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This shocking development has raised serious concerns about the safety of thousands of South Sudanese refugees hold up in Sudan’s months-long civil war By Emmanuel Mandella Videos showing horrific killings of South Sudanese refugees in Madani, Al Jazira State, Sudan, sparked outrage and calls for action amid the ongoing Sudanese civil conflict. The graphic footage […]
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The changes saw key leaders, including Greater Pibor Administrative Area’s Gola Boyoi, Civil Aviation’s Cpt. David Subek among other directors at the country’s petroleum sector By Emmanuel Mandella President Salva Kiir, on Wednesday, made changes across key sectors, dismissing top leadership in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA), the civil aviation sector, and petroleum. Through […]
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By Yien Gattuor At least 500 cattle belonging to the Misseriya herders were recovered by the Unity State government on Sunday. Gatwich Bipal Both, the State Minister of Information and Telecommunication said the 500 cattle were raided by the area’s armed youth living in Rubkona County. He said the displacement of the Misseriya nomads by […]
Unity State
Mason Mount bent a curler past Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker in the 42nd minute of the game handing Chelsea a deserved lead just a few minutes after Timo Werner’s goal had been ruled offside after a VAR check. Chelsea dictated the game in the opening minutes but it was Liverpool that had the opportunity to […]
Football
The Central Equatoria State Governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony swore in government officials on Wednesday, March 3, in Juba following a recent clearance by President Salva Kiir. The swearing in was administered by the President of Juba high court Justice Duoth Kulang. Among those who took the oath were cabinet ministers, government advisors, and commissions and […]
Politics
A Kenyan high court has issued a 14-day injunction stopping any form of transactions in two bank accounts held by South Sudan in Nairobi. Justice Joseph Sergon said in his ruling dated March 3, 2021, that the injunction would allow for the hearing and determination of counter appeals filed by various parties to the case. […]
National
President Salva Kiir Mayardit has ordered the Ministry of Transport and the South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority to suspend the South Sudan Supreme Airlines from operating in the country. The presidential directive comes up after a plane crash in Jonglei State on Tuesday, March 2, that killed all the passengers who were aboard the plane. […]
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The South Sudan National Task Force for COVID-19 has extended partial lockdown for another month effective March 3. The announcement was aired on the state-run radio station SSBC on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. According to the Vice President for Services Cluster and the Chairperson for COVID-19 taskforce, Abdelbagi Ayii Akol said the extension was occasioned […]
Health
Sudanese President Lt. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has jetted into the country for an official visit. The Sudanese leader jetted in at the Juba International Airport on Tuesday evening after which he was escorted under heavy security to the State House to meet President Salva Kiir for talks. Details from the meeting are yet to be […]
Politics
Juba airport has opened investigations into the crash of HK-4274 plane that killed 11 people in Pieri-Uror, Jonglei State, at 5.05pm on Tuesday evening. Juba International Airport Director Kur Kuol confirmed to The City Review about the crash but said there were scanty details regarding the incident due to poor communication networks in the state. […]
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Kenya has received its first batch 1.02 million units of the AstraZeneca vaccine to inoculate the frontline workers and the vulnerable citizens. The vaccines which were ferried by Qatar Airways plane flight QR1341 touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Tuesday at 11.50 pm and were received by a delegation led by the […]
Health
Eleven people perished in a Juba-bound plane that crashed in Uror County, Jonglei State on Tuesday evening. The ill-fated HK-4274 plane that belongs to South Sudan Supreme Airline left Pieri Airstrip in the evening before crashing at Pieri-Uror at around 5:05pm. When the sad news struck, Jonglei State Governor Denay Jock Chagok sent a condolence […]
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Jamaican vintage reggae icon Bunny Wailer is dead at 73. Observer Online, a Jamaican media outlet revealed that Wailer died at Medical Associates Hospital in the country’s capital, Kingston, on Tuesday morning. “Yes. He died about 8:00 this morning. I’m still right here with him,” his manager Maxine Stowe is quoted by Observer Online saying. […]
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The South Sudan Civil Society Forum (SSCSF) has urged the Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU) to use the recommendations in the 2018 peace deal to root out violent conflicts in the country. In its detailed letter to the citizens, dated March 1, the SSCSF said the government is relying on the boardroom solutions […]
Justice & Conflict
South Sudan’s COVID-19 cases have gone up by 134 cases in the past 24 hours, data from the COVID-19 Incident Manager Dr Richard Lako reveal. This pushes the country’s cumulative caseload to 8,144 and the total active cases are now 3,832. 4,217 have recovered from the virus according to the statement. But this number seems to have […]
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