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By Correspondent A three-day intergenerational peace conference, which aims to bring peace in two Payams of Longiro and Bule of Lopit West, Eastern Equatoria State, kicked off in Imehejek Administrative Area on Friday. The conference urged communities to accept change for total peace to prevail in the area, with over 500 people attending. Pasquale Atari, […]
Western Equatoria
By Emmanuel Mandela The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio, His Lordship Eduardo Hiiboro Kusalla has called on citizens to embrace the spirit of charity and forgiveness to promote love and peace among them. Speaking during the launching of Jubilee at St. Mary Mother of God Parish in Yambio, Bishop Hiiboro urged every Christian […]
Western Equatoria
Anybody found composing hateful songs targeting others will face arrest and prosecution, which are among the 24 resolutions agreed upon by the three communities By Makur Adut The Mony-Tiek, Ajiek, and Boor of the Rup Community in Lakes State have finally agreed to end the years of bloody conflict among them. The community agreed on […]
Lakes State
Chelsea dropped points against Southampton in a frustrating 1-1 draw in the English Premier League match on Saturday evening. The Blues— who were coming from a win against Newcastle after Thomas Tuchel took over from Lampard— had to settle for a point after a calamitous blunder in the defence enabled the Saints to nick a […]
Football
South Sudan recorded 150 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, a statement COVID-19 Incident Manager Dr Richard Laku has said. The country’s caseload now shoots to 6,417 and the total number of recoveries goes to 4,014. The cumulative death has climbed to 85. The statement by the COVID Incident Manager of the Ministry […]
Health News
South Sudanese Presidential Press Secretary Ateny Wek Ateny allayed fears that President Salva Kiir may have fallen victim to the on-going coronavirus outbreak that is threatening to shut the State House in Juba. In a Friday evening interview with The City Review, Mr Ateny confirmed that more than 27 State House staff, comprising bodyguards, cooks […]
Health
South Sudan recorded 193 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. This is the highest number of cases since patient zero was noted in the country in April 2020. This means that the country’s caseload now shoots to 6,277 and the total number of recoveries goes to 4,014. The cumulative death toll now shoots […]
Health
The COVID-19 Audit Committee has started auditing the public and private institutions to gauge their adherence to the safety measures recently announced. The team—which has been assigned by the National Taskforce on COVID-19— started its auditing on Thursday, February 18, in Juba, with the office of the Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi Akol. COVID-19 Incident Manager […]
Health
Security officers stationed at Juba International Airport on Thursday intercepted 26 kilograms of heroin and arrested five suspects in the process. The investigators told the media that the suspects were of mixed nationalities. They included two Kenyans, a South Sudanese Woman and two Nigerians. The Head of the Legal Department and Public Prosecution at Central […]
National
[Sponsored Content] India has become the fastest country to achieve 4 million COVID-19 vaccinations in 18 days since the nationwide campaign was launched. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, as of 1.30 pm on Friday, 4,593,427 people had been immunized. The number of active cases has dropped and the recovery rate has […]
Asia
[Sponsored Content] India advocated support for rule of law and democratic process in neighbouring Myanmar at the UN Security Council. WION report said on Tuesday that India voiced its support for rule of law and democratic process in the neighbouring country- a stand viewed to be constructive. However, the UNSC failed to come up with […]
Asia
[Sponsored Content] India began the world’s largest Covid-19 vaccination drive on January 16 with two vaccines Covaxin and Covishield. The number of Indians ready to take the Covid-19 vaccine is going up steadily, with 42 per cent now showing a willingness to take it without fear or hesitation, according to a survey. The percentage of […]
Asia
South Sudan has qualified for FIBA AfroBasket 2021 tournament set to be held in Rwanda in August. The South Sudanese Basketball Federation (SSBF) tweeted: ‘‘Ticket punched to @AfroBasket 2021 in August. Huge congratulations to the players and staff for all their hard work. THANK YOU to all the fans for the incredible support!’’ The team […]
Basketball Sports
South Sudan will wait for longer to access accounts at NCBA and Stanbic banks in Kenya after a Nairobi court extended an order freezing them due to on-going payment dispute with a local firm. The standard newspaper revealed on Thursday morning that High Court Judge Jaden Thuranira extended the orders earlier issued in December 2020, to […]
Justice & Conflict
Exiting Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos dethroned SpaceX founder Elon Musk as the world’s richest man. Bezos bounced back to the summit of the billionaire list barely six weeks after Musk took the world by storm in the face of COVID-19 pandemic. Musk slipped to second following a 2.4 per cent fall in the shares of […]
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