Breaking News
Ceasefire monitor, UN, among other bodies, have urged both parties to reflect on the rationale and stop the cycle of armed violence that has a direct impact on the civilian population. By James Chatim and Emmanuel Mandella The Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM) has called on the South Sudan People’s […]
National
By Makur Adut. A lawmaker in the Lakes State Legislative Assembly representing the People’s Democratic Movement has joined the SPLM party. Deng Arier Makoi, who was a Chief whip in the State Assembly said he was called by the community to return to the SPLM. “The community had called me to come back and join […]
Lakes State
As the forum begins, Deputy Governor of Jonglei State has urged the leaders to implement the resolutions that will be agreed upon. By Riak Chol The Jonglei State County Commissioners Forum kicked off in Bor yesterday. In the three-day meeting, the participants will discuss several issues including inter-communal and revenge killing and how to promote […]
Jonglei State
The Italian Bishop-elect for Rumbek Diocese Christian Carlassare who was shot in both legs in April this year has called out the leadership of the church to do more in addressing the root cause of the attack that threatened to rob him of both limbs. The Bishop-elect was quoted by Vatican News saying the local […]
National News Religion
President Salva Kiir witnessed the swearing-in of the new presidential special envoy Amb. Albino Mathom Aboug who will be tasked with spearheading the diplomatic missions of the country. Amb. Aboug—whose oath was commissioned by Chief Justice Reech Madut Chan on July 20 in Juba— joined the lean team of technocrats with vast knowledge in communication […]
Politics
Outgoing president of the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) Francis Amin has said he intends to venture in sports managerial roles after failing to clinch a second term. Mr Amin said at the ballot is normal and cannot deter him from focusing on sports managerial duties and enhancing sports activities in the country. “Congratulation to […]
Football
President Salva Kiir and the Chairman of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has appointed the first-ever female political figure to spearhead the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (RTNLA) in a push to fulfil the 35 per cent Affirmative Action enshrined in the revitalised peace agreement. Kiir nominated Jemma Nunu Kumba (pictured) as the […]
Politics
A business company known as Bright Horizon Trading Limited that deals in car hire has sued the office of the First Vice President and SPLM-IO Chairman Dr. Riek Machar Teny for failing to pay a sum of 330,000 USD debts for services rendered in 2016. The company’s managing director, Arnesto Mali Mongomngo, said the car […]
Politics
President Salva Kiir has warned of responding to ongoing ethnic clashes in Western Equatoria State (WES) that has claimed lives and forced thousands into displacement. There has been trading of accusations among the WES authorities and some senior national government officials from the state of fueling Tombura Country’s ethnic conflict. Earlier this month, Governor Alfred […]
News
By Ukach Farouk “Just as a fence has to be built with pegs, an able person needs the help of three others.” — Chinese Proverb. As South Sudan marks its ten-year Independence anniversary this month, the country is still struggling to bring its internal conflicts to an end. Only two years after it broke away […]
OpED
Digital surveillance technology has for a long period been used against journalists, political opponents and vocal government critics. However, as the famous adage goes, “What goes around, comes around”. Last week, an investigation by a Paris-based non-profit media consortium Forbidden Stories with technical support from Amnesty International unearthed shocking discoveries into how Pegasus, Israeli spyware […]
Business News
The South Sudan National Movement for Change (SSNMC) is planning to hold its election in the next three months to elect a new chairperson as the party prepares for life after Joseph Bangasi Bakosoro who rejoined the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) earlier this month. Bakosoro defected to SPLM together with three other senior members. […]
Politics
Embattled Presidential Press Secretary Ateny Wek Ateny has accused his political enemies of doctoring and leaking a video from his wedding speech to tarnish his name and set him against women. On July 14, a 36-seconds long video depicting the government official declaring his undying thirst for beautiful women surfaced online. The video showed Mr […]
News
Contenders for the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) staged a fierce campaign with billboards and banners decorating the streets of Juba as they seized the airwaves to communicate their manifestos in the final stretch of the race. What had begun as a race of 14 contenders narrowed down to six and then 4; with the […]
Editorial
From the Pegasus scandal to WordPress 5.8 launch, the tech industry recorded some fascinating developments last week. Some of them were hardly imagined; this included the first human flight to space courtesy of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. Bezos has flown straight to the border of space. The billionaire — carried in a rocket […]
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