Breaking News
By Theophilous Ochang A 70-year-old woman identified as Clementine Ileyo has passed on at Torit Hospital after sustaining a third-degree burn in a motorbike fire accident on Saturday. In an interview with The City Review on Saturday, the in charge at Torit Civil Hospital Changa Thomas said the doctors had been trying their best to […]
Eastern Equatoria State
The event marked a significant milestone in the expansion of higher education in Western Equatoria State. By Emmanuel Mandella The Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, Archbishop Séamus Horgan Patric alongside the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio, Barani Eduardo Hiiboro on Saturday officially inaugurated a new building for the satellite campus of the Catholic […]
Western Equatoria
By James Chatim and Theophilous Ochang The Executive Director for the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) Edmund Yakani has called on the Eastern, Central, and Jonglei States authorities to hold an urgent meeting to address the recent attack on cattle keepers in Aru junction. The statement came following an attack on the cattle keepers […]
National
More than 40 countries that have subscribed to the 2015 Paris Agreement have mooted a plan to scale down dangerous gas emissions to zero by 2050 as well as limiting the rise in global temperature by 1.5 °C. In a report titled Net Zero by 2050: A roadmap for the global energy system, the International […]
Environment
Lt Gen Atem Biar was on Monday sworn into office as the new Director General of the Directorate of Nationality, Passports and Immigration. President Salva Kiir presided over the event. The oath was administered by the Chief Justice Chan Madut. Biar was appointed in a Republican Decree on May 19, 2021, to replace Lt Gen […]
News
It is where the treasures of the country’s history live. But for South Sudan, fewer people set foot at the National Archive thanks to lack of proper awareness and investment on its maintenance. The Acting Director-General of the National Archives Youssef Fulgensio Onyalla (pictured above)—the brainchild behind the existing treasures—explained to the City Review how […]
National
The government is patiently waiting as the date draws to close when UN Security Council will be expected to decide on the status of arms embargo on South Sudan this week. The body will meet on Thursday May 27, to vote whether or not to lift the arms embargo and targeted individuals sanctioned following their […]
Politics
Barely a month after unknown assailants attacked Rumbek Diocese Bishop-Elect Fr Christian Carlassare at his residence, another cleric in Torit became a victim of heinous attacks targeting men of God. The slain cleric was a pastor attached to the African Inland Church (A.I.C) who was shot by unknown gunmen at his home in Torit in […]
News
Abyei area administration and the UN peacekeeping forces have pledged to restore calm in the war-torn area that recently came under distress, after deadly attack that claimed dozens of lives and left several others wounded. “The situation is normal now. We are collaborating with the UNISFA to go and access the situation of the area […]
Justice & Conflict
The United Nations Security Council will vote on Thursday, May, 2021, to decide the future of arms embargo currently imposed on South Sudan. This is after the council approved a resolution extending the restriction by a year in May last year. Fingers are crossed. Eyes are on the council as the moment of truth nears. […]
Editorial
A South Sudanese woman who won a parliamentary seat in Western Australia in March 2021 has been sworn into office. Ayor Makur Chuot (pictured), who became the first black African legislator in Australia, took an oath of office on Monday, May 25, to begin a stellar career in politics in a foreign land. Accompanied by […]
National
The South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) is gearing for elections on July 22, 2021 to usher in new leadership steered by a new president for the next four years. Although the stage is set and the atmosphere communicates the ambience of an electoral duel amongst the contenders, the numbers of those who vie is yet […]
Football
The South Sudan National Security Services (NSS) nabbed 12 suspected highway aggressors said to be behind the abductions, robberies and other dangerous criminal activities like murder in the Equatoria region. The suspected armed criminals are currently under investigation in the national security services facilities. In a press conference held in Juba last week, Spokesperson for […]
News
A civil society activist has called on the government to quickly intervene in the Pibor Administrative Area situation and end the reoccurrence of violence. Pibor Youth Secretary General for external affairs David Nyiro told the City Review that fighting erupted when youth drawn from rival communities from Gawaar and Jonglei attached areas of Nanaam Kongor […]
Justice & Conflict
A special court handling criminal cases in Juba’s Gumbo-Sherikat has sentenced two people to death by hanging including after being found guilty in a murder case. The Ajith Jok Yor and Malith Yuol Deng were found guilty in a case where a senior South Sudan Defense People’s Force (SSPDF) soldier, Lual Akok Wol Kiir, also […]
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