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Exploratory visits to main markets in Juba after the violent protests last week reveal life gradually returning to normal, but some shops, especially for Sudanese, remain closed By Thomas Gumi For the fifth consecutive day since the outbreak of violent protests in Juba, the city’s main markets, commonly known for bulging, busy crowds, remained relatively […]
National
By Liam Josh The hot Monday afternoon saw one of the country’s oldest teams, Malakia SC Juba meet Lion Hunters in the South Sudan Premier League fixture. Lion Hunters came into the match with high expectations, as many spectators though they could pick points from the match owing to their good recent performance, but the […]
Football Sports
By Theophilous Ochang, A traffic officer in Torit on Sunday committed suicide by hanging himself. According to the authorities, the motive behind the suicide of by the officer remains unclear. Mustafa Albino Zakaria, mayor of Torit town confirmed the incident, adding that investigations were underway to unpack the cause of the suicide. “I am the […]
Eastern Equatoria State
The state revitalised government of Central Equatoria State has lost its newly appointed minister of finance, planning and investment, Diana Susu Hassan. Ms. Susu succumbed to unknown illness in Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Monday, the state minister of information Poulino Lukudu said. Mr. Lukudu, who announced her death to the media on Monday, ordered all […]
National
AstraZeneca vaccine has passed a series of safety tests in USA, Peru, and Chile registering 79 per cent efficacy allowing Washington to clear it for emergency inoculation. Reuters reported that USA and South American countries ran tests on the efficacy of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine to ascertain the safety fears that emanated from Europe two […]
Health
At least 50 chiefs, SSPDF officers, state officials funded and coordinated the deadly attacks that left several people dead, injured and displaced in Greater Jonglei and Pibor Administrative Area last year. According to a March 2021 report by UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), the attacks— which happened from January 2020 to August—were well planned […]
Justice & Conflict
Sad news emerged from power corridors of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, as the country’s vice president Saima Hassan Suluhu informed the people of the death of President John Magufuli on Wednesday. “Dear Tanzanians, it is sad to announce that today 17 March 2021 around 6 p.m. we lost our brave leader, President John Magufuli who died from […]
Politics
Drugmaker AstraZeneca has issued a statement mourning the death of one of its senior executive members who also happened to be vice president of Oncology R&D. In the statement, AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot praised the late Jose Baselga for massive contribution in ensuring that the oncology wing of the institution thrived. He noted: ‘‘An outstanding […]
Health
Tanzania switched to a sombre mood as messages of condolences came in numbers following the demise of the fifth president John Pombe Magufuli on Wednesday, March 17. Magufuli, a man who just got electoral nod in November 2020 to steer the East African country for a second term, was no more. His illness had been […]
Politics
[Sponsored Content] Eight government officials from the Ministry of Energy and Dams, Ministry of Environment and Forestry and South Sudan Electricity Corporation attended an online training course on solar energy technologies conducted by India’s National Institute of Solar Energy. The candidates attended the course at the Indian Embassy premises that was sponsored by the Government […]
News
A woman who cannot be identified by name is currently living with a flat chest after surviving breast cancer which robbed her of both mammary glands. The woman sparked sympathy from netizens after posting photos of her chest without breasts on Twitter handle @The_OfficialBiz earlier this week. She said her story should inspire and encourage […]
Health
The latest report by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan reveals that the inter-communal violence in Jonglei and Pibor administrative areas were well planned and funded by politicians who pretend to stop it. Published about a week ago, the report confirms a remark made by President Salva Kiir during a peace dialogue conference between […]
Editorial
When the coronavirus pandemic broke out in South Sudan and was officially announced in May 2020, the perception was that the virus could spin out of control. The notion that the country’s faltering health system would be overwhelmed if the virus would spread like in western countries. But just like other countries which have heroes […]
Health
A scheduled arrival of the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to South Sudan has been adjourned to a later date. South Sudan Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed earlier that the first shipment of over 190,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine was set for Monday, March 22, 2021. However, an […]
Coronavirus Health
The government with support from the United Nations International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is planning nationwide population survey to estimate the South Sudan population. Arrangements are underway including training of the enumerators to undertake the digitalized survey using the 100 IT equipment donated by the IOM to the South Sudan National Bureau of Statistics (SSNBS) […]
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