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The group said they had created a new inclusive national movement known as “NIM Peace Wing of Neem” to address their issues, following exclusion by SSUF leadership By James Chatim Eighteen individuals who were key leaders of the South Sudan United Front/Army (SSUF/A) are on their way out to a new initiative that will partner […]
National
Okot Tony, the Agoro head Chief, said the herders should have first sought consultation with them before driving their cattle into the land. By Theophilous Ochang The community of Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria State has rejected any talks with Jonglei herders and demanded immediate evacuation. The statement followed a meeting between Governor Louis Lobong Lojore […]
National
The Alliance claimed that the R-TGoNU delegation came with a hardline position to delete all the protocols that the negotiation parties to the Tumaini agreed upon last year. By James Chatim South Sudan’s holdout opposition, the United People’s Alliance (UPA) has accused the government with whom it’s in talks of breaking the Tumaini-agreed protocols. Lual […]
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Last year, in edition 66 of The City Review, this column carried an article titled “Your brain is getting computerized soon, experts explain what it means”. The article discussed how the CEO of Tesla and world’s second richest man Elon Musk could deploy his Neuralink project, a technology aimed at creating a direct, ultra-low latency […]
Inside Tech Village
Muslims around the world commenced their celebration of the holy month of Ramadan on April 12 amidst the COVID-19 challenge that has condemned nations to limited human contact. In South Sudan, the government lifted the partial lockdown on Wednesday, April 14, but social distancing and wearing of facemasks remain in consideration. The City Review visited […]
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60,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines that were shipped into the country by the African Union, MTN and CDC have expired, the ministry of health has confirmed “We received 60,000 doses [and when they reached here], we later discovered that the life sale of the vaccine was remaining 14 days. So we immediately started engaging […]
Health
The government is considering plans to repatriate displaced South Sudanese in and outside the country while calling on international community to back the plan. The government’s announcement came nearly a month after the Kenyan government said it would close Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps which host more than 400,000 refugees including South Sudanese, Somali nationals […]
Justice & Conflict
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that countries use US$1.4 trillion in one year mitigating health issues related to tobacco use and resultant low productivity. To control the leakage of funds, the health body has come up with tobacco tax manual, where countries are encouraged to consider fiscal policies to mitigate the crises. WHO […]
Health
By Jurugo Emmanuel Ogasto The recent reshuffling at the top leadership of the army has slowed down the process of beefing up security in Juba-Yei road. Yei Police Commissioner Yoasa Lujang Kamba told The City Review that the South Sudan People Defence Forces (SSPDF) were yet to start escorting vehicles along the Yei-Juba highway because […]
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By Joseph Loful A group of fake police officers setting illegal roadblocks to extort money from drivers have been arrested between Nesitu and Obama village along Juba Nimule road on Tuesday, an eyewitness said. The traffic officers have been accused of stopping trucks drivers and forcefully demanding and illegally collecting. An eyewitness who preferred to […]
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The City Review and AFP Fury is building up in European football after a group of 12 European top teams signed up for a lucrative European Super League that would offer them an exit route from the Uefa Champions League. Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham are all involved in the new […]
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English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspurs has sacked Jose Mourinho (pictured) as the club’s coach following a string of poor results. The Lilywhites announced that the Portuguese was released alongside a contingent of his backroom staff members. “The club can today announce that José Mourinho and his coaching staff João Sacramento, Nuno Santos, Carlos Lalin […]
Football
By Kidega Livingstone Retired Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro may have succumbed due to excessive internal bleeding from a deep cut sustained after the cleric collapsed and fell unconscious in the bathroom with water gushing on him for nearly one hour without public realisation, a narration from his personal doctor suggests. It was at 7:00pm on […]
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16 civilians died in communal clashes in Lakes State over the weekend. A news report by Xinhua reveals that violence broke between two rival communities at Manyangrel cattle camp leading to the death of the victims. There are scanty details around the violence but the local minister of culture, youth and sports, William Koji Kirjok, […]
Justice & Conflict
President Salva Kiir has jetted back from a low-key maiden official visit to South Africa with the public left to guess on the motive behind official engagement. He jetted back in the country via Juba International Airport on Sunday evening, where he disembarked from the plane and was received by a delegation led by First […]
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