Breaking News
A medical doctor in-charge of the surgical ward said the the girl sustained a severe wound inflicted by her younger brother. By Makur Adut An 18-year-old girl identified as Amou Mamer was admitted to Rumbek State Hospital on Tuesday after being tortured by her brother for declining the family’s organized marriage. Doctor David, a medical […]
Lakes State
By Lodu William The arrival of a High Court Judge to Tonj North of Warrap State has brought in renewed hope and the beginning of justice for many, with long-overdue verdicts. For nearly six years, residents of Tonj North, a conflict-prone county in the heart of South Sudan’s Warrap State, have lived without access to […]
Warrap State
By Chuol Chanyong A senior representative of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) at the Ceasefire & Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM), Major Gen. Jany Kaway Yoa has called for the completion of the unification of forces to end the ongoing unnecessary clashes across the country. Gen. Kaway blamed the parties to […]
National
JUBA – Sudan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU with the office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in Khartoum to hand over Bashir and other war criminals to The Hague. This comes after the ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan’s one-week visit to Sudan to meet officials of the Transitional Government of Sudan […]
International
JUBA – Peter Mayen is a renowned personality in the South Sudanese political scene. For those who know him, he is a person who courts controversies but at the same time remains true to himself and unapologetic to his critics. Although Mayen became the talk of social media when he began battling party wars after […]
Politics
JUBA – South Sudan men’s national football team has climbed up the World FIFA ranking index, moving from position 166 to 165. In the latest updated table, the Bright Stars have been ranked at position 165 after Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea which are ranked at positions 163 and 164 respectively. According to the latest […]
Football
There’s a message circulating on social media platforms purporting a fully-funded scholarship program offered by the government of Norway. The message has been shared hundreds of times by South Sudanese WhatsApp users, including people of high academic profiles. The content of the message claims enormous scholarship benefits ranging from full tuition fee, living allowance, accommodation, […]
Explainers & Fact-Checks
JUBA – The police in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State is detaining a woman accused of beheading her child and dumping the body at a graveyard in Aweil Town. The 25-year-old woman identified as Achut Kon Deng gave birth in Aweil hospital and later killed and dumped the baby in the graveyard at Maper residential area. A […]
Crimes & Murder
JUBA – A Malakal-bound boat ferrying 50 barrels of petrol and other valuable commodities has caught fire in Juba’s Hai Gabati on Thursday destroying 50 barrels of Petrol and other commodities. The exact estimate of the costs of the commodities was not immediately made available but an eyewitness said the boat had packets of cigarettes, […]
Business
JUBA – The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) factions are cautiously seeking to resolve their dispute amicably according to official communications from both Dr. Riek Machar and Gen. Simon Gatwech. In a statement extended to City Review, Puok Both Baluang, SPLM-IO Director of Information and Public Relations said Dr. Riek Machar received two […]
Politics
JUBA – Former Minister of Mining Henry Dilah Odwar who served on the SPLM-IO card has dumped the party’s Chairman Dr. Riek Machar Teny and joined the Kit Gwang faction under Gen. Simon Gatwech Dual, Machar’s former army chief-turned arch-rival. Mr. Odwar, the SPLM-IO deputy chairman, tabled his resignation letter as the Minister of Mining […]
Politics
JUBA – The dire state of humanitarian affairs catapulted by flood in Ayod County of Jonglei State has forced residents to eat grass in the absence of basic necessities like food, a United Nations (UN) official has said. Arafat Jamal, the Acting UN Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan described the humanitarian needs in Ayod as […]
Humanitarian
Last week’s split within Dr Riek Machar’s led SPLM-IO which threatened the peace deal has prompted the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to explore a solution to the matter. In a press release on Sunday, August 7, Dr Mariam Alsadig Almahdi (pictured), Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chair of IGAD Council of Ministers, called […]
Politics
JUBA – South Sudanese activists from civil society organizations have rubbished a call by the People’s Coalition for Civil Action urging citizens to take to the streets to register their dissatisfaction against the deteriorating state of affairs in the country. Edmund Yakani, the Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), told City Review […]
Politics
Argentine forward Lionel Messi is firmly on the wishlist of French giants PSG, and could complete a transfer this week, Goal.com has revealed. Messi, whose contract with Barcelona expired and could not manage to sign another one due to stringent La Liga rules, is a free agent. This implies that PSG would part with no […]
Football
