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By Emmanuel Mandella Negotiations around the Tumaini Initiative have entered a critical juncture, with sharp divisions emerging between the government and the United People’s Alliance (UPA) over its implementation framework. The Kenya-led peace process, seen as a potential breakthrough for lasting stability in South Sudan, faces a major setback after UPA rejected its incorporation into […]
National
By Makur Adut At least five people were killed and three others wounded in a clash between Joth and Monytiek communities of Rumbek Center County in Lakes State. The State’s Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, who is also acting Minister of Information, William Koji Kirjok, said the incident involved two sections of Joth and […]
Lakes State
By Correspondent The Central Equatoria State Security Committee announced on Tuesday that it is seeking to review the ban on checkpoints within the state. In a statement to the media following a meeting of the committee chaired by Governor Augustino Jadalla in Juba, Leon Abi Brown, the state’s Minister of Local Government and Law Enforcement […]
Central Equatoria
A UN report has revealed that community-based militia groups are responsible for 78 per cent of violence against civilians in which children have also been affected. The annual brief on violence affecting civilians released by the Human Rights Division of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan stated that murders, violent attacks, abduction, sexual abuses […]
Justice & Conflict
An armed rebel group believed to be affiliated with renegade General Thomas Cirillo have burned three cars in Jok Okir along Nimule Road of Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria State, the City Review can exclusively reveal. A source from Jok Okir in Ayii Boma anonymously told City Review that residents have fled their homes and […]
Politics
Juba Superstars and Yei Join Stars are joint top of the South Sudan Women’s National League with six games already played. The two teams have tied on 14 points going into Match Day 7 as the teams eye the second leg of the campaign. Juba Superstars have enjoyed an excellent campaign in the first leg, […]
Football Sports
More than 100 women in Kuwti Hospital and Juba Teaching Hospital have received Mothers’ Day package in a form of polythene bags packed with wearables and detergents. The packages, delivered South Sudan Women’s Advocate Association, were meant to help mothers deal with challenges during delivery and menstrual cycle. Bikita Alfred, a member of the association, […]
National
Ugandan legislators have called on their government to issue a travel advisory to Ugandans traveling to South Sudan following recent wave of killings. According to the Ugandan press, the matter surfaced in a parliamentary session when the minister of State for Internal Affairs Mario Obiga Kania was taken to task over the state’s steps in […]
Justice & Conflict
Germany has suspended the administration of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for persons under 60 years, citing brain blood clot concerns. DW reported on Tuesday that an emergency meeting between German Health Minister Jens Spahn and the 16 state health ministers resolved to suspend the routine inoculation, and only recommended the jab under prescriptions of medics. […]
Health
The South Sudanese citizens are calling on the government to lock out foreign nationals from driving water bowsers saying the vehicles are responsible for rampant road accidents that have claimed more than five lives in the space of a month. A petition submitted to the Juba City Council calling for the restriction of water supply […]
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The government has assured South Sudanese people that the launch of vaccination exercise against COVID-19 is on course. The government took to Twitter on Tuesday evening to alleviate the fears surrounding the vaccine, as it affirmed that a meeting with the ministry of health officials cleared all the concerns. What remains now is to launch […]
Health
On his 38th birthday, John Ngamwa (pictured), a talented South Sudanese vocalist took to Juba Orphanage to celebrate with thousands of children without parents or guardians. It was not an expression of care but was more than just that. Ngamwa, the second overall winner of the African Online Vocalist Season 2 contest, is in […]
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The South Sudan School Certificate of Secondary examinations have revealed that the country still has the gender disparity challenge despite efforts to level the number of boys and girls in class. The statistics from the Ministry of General Education and Instruction reveals that male candidates are twice the number of their female counterparts in 2021. […]
News
Wani Michael, Executive Director of the Okay Africa Foundation (OKAY), who was among the activists arrested during a Juba protest has revealed they have been released from police custody. Wani tweeted on Tuesday evening: “Thank you for your support and prayers, all the 22 detainees were released this evening. “Although, some of us were beaten […]
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Four popular activists are among the 14 protestors who were arrested while demonstrating over the grisly accident at Mobil roundabout that killed three people on Monday evening. The activists took to the streets to protest and call on the government to streamline the laws governing the water transportation business. They said foreign nationals driving the […]
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