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By Lodu William he Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) on Tuesday (yesterday) called on the African Union Security Council to prevail on parties to the Revitalized Peace Agreement to cease all actions that could further undermine trust and confidence in the country’s peace process and reactivate the functioning of the security mechanisms. In […]
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The UN body says the situation in South Sudan’s northern counties of Nasir and Ulang is causing significant displacement and humanitarian concerns. By Binia Elizabeth The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that 84,000 people have been displaced within Upper Nile State, with thousands fleeing to the Gambella region in Ethiopia. UNHCR said the […]
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By Suzan Peter Mabuong Women in Politics and Decision-Making in South Sudan The participation of women in politics and decision-making is essential for building a fair and inclusive society. In South Sudan, women play a vital role in shaping communities, but their involvement in government remains limited. Increasing the participation of women in political spaces […]
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With an estimated 7.2 million people in South Sudan treading on the precipice of the worst food insecurity, Tearfund—a Christian relief and development agency—is calling for action to improve food security. The call for actions against hunger by Tearfund Country Director for South Sudan, Anthony Rama, came as the country stares at unending nutritional challenges. […]
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The local oil workers have resumed work after five days of strike over push for salary raise. The unlocking of the deadlock to get the workers back to their duty stations came about after a Thursday meeting between the representative of the striking oil workers and the management of the GPOC. The ministry of petroleum […]
Business
The Ministry of Health has said the country’s Oxygen Plant, established at the Juba Teaching Hospital, is now ready to respond to emergency needs across the country. The centre has a reserve of 240 cylinders filled with oxygen. Chief of Planning and Information for Public Health Emergency Operation Center (PHEOC) Mabior Kiir Kudior said the […]
Health
President Salva Kiir on Thursday sacked Bol Ring Mourwel from his position as the Managing Director of the state-owned oil company –Nile Petroleum Corporation (Nilepet). No reason was cited for the sacking of Mr Ring who has served for only a year since his appointment in September 2020. His successor was also not mentioned. Before […]
Business
Traders in Juba have revealed that market prices have fallen within reach of consumers despite multiple taxations imposed by government agencies. “The prices of the commodities for the last two months have been stabilised not like it used to be in some months back,” Sebit Angelo, the chairperson of Jebel Market revealed to The City […]
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The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) under the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar has condemned the disruption of the party’s meeting by the security personnel in Aweil, Northern Bahr el-Ghazal State. The security officers allegedly stormed the meeting and dispersed all the SPLM-IO members who were in the hall discussing the party’s […]
Politics
The government has begun a plan to implement e-registration of land to expedite the land management system in the country. Speaking after the ceremony in which it signed the deal on Thursday, Michael Chaingiek, the Minister of Land, Housing and Urban Development said the digitalization of the land registry will resolve the perennial land dispute […]
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The government of South Sudan is demanding $3 billion from the oil companies operating in the oil fields, an amount it says went missing from the government share. The demand comes in the wake of an audit that was conducted to review the petroleum agreements signed between the government and the oil companies following a […]
Business
The female candidates outshone their male counterparts in the senior four examinations released yesterday, the data by the Ministry of General Education and Instruction reveals. The total number of students who were registered for the examinations was 34,362 where there were 22,724 males and 11,638 females being examined in 307 examination centres countrywide. The ministry […]
Education
By Mamer Abraham Joseph Obwany Okic Nyikang from Joseph Okwaci Secondary School in Upper Nile is the best candidate in the 2020 Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations. The results were announced by the Minister for General Education and Instruction in Juba yesterday. Nyikang was named the leading student nationwide with a mean score of 95.1 […]
Education
The Bank of South Sudan has reserved billions of pounds as a result of the introduction of the 500 and 1000 banknotes, an official said. The Director-General for Banking Supervisor Research and Statistic of Bank of South Sudan, Moses Makur Deng, hailed the introduction of big notes saying people can now carry huge amounts of […]
Economy
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has said there are over 90,000 South Sudanese living in Australia and Canada without a South Sudan embassy to cater for their affairs. The IOM report states that there are 50,000 South Sudanese in Australia and 40,000 in Canada respectively. Most of them settled in the countries around 1986 […]
Diplomacy
