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By Binia Elizabeth The Governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Simon Ober Mawut on Wednesday confirmed the execution of a man convicted of murdering late Abuk Lual in 2022. Saber Abu Sam, a Sudanese trader was convicted of defiling, murdering, and dumping the body of five-year-old Abuk Lual into a pit latrine in Aweil in […]
National
The light aircraft, registration 5X-RHB, was hired by the GPOC oil firm and had a total of 21 people on board, including two pilots. By Yien Gattuor At least 20 people were confirmed dead when a plane carrying oil workers from the oilfield in Unity State crashed on its way to Juba. The deaths included […]
National
He said the repeated incidences were turning into a crisis in the aviation sector, and there is need for swift investigation By Ajah Jennifer The Chairperson of South Sudan Pilots Association, Dau Mayak expressed sadness following the fatal plane crash that claimed the lives of 20 employees of GPOC oilfield in Unity State, and left […]
National
Chelsea have dumped serial European champions Real Madrid in the semifinal of the Uefa Champions League to set up an all-English final against Manchester City later this month. The Blues won 2-0 thanks after Timo Werner and Mason Mount struck to seal the win with an aggregate of 3-1. Timo Werner finished a yard-out header […]
Football
President Salva Kiir on Wednesday met the new Special Representative of United Nations Secretary General and head of UNMISS Nicholas Haysom where he welcomed him in the country. The State House revealed the two leaders met in Juba for a talk on the future of the country with regards to the quest to ensure the […]
News
Diplomats from the European Union, Canada, France, Germany and Troika have called on the government to shield humanitarian workers from violence and speed up the implementation of key chapters of the 2018 peace deal. The diplomats are calling on President Salva Kiir and FVP Dr Riek Machar and other VPs to embrace the call to […]
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Okay Africa Foundation has criticized the recent spate of violence targeting aid workers in various states. The organization’s country director Wani Michael said every South Sudanese has a constitutional right to work anywhere in the country irrespective of their tribe, religion and gender. “There must be no room for discrimination in regards to employment […]
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Manchester City beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 on Tuesday night to win the tie of 4-1 aggregate and qualify for their first ever Uefa Champions League final. Riyad Mahrez collected a brace after he struck in both halves to seal the victory for the Blues against the 10-man Les Parisiens. Pep Guardiola assembled a lineup with […]
Football
Close to one million people will likely have no access to healthcare services due to lack of humanitarian funding come next month, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) South Sudan has warned. “More than 800 000 people in South Sudan might lose access to health services if humanitarian funding is not met,” IOM tweeted on […]
Health
COVID-19 is still causing havoc across various parts of the world. The worries of infections are however being partially replaced by anxiety over the potential side effects of vaccines that countries bank on as the only bullet to slay the dragon. Across the border in Kenya, Daily Nation on April 24 ran a story that […]
Explainers & Fact-Checks
You may have noticed that the South Sudanese Pound sharply gained value against US dollars days after the Central Bank of South Sudan initiated a weekly auctioning of the foreign currency to both commercial banks and forex bureaus. On April 13, BOSS allocated US$3 million to 22 commercial banks and US$2 million to forex bureaus […]
Business News
Everyone has the weirdest and saddest moments in life and Rose Stella (pictured), an internally displaced person from Yei, also has one. She is one of the more than 1,000 internally displaced persons from Otogo Payam of Yei River County that are now in dire need of humanitarian assistance due to the recent clashes that […]
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The Ministry of General Education and Instruction has called on parents and guardians to send all children of school-going age back to learning. This comes as classes re-open after a year of closure. Institutions of learning were closed as the government tried to contain the spread of COVID-19. In an address to Juba One Boys […]
General
South Sudanese athletes who competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics under the inaugural category of Refugee Olympic Team have a lot to worry for in their preparation for Tokyo Olympics slated for July this year. The problem emerged after Chef de Mission for the Olympic Refugee Team, Tegla Loroupe, raised concerns that athletes who competed […]
Athletics
Barely a month ago, over 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were delivered in South Sudan. The first consignment was delivered by the World Health Organization and partners to the Ministry of Health. That was followed by the delivery of 60,000 additional doses shipped in with funding from MTN and the Africa Centre for Disease […]
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