […]
Politics
President Salva Kiir’s state visit to the Gulf nation of Qatar has been called off after five members of his advance team tested positive for COVID-19 in Doha. On Sunday, a high-level government delegation headed by the Presidential Advisor on Security Affairs Tut Gatluak jetted in Doha to lay the preparations for President Kiir’s maiden visit to Qatar. The President was expected to hold a series of bilateral talks with the Qatari leaders. But after undergoing another COVID-19 test in Doha, five members of the cabinet […]
Politics
