Breaking News
By Ajah Jennifer The Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Welfare has launched a $10million entrepreneurial project to support 1,200 women owning small-scale business enterprises. The project is aimed at empowering women aged 18 to 60 and will involve them in seeds and growth labs. Speaking at the event yesterday, Minister Aya Benjamin Warille said […]
Business National
By Aguok Chok The Inter-governmental Authority on Development Special Envoy to South Sudan, Dr. Ismail Wais has stressed on the importance of cultural dialogue and consensus-building in resolving South Sudan’s ongoing political challenges. “I hope and pray that this forum helps South Sudanese political actors and stakeholders to appreciate, embrace, and nurture cultural dialogue as […]
National
According to the SSPDF, the decision to relieve the forces follows persistent social tensions, intermittent armed clashes, and the physical confinement of soldiers to barracks, which restricted their movement By Emmanuel Mandella South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) has confirmed that the deployment of its troops to Nasir County is for “purely peaceful and administrative […]
National
Equity in sharing of resources means equal distribution of resources among the people in consideration of their needs. This includes assessing the geographical distribution of resources at the population level and the resource-producing communities that also need to benefit. On Sunday, the Madi community of Eastern Equatoria State demanded the government to give them the […]
Editorial
JUBA – At least six cattle camps from Jebel Ladu and Gorom have been closed as Mundari cattle keepers return to Terekeka County in compliance with a gubernatorial order issued last week, authorities in Central Equatoria State have confirmed. The herders started moving out of the area on Monday after they were given a 72-hours […]
Agriculture
JUBA – Fresh demands on the allocation of the necessary national unified forces among signatories to the peace deal could hamper the implementation of the Security Arrangements enshrined in Chapter Two. This comes after the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), claimed that their counterparts in the SPLM-IG were demanding 60 percent of the […]
Politics
JUBA – A woman has been killed and two of her children abducted in Nakwa boma of Kapoeta North County in Eastern Equatoria State, authorities have said. Kapoeta North County Commissioner, Emmanuel Lolimo Epone said the criminal act which happened on Sunday may have been committed by armed Murle youth in Kapoeta after following their […]
Crimes & Murder
JUBA – Authorities in Warrap State say despite relative calm after two-day deadly communal clashes, the security situation in Tonj remained “unpredictable” as tension flares among communities. Riing Deng Ading, the Warrap State Minister of Information and Communication told City Review that the warring communities agreed to live in peace but were still exhibiting some […]
Conflict
JUBA – The government of South Sudan through the Ministry of Health is considering changing the 6666 COVID-19 toll-free number over societal concerns that the number is synonymous with the infamous 666 attributed to the ‘Illuminati’. Dr. Angelo Goup Thon, the Director for Public Health Emergency Preparedness, told City Review in a phone interview that […]
Health
JUBA – Nimule road is the country’s life-linking highway that has reduced travel time between the Nimule border and the country’s capital Juba from eight hours to less than four hours. It straddles 197 kilometers and posts three hours and 45 minutes on the Google map, promising a safe ride to the country’s periphery which […]
Crimes & Murder
JUBA – Authorities in Western Equatoria State has appealed to humanitarian agencies and government to urgently deliver assistance to thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Namatina Payam of Tombura County. The IDPs fled the recent inter-communal fights in the county’s headquarters and surrounding villages for safety in the area about 40 miles northwest of […]
Crisis
JUBA – South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) has blamed the National Salvation Front (NAS) led by Gen. Thomas Cirilo Swaka for the continuous attack on passengers along Juba – Nimule. This comes after two nuns and three other passengers were killed in a road ambush between Aru and Kubi village when they were returning […]
Crimes & Murder
JUBA – The Catholic Archdiocese of Juba has ceased all activities for the next five days to mourn two nuns who were killed in an armed road ambush along Juba – Nimule Highway on Monday. All the Catholic primary and secondary schools, Universities, and Colleges within the Catholic Archdiocese of Juba jurisdiction and Juba Catholic […]
Religion
JUBA – At least three pilgrims have been killed in a road ambush along Juba-Nimule Highway yesterday, Maj. Gen. Daniel Justin, South Sudan Police Spokesperson has confirmed. The victims were returning to Juba from Loa after participating in the celebration of the 100 years for the establishment of Loa parish Our Lady of assumption held […]
Crimes & Murder
JUBA – South Sudan will join Uganda and Tanzania—as part of the teams drawn from the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA)—to battle for the 2021 COSAFA Women’s Championship. The tournament which attracts 12 teams from East and Southern Africa will begin on Thursday, August 19, and will run all the way […]
Football Sports
