Breaking News
By Aguok Chok The restructuring in government and security leadership has delayed the Joint Defense Board (JDB) meetings, affecting peace efforts. Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang, the spokesperson for the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF), confirmed that leadership changes were the primary reason behind the delays. “You remember a lot of changes happened. The […]
National
Political analyst dissects the developments within the South Sudan Opposition Alliance, the impact of the changes and the future outlook for new agriculture minister, Hon. Hussein Abdelbagi By Chuol Chanyong Political analyst and journalist Atem Simon says the divisions within the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) are historic, stemming from the differences within the South […]
National
BY OUMAH OTIENOH When Kennedy Buhere asked me: “Have you ever thought that I can give you some powerful insights into reading to deserve an interview?” I fidgeted a bit as I had known Buhere as a voracious reader and an enthusiast of literature. I retorted, “I admire your tenacity on matters literature.” We later […]
Editorial
The Chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) Dr. Riek Machar has dispatched eleven Members of Parliament (MPs) from Great Upper Nile for a peace mission in Sudanese capital Khartoum.
Politics
Slightly over two months after delivering a tell-all passionate interview with Kenyan TV station, Citizen TV, where he explored the dynamics of the 2018 peace agreement, President Salva Kiir broke the silence again to echo the level of his commitment to the accord. Addressing the SPLM Youth League on Saturday, the head of state went […]
Politics
The South Sudan Basketball Federation President Luol Deng (pictured) has said the Rwanda AfroBasket 2021 competition has earned South Sudan huge respect in the continent. “I think now we are respected and a lot of teams now want our players. It is because they see we played hard [and did so] with a purpose,” he […]
Basketball Sports
At least four children have been kidnapped by a suspected armed group from the Murle community at Aru junction along Juba-Nimule road, a community leader confirmed. Longino Michael Cook told the City Review that incidents took place on Friday and Saturday. “It was on Friday at Aru Junction our two children were kidnapped by suspected […]
Justice & Conflict
More than 100 people turned up for the free surgery campaign at the Juba Military Hospital on Saturday. The free health service was launched last week by the South Sudan Orthopaedic and Trauma Society. The group of medics will conduct free orthopaedic consultations and surgeries and the exercise has so far noted 10 people have […]
Health
The striking truck drivers that have camped at Elegu border point of Uganda have now tabled a fresh demand the government of South Sudan urging it to compensate for the lives of their colleagues that have been murdered along the Nimule- Juba Highway before they can cross the border. While meeting the authorities from South […]
General
JUBA – Juba Teaching Hospital has circumcised 70 boys, aged 4-15 years using the newly introduced sophisticated device under the Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) program. The program which targets over 1.5 million uncircumcised males from seven states and the three Administrative Areas, began on Wednesday at South Sudan’s main referral hospital but was officially […]
Health
JUBA – UNICEF South Sudan has called on the citizens to take the COVID-19 vaccine arguing it is the safest bet against the virus. It said despite thousands of people who turned up to receive the vaccine in the three different locations within Juba, there was a need for everyone to go for it before […]
Health
OPINION – It may have sounded low-key when the South Sudan men’s national basketball team flew to Kigali, Rwanda, to participate in the ongoing AfroBasket championship. Close monitors of the basketball game may have paid attention to what promised to be a historic and mouth-watering tournament ready to serve a variety of fixtures. South Sudan […]
Opinion Sports
JUBA – Government spokesperson Michael Makuei has dismissed the statement by a Ugandan lawmaker that South Sudan is a “lawless nation” after a spate of attacks along Juba – Nimule Highway. The MP was reacting to the continued killing along Juba-Nimule road during a parliamentary sitting last week in Kampala. The unnamed lawmaker accused South […]
Politics
JUBA – Western Countries have condemned a series of threats by the government to use maximum force to thwart a civil uprising allegedly planned for 30th August by a group dubbed the People’s Coalition for Civil Action. The protests flopped. A statement drafted by the embassies of the United Kingdom, the United States, Norway, the […]
Politics
JUBA – “Let us put humanity before politics [and] work for the betterment of our country as leaders building peace through service delivery.” Those were the words of Western Bahr El-Ghazal (WBG) State Governor Sarah Cleto Rial as she advised fellow leaders to embark on service delivery and avoid the sway of party politics ‘which […]
Western Bahr El-Ghazal
