The minister said that their youth were resisting the heavily armed attackers who crossed from Jonglei State after days of mobilization; as Jonglei State Minister of Information denied knowledge of attacks By Correspondent Local authorities in Gumuruk County reported on Saturday that armed clashes erupted on Friday evening between gunmen from Jonglei and Pibor in […]
Pibor Administrative Area
By The City Review A joint humanitarian team arrived in Tambura County, Western Equatoria State, last week to assess the number and needs of displaced persons affected by violence in the area This marked the first assessment exercise since renewed fighting broke out between armed groups in October last year. Mathew Mabenge, the Commissioner of […]
Western Equatoria
By Aguok Chok The Indian Embassy in South Sudan hosted its annual gathering of alumni from the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme on Friday, December 13, 2024. The event was a special networking session for South Sudanese nationals who had attended various training programmes in India. The celebration was graced by senior South […]
National
A group of young women has voiced concerns over exclusion from the 35% Affirmative Action accusing a section of older and privileged women for monopolizing the empowerment initiative. Young women from a group codenamed The Young Women Leading for Peace Initiative say the 35% Affirmative Action should be accorded to all women regardless of age […]
National News
The South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) has started the distribution of the underage footballs to States Football Academies in a bid to support and promote upcoming soccer talents at the grassroots level. Upper Nile Sports Academy (UNSA) of Bentiu and Abyei Football have Wednesday afternoon received 40 pieces of football each. The Chairperson of UNSA, […]
Sports
The residents of Mere in Yei River County are facing a dire communication crisis stemming from poor network coverage forcing them to climb trees and hills in search of stable signals. Yei is one of the areas devastated by conflict and network infrastructure within the county has been affected as a result. MTN is currently […]
Technology
South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) has inaugurated the National Team’s training which kicked off at Buluk Playground in preparations for the AFCON Qualifiers and a friendly match against Cameroon next month. The inauguration was attended by the Vice President of SSFA, Mr. Venasio Amum together with the Chairperson for National Team committee, Joseph Louis, SSFA’s […]
Sports
A concerned South Sudanese is wondering why South Sudan, blessed with natural resources and fertile land, imports everything including fruits, cereals, and fuel from neighboring countries. Kuot William Ngor who is helpless to avert the situation wondered whether South Sudan has think tanks and nationalists despite his country being one of the wealthiest nations in […]
Business Economy
Buluk Playground has been handed over to the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) by GS Construction Company in a bid to facilitate training for the National Team ahead of their friendly match against Cameroon on 10th November and preparations for AFCON Qualifiers. The first phase handover of the playground was received by the SSFA President […]
News
Poor roads network exacerbated by heavy rainfalls have impeded the movement of goods and people to the Bahr el Ghazal region, the Chairperson of South Sudan Federation of Bus and Truck Transporters’ Union, Jacob Lueth has lamented. Lueth said another impediment was insecurity along major roads, making it hard to reach parts of the region […]
Business News
The United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) has received a $4.2 million contributions from the Canadian government for the provision of sexual and reproductive health interventions in South Sudan. This is an additional fund by Canada to enable UNFPA to execute its mandates including training and deployment of midwives, support response to rampant gender-based violence, and […]
Health News
Nearly two weeks ago, disturbing video footage of so-called anti-government protesters of South Sudanese descent allegedly in the United States emerged on social media. For reasons best known to them, this group of unruly individuals could be seen stamping on the national flag, not the American flag but the South Sudan national flag. The incident […]
OpED
From July 2018 through November 2019, over a hundred students touched town at Juba International Airport as they returned from Zimbabwe upon the completion of their various degree programs at six different State Universities in that the Southern African country. The completion of bachelor degree programs comes with a moment of ultimate delight and hope […]
Education OpED
The growing calls on reopening schools amid the novel coronavirus pandemic have been met with strong and adverse reactions from the government and parents who have taken a parallel path against the decision by the United Nations agencies. The government and partners are in a war of words over the idea of schools reopening with […]
Education National News
The residents of Jondoru in Juba are calling for the urgent deployment of security forces to curb recurring night robbery and violent sexual assaults on women by a group of armed criminals. Since 2019, they said, many women have been gang-raped by armed assailants who also killed and robbed people of their belongings without government’s […]
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