Breaking News
By Makur Adut Authorities in Lakes State have reported that a 28-year-old man died during the new year celebration, after consuming too much alcohol. Lakes State police spokesperson, Major Elijah Mabor, reported that the man was found lying dead on the road at Malualbab residence in Rumbek main market. The body was taken to the […]
Rumbek county,
The officer stated that the individuals could be released from detention since they were not found in possession of any stolen item, but were under the influence of alcohol and causing disturbance. By Yien Gattuor At least 25 criminals were arrested during the new year celebrations on Wednesday for causing disturbance and attempting to mug […]
Unity State
By Makur Adut At least six people were killed and nine others wounded in cattle raid in Rumbek Central, Lakes State. Lakes State police spokesman, Major Elijah Mabor Makuac, stated that the incident happened on Wednesday, January 1, involving an armed clash between youth from Cueibet County and Rumbek Central County. “According to the information […]
Lakes State
Your children could contract the COVID-19 without your knowledge and even if you realise, you may do so late after they have lived with the disease for a while. This is after the ministry of health revealed the data showing that 169 children have so far recorded COVID-19 positive result since last year. But the […]
Health
Central Bank of South Sudan launched 1,000 South Sudanese pound note on Tuesday morning. The Central Bank Governor Dier Tong Ngor presided over the launch at his office in Juba this morning. ”The currency has been declared a legal tender in the Republic of South Sudan,” a banner mounted outside the Central Bank read. There […]
Business
The South Sudan government has allocated $300 million loan to the 29 business communities in the country to scale up their commercial operations. “…each and every business entity with assets should also declare [them] through the business community of South Sudan Business and Employee’s Federation,’’ Ayii Duang Ayii, the federation’s president told the media at […]
Business
When President Salva Kiir and the First Vice President Dr Riek Machar penned a ceasefire deal in 2018, parties who midwifed the process envisaged a compulsory restructuring of governance to usher the country into a democracy. But the revitalised peace accord did not contemplate the eventualities that change in allegiance would bring to the Permanent […]
Politics
Amidst pin-drop silence at Freedom Hall in Juba on January 27, President Salva Kiir walked to the podium to fulfil his duties of presiding over state events like that which was before him-mediating the peace talks for Jonglei State and Pibor. The moments before his speech were agonising for a man of his stature. One […]
General
Stringent customary laws and rogue law enforcement agents are largely to blame for the rampant Gender-Based Violence in South Sudan. While some cultural traditional values encompass abuse of a particular gender and female in most cases; some cops and members of the military have indulged in the act with impunity. Chief Justice Chan Reech Madut […]
Justice & Conflict
South Sudan transitional government of unity will be entering the final phase of its existence by the end of 2021. Meaning by December this year, the arrangement will only have six months window period of existence to ensure that all the requirements of the peace agreement signed by President Salva Kiir and First Vice President […]
Politics
The Bari Community in Juba over the weekend inaugurated Bari Community Centre-an edifice of the community leadership and well-wishers. It comprises three-storey buildings with each having four offices, conference hall, an open space for entertainment and social functions and even public toilets. Beside these facilities are playgrounds for children and parking space for motorists. The […]
National
In 2020, a group of cryptocurrency investors purchased a decommissioned cruise liner, the Pacific Dawn, and renamed it the MS Satoshi, who allegedly invented Bitcoin. They were members of the “seasteading” community, an experimental movement that aspires to create autonomous, floating city states in international waters. The Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, a self-described anarcho-capitalist, […]
Inside Tech Village
The World Health Organization has warned that South Sudan is among 10 African countries that have registered 30 per cent increase in cases of COVID-19 this week. The other countries in WHO list are Sierra Leone, Eritrea, Congo, Gambia, South Sudan, Ethiopia Sao Tome and Principe, Ghana and Mauritius that have also reported an increase of […]
Health
South Sudan is planning to acquire 864,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines by the end of February 2021 to inoculate the first batch of its population. The director-general for preventive health services at the Ministry of Health Dr John Rumunu told journalists on Sunday that doses will arrive in Europe ahead of the distribution by the […]
Health
A group of envoys have called on the government to do everything within its power to ensure that all the Primary Eight candidates in SPLM-IO areas are examined. The team met First Vice President Dr Riek Machar and the Minister for General Education and Instruction Awut Deng Acuil to break the deadlock and ensure that […]
Health
