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The First Vice President said people across the world are on the move more than ever and called for the creation of a strong migration system to build cooperation with other countries. By James Chatim The First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar said South Sudan, like any other country, is faced with the challenges of […]
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Lam Both also expressed concerns about the readiness of some political parties, warning that not all parties were prepared to move forward with the elections By Aguok Chok The Secretary General of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Peter Lam Both has expressed concerns over what he called the “slow progress” of the country’s election preparations. […]
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By Jacob Bol Forty-two cattle that had been stolen in a cattle raid in Duk County, Jonglei State, have been recovered by youth, an official said, revealing that one person involved into the raid was also wounded. John Chatim, the commissioner of Duk County said the raid took place over the weekend and saw some […]
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An African Union Special Envoy on youth affairs has slammed the South Sudan government for creating an environment that disenfranchises the youth of their ability to journey through entrepreneurial development. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the National Dialogue Conference on 3rd November, Aya Chebbi said the government has no excuses to blame the youth […]
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The drown-like objects seen hovering above the capital Juba a week ago was a fleet of Google-powered balloons trying to deliver internet service to tens of thousands of people across South Sudan in the first-ever commercial deployment of the technology in Africa’s youngest nation. The internet tools which flew 50,000 feet up in the stratosphere […]
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Amid direst humanitarian situations in South Sudan, attacks on aid workers continue to surge, making delivery of assistance to those in need across the country even harder. Attacks on humanitarian workers have continued to surge in recent months with the latest being a Plan International aid worker getting killed in Pibor. The killing brings the […]
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The South Sudan National Youth Union leadership has said struggles were underway to convince armed youth to lay down illegal weapons to stabilize the country’s security. Chuol Samuel, the South Sudan Youth Councilor said the union had undertaken various steps to ensure the goal is achieved alongside government’s planned nationwide disarmament process. These include collecting […]
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South Sudan has been marred by phony activities between the year 2019 and early 2020. Most of the people caught in the act have foreign origins, and some of them are diplomats who have used opportunities at their disposal to lure South Sudanese, especially the youths, into insincere project schemes. But recently, Animu Athiei, a […]
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The immigration authorities have banned aliens with an exception to East Africans, from obtaining visas on arrival to South Sudan and warned immediate deportation of those who contravene the ban at entry points, including Juba International Airport. Lt. Gen John Akot Maluth, the Director General of Nationality and Civil Registry, Passport and Immigration re-announced the […]
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More than three months since arrival from Jonglei State as a result of devastating floods, the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mangalla are still huffing under the mercy of a miserable humanitarian circumstance. Proximally sited at the outskirt of the South Sudan capital Juba, Mangalla, declared as an IDP camp by the humanitarian affairs ministry […]
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As the world commemorates the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Committed Against Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, a non-profit and non-governmental organization safeguarding the freedom of the press, has ranked South Sudan among the most dangerous countries with a harsh media environment for journalists. The latest World Press Freedom Index places South Sudan in […]
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Warrap State Governor, Bona Panek Biar has embarked on a reconciliation initiative in a bid to curb recurring inter-communal fights that have hampered basic and humanitarian service delivery to affected vulnerable groups in the state. The event that brought together paramount and local chiefs, youth and elderly people aimed at uniting polarized communities, end hostilities […]
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The United Kingdom (UK) Special Envoy for Famine Prevention and Humanitarian Affairs, Nick Dyer has toured South Sudan to assess the dire and worsening humanitarian situation. On arrival, Dyer met the South Sudan Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management Peter Mayen to discuss the general humanitarian situation in the country. In July this year, […]
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Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to reopen borders last week after a high-powered government delegation led by the Minister of Defense Anjelina Teny visited Khartoum. The development was a move to implement the Cooperation Agreement signed in September 2012 in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa but remained redundant due to outbreaks of political turmoil in […]
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The East African Region is seeing an emergence in disputes related to land border demarcation after a mechanized group of Uganda People’s Defense Forces invaded Pogee Village in Eastern Equatoria State of South Sudan and launched a military offensive. The incident, which killed two members of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces, followed months of […]
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