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According to UNMISS head, Nicholas Haysom, if S. Sudan leaders fail to implement key electoral processes, the international community should not be blamed for failing to fund the elections By Aguok Chok The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Nicholas Haysom said the international community will […]
National
By Riak Chol The government has launched wildlife tourism in Jonglei and the Greater Pibor Administrative Area to revitalize the economy and showcase the region’s natural beauty. Speaking at the event, Major General David Deng Adol, Director for Wildlife Conservation and Tourism in Jonglei State emphasized the potential of wildlife tourism to generate revenue, create […]
Jonglei State Pibor Administrative Area
By Emmanuel Mandella Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio, His Lordship Eduardo Hiiboro Kussal has condemned the brutal killing of South Sudanese in Sudan but cautioned citizens against revenging on Sudanese living in the country. “We are horrified by the brutality committed against our brothers and sisters in Sudan. Images of the massacre have […]
Western Equatoria
First Vice President Dr Riek Machar has accused his critics of staging an onslaught on the 2018 peace agreement by trying to create divisions in the country’s main armed opposition group. Just immediately after a splinter faction, comprising three former military generals with the South Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-IO (SPLM/A-IO), denounced his leadership, Dr Machar […]
Politics
JUBA – At least 30 legal and civil rights groups from the African continent and beyond have expressed disappointment in the African Union (AU) for doing very little to fast-track the implementation of accountability mechanisms in South Sudan. The AU, according to the groups, took the lead on advancing accountability in South Sudan as embodied […]
Politics
South Sudan’s main armed opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-IO (SPLM/A-IO) has rubbished the Kit Gwang declaration issued by the three of its former military generals. On Monday, the former SPLA-IO Chief of General Staff, Simon Gatwech Dual, former Sector 1 commander Gen. Johnson Olony Thubo and Thomas Dhoal former—sector 3 commander—held a three-day meeting in […]
Politics
A civil society group has challenged the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) to assess the progress of the 2018 peace agreement and to generate motivation for political will which will help in speeding up other chapters. The Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress Organisation (CEPO), Edmund Yakani, said parties to the deal are locked […]
News
JUBA – The National Security Service (NSS) has stopped a press conference organized by the media fraternity at the facilities of the Association for Media Development in South Sudan in the capital Juba on the grounds of authorisation and clearance. Journalists from different media houses in South Sudan were ordered to leave the conference hall […]
Media Freedom
JUBA – A new SPLM-IO faction that has sided against Dr. Riek Machar is calling for his removal from the position of First Vice President. This comes after the faction led by former General Chief of Staff First Lieutenant General Simon Gatwech Dual announced Tuesday that they have dismissed Mr. Machar from the chairmanship of […]
News
South Sudan is marking World Breastfeeding week with health support organisations calling on society to shun practices that could hamper the breastfeeding regime and malnourish the babies. During the launch of the campaign dubbed “protect breastfeeding and share responsibility’’, Save the Children revealed that South Sudan is facing setbacks in the quest for breastfeeding […]
Health
After two postponements in one month, the swearing-in of the newly-appointed legislators has finally happened, though in the absence of the presidency. The road has been bumpy for the legislative appointees. Some had their appointments revoked while others were fortunate enough to make it to the big occasion. But as the legislators assume their duties, […]
Politics
My recent visit to Magalla and then to Bor has changed my perception of what the SPLM-led government is doing and such will constitute its better legacy since South Sudan seceded from Sudan should the party decide to leave power. For someone who had ceased going to Bor—at times when traveling from Juba to Bor […]
Opinion
JUBA – A senior South Sudanese diplomat has defended the move to waive visa restrictions between Kenya and South Sudan to ease cross-border movements of citizens with valid passports from the two countries. South Sudan Ambassador to Kenya, Chol Ajongo (pictured), made the remarks a day after Kenya announced the visa waiver to South Sudanese […]
Politics
JUBA – The Members of the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly have taken the oath of office. Typical of representatives that use politician filters, they are promising manna and quail to their constituents and the people of South Sudan (for MPs without constituencies). While expectations from citizens to whom the legislators are accountable heighten, one […]
Editorial
JUBA – The government has planned to introduce a Breast Code to ensure inclusive breastfeeding for future child cognitive development and prevention of malnutrition. This came following the damning child nutrition statistics in South Sudan which reveal that 1.4 million children were projected to suffer from malnutrition, where 313, 000 of that number comprised projected […]
Health
