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By Theophilous Ochang The commissioner of Lafon County, Eastern Equatoria State said the affected communities of last year’s flood are slowly restoring their livelihoods. In an interview with The City Review on Wednesday, Magisto Ukach, the area commissioner said despite the situation still looking dire, the affected communities were coping up. According to him, most […]
Eastern Equatoria State
Uhuru Kenyatta said the decision by the U.S. president must be considered a wake-up call for Africans as to what they can do for themselves instead of crying. By Opio Jackson Kenya’s former president, Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged African leaders to stop crying over a decision by the United States President Donald Trump to cut […]
National
The delegation acknowledged progress but emphasized the need for immediate action on key issues, including security sector reforms, disarmament, and reintegration efforts By Emmanuel Mandella A high-level delegation from the African Union (AU) Ad Hoc High-Level Committee for South Sudan (C5) concluded a three-day solidarity visit to Juba, reaffirming the union’s commitment to supporting South […]
National
The Governor of Central Bank Dier Tong Ngor has said the process to inject more US dollars into the market will continue to match the demand and continue providing a facelift to the South Sudanese Pounds. “One of the challenges that we had in the past is that we needed to build our foreign exchange […]
Business News
The UEFA Champions League final tie between Manchester City and Chelsea could be moved from Istanbul to England according to latest reports from reliable sources. Man City and Chelsea face off in an all-English final on May 29, 2021. The final, which was supposed to be played in the Turkish city, is likely to be […]
Football
President Salva Kiir on Friday evening made the decision to disband the parliament in a move to allow the reconstitution of the legislative arm of government. The reconstitution process is to involve the appointment of 550 members of parliament from parties in the revitalised agreement government of national unity. SPLM parties are touted to be […]
Politics
Chelsea triumphed over Manchester City in the matchday 35 of the Premier League that was expected to hand the Citizens the title should they have won. Pep Guardiola made nine changes in the lineup resting Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, Riyad Mahrez, Kyle Walker and Zinchencko. Sergio Aguero and Gabriel Jesus played alongside Raheem Sterling […]
Football
The South Sudan National Union of Private Schools has rejected the order regulating school fees and has threatened a strike if any private school is shut down. On Thursday, the Ministry of General Education declared that all private schools should charge annual fees not exceeding SSP80,000 while private boarding schools are to charge fees not […]
General
The Ministry of General Education and Instructions on Thursday set school fees limit for private learning institutions that have unjustifiably hiked their charges when schools reopened. A senior official from the ministry said they have received a lot of complaints from parents across the nation reporting that some private schools were charging very high schools […]
General
Activists have urged the South Sudanese government and that of Egypt to act on the recent viral video showing a teenager believed to be a South Sudanese being assaulted in Cairo. In a short video, the teenager and his cousin are being beaten by a group of Egyptian boys in Ain Shams in Cairo. The […]
National
Jonglei Civil Society Chairperson David Garang Goch (pictured) has been arrested for questioning the sale of President Salva Kiir’s donated food items for flood affected victims in Bor. Garang was arrested last evening and the civil society members’ attempts to see him have been rebuffed. More to follow…
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Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock has said South Sudan requires ‘swift’ humanitarian assistance to avert the brewing crisis in various states. Lowcock said in a virtual briefing—which included officials from the states and had the contribution of the United Nations— that a lot had been done but still more efforts […]
Justice & Conflict
Seventeen Zimbabwean police officers have joined the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in an effort to beef up the contribution of the mission. The Zimbabwean press revealed that the officers, among them 10 women, would be joining the mission but did not expound on when they would be flying to Juba. Zimbabwean Commissioner […]
Justice & Conflict
Pope Francis has appointed Reverend Mathew Remijio [pictured] as the Bishop of Wau and Acting Bishop of Rumbek Diocese. In a press statement read by Mark Kadima to journalists at the Vatican Embassy yesterday in Thongping, the newly-appointed Bishop will be in charge until shot Bishop-Elect Christian Carlassare gets healed. “Bishop Remijio will temporarily govern […]
General
Facebook board upheld the decision by the tech giant to suspend the former US President Donald Trump’s account but also passed a verdict that any move to stay the ‘‘indefinite’’ suspension would be harsh and unfair. The board said that while the tech giant acted in good faith to censure Mr Trump’s account, its decision […]
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