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The walkout has not only left students in uncertainty but also highlighted the deepening frustrations within the teaching community By Aguok Chok The government teachers in Gogrial West County of Warrap State have boycotted teachers’ screening exams, citing a long-standing issue of unpaid salaries. The teachers, who are demanding up to 14 months’ salary arrears, […]
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By Anak Dut The Bank of South Sudan said on Monday that it has launched the country’s first National Instant Payment System in partnership with the AfricaNends Foundation. In a statement released yesterday, Johny Ohisa Damian, the Governor of the Bank of South Sudan said the national instant payment system is designed to enable real-time, […]
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By Yien Gattuor Thousands of Internally Displaced Persons in Bentiu Camp on Monday took to the streets to protest the plan by MSF Holland to exit the camp. The protestors demanded that the Doctors Without Borders not to abandon them. The protest followed the discussion between the MSF and the Ministry of Health, in which […]
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Frontline healthcare workers have raised various concerns accusing the ministry of health and the National high-level taskforce for COVID-19 of negligence and mistreatment. The medics met on May 27, Thursday, where they issued an ultimatum to the ministry to pay their nine-month dues failure to which they would strike. “We have laid down our […]
Health
A convoy of Ugandan Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, has been sprayed with bullets at Kaasi in the country’s capital of Kampala. Ugandan media reported that Mr Wamala, who formerly served as a general in the Ugandan People’s Defence Forces, was attacked at 9am. A picture showing him breaking down in […]
Africa
On May 11, President Salva Kiir named the first nominees to the Revitalised Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) putting to rest the defeaning calls for the reconstitution to the legislature. Names made it to the list and so were the discussions around the individuals as per whether the nominees merited the honour. Subject to public […]
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They came to Freedom Hall in Juba in their numbers filled with hopes and ready to bury their disturbing and anguishing past that has condemned them to perennial violence and instability. May 26, 2021, will never be erased on the minds of more than 1,000 Sudanese people, comprising women, youth and the elderly from Nuba […]
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Lousy and substandard routine maintenance of aircrafts by engineers and skewed aviation laws are to blame for the unsafe planes plying local routes in South Sudan. The Director of Juba International Airport Kur Kuol Ajou lamented that engineers charged with routine maintenance of the aircrafts, serving in the local flights, have failed to meet the […]
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President Salva Kiir Mayardit has said the Peace Agreement of South Sudan is dogged by certain levels of intricacies that complicate its implementation process, and necessitates routine problem-solving along the way. After coming under immense criticism for slacking around the implementation of crucial chapters to the 2018 peace accord, President Kiir broke silence to express […]
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South Sudan Basketball Federation President Luol Ajou Deng has made an assurance that he will not rest his laurels till the level of basketball in the country hits professional standard. Deng—who is a two-time NBA All-Star and one-time nominee of NBA All-Defensive Second Team in 2012— said he feels miserable when the young country languishes […]
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Last year’s national dialogue report is due for publication for public consumption, the former Deputy Rapperteur to National Dialogue, Francis Mading Deng told media in Juba last week. Deng spoke during the handing over of the final report to the African Union Commission Representative to South Sudan Ambassador Joram Biswaro. Necessitated by series of constant […]
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The government has shown commitment in resolving the perennial conflict that has been biting the oil-rich region of Abyei, thanks to a deadlock between Sudan and South Sudan. On May 24, Monday evening, President Salva Kiir constituted a 10-member committee led by Presidential Security Advisor Tut Gatluak, and deputised by the Minster of East Africa […]
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The Central Bank of South Sudan has upped the supply of US dollar to curb the scarcity that has impacted market prices in South Sudan, by increasing weekly auctioned amount from US$5 million to US$8 million. The move is expected to increase the impacts for the previous efforts that had seen BoSS auction US$5 million […]
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The legislators doubling up as the quarters councilors of Juba City Council began an awareness campaign to sensitise the Juba residents about the town rate and by-laws that were amended in 2020. The town rate is the annual payment for the service delivery by the residents. According to the councillors, the citizens of Juba town […]
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The Office of President Salva Kiir’ Mayardit has lamented the decision by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to extend the arms embargo by another 13 months terming it a serious blow on the country’s quest to unify and graduate the forces. Last week, the Presidential Press Secretary Ateny Wek Ateny told the City Review […]
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