By James Chatim Authorities in Warrap State have promised to address the suspension of the National Revenue Authority (NRA) from collecting money in Kuajok town. Speaking to The City Review on Wednesday, William Wol Mayom, the State Minister of Information said there was a misunderstanding between the National Revenue Authority staff and traders in Kuajok […]
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The initiative aims to address the long-standing challenges faced by local farmers in accessing quality seeds By Emmanuel Mandella In a groundbreaking initiative to boost agricultural productivity and empower farmers, Resilience Through Agriculture in South Sudan (RASS) with support from USAID, has inaugurated the first-ever seed bank in Yambio, Western Equatoria State. The initiative aims […]
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The website will enable the Commission directly engage with the public, both within and outside the country, ahead of the elections By Aguok Chok The National Election Commission (NEC) on Wednesday launched its official website to enhance its communication with the public. The website was developed with technical support from the United Nations Integrated Electoral […]
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By Kitab Unango The United Nations (UN) agencies in South Sudan have called for the reopening of schools despite rising cases of the novel coronavirus. United Nations Children Fund and the United Nations Education and Cultural Organization say the decision was an attempt to balance the impact of school closure on children and the need […]
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By Charles Lotara In its 56th edition, The City Review reported that Ecobank Group scooped a prestigious prize as Africa’s Best Bank for Corporate Responsibility in the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2020. But in South Sudan, this achievement rung somewhat hollow after the bank came under fire for allegedly mistreating and suspending local employees under […]
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By Kitab Unango Devastating floods and heavy rains have submerged three villages and displaced over five thousand households in Twic East County of Jonglei State according to local authorities. Nyuop Peter, Chief Administrator of Pakeer Payam said families displaced were camping at a nearby highland with no food, shelter, and medicines. Nyuop said the flood […]
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By Charles Lotara Amid the coronavirus pandemic, African energy firms have backed plans by the South Sudan government to develop the transient domestic oil industry. This came contrary to the report that the oil price crash that began with the Saudi oil price war on Russia and then deepened in the wake of COVID-19 could […]
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By Ben Patrick COVID-19 has earned itself a name in all the annals of human history. The year 2019 and 2020 will be remembered as a time when the world came to a standstill 100 years later after the Spanish flu of 1920. Funny though how we all looked at COVID-19 in Wuhan China as […]
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By Charles Lotara Ecobank Group has won the prestigious prize as Africa’s Best Bank for Corporate Responsibility in the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2020. Euromoney awarded the Pan African bank in recognition of its focus on sustainability and partnerships as well as its core capabilities in delivering positive social and environmental outcomes across Africa. In […]
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By Kitab Unango The ongoing peace negotiations between the Sudanese Sovereign Council and its opposition groups in Juba has been delayed due to the parties’ failure to reach a deal on the security arrangement. This was revealed last week following the return of the mediation committee to Juba after a meeting with leaders of Sudanese […]
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By Charles Lotara As fortune continues to follow traffic police officer George Kenyi for his professional service delivery to citizens, Trinity Energy Limited offered education scholarship to the kin Samuel Kenyi Lemi. In the certificate of sponsorship seen by The City Review, the company will sponsor the son from his current primary academic stage till […]
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By Kitab Unango The ever-surging cases of the novel coronavirus left the National Prison Service authorities thinking of what could become of the inmates’ health situation. The Juba Central Prison, one of the three main prison facilities in the country with a capacity to accommodate a maximum of 400 people, is hosting over one thousand […]
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The Indian community through its Embassy in the Republic of South Sudan has donated various food items and personal protective equipment to visually impaired persons in Juba. The items which included maize flour, cooking oil, rice, sugar, milk, and salt as well as face masks, gloves, and hand sensitizers will benefit more than 400 people […]
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By Charles Lotara The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says it has procured and distributed supplies worth 5million USD to help contain the spread of the coronavirus since its outbreak in South Sudan in April this year. In a statement published Tuesday last week, the organization says the supplies made available to the […]
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“Creating a country ex nihilo is never an easy feat.” That’s a memorable quote from the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. How does one create construct functional government institutions from scratch in a land that has been in conflict for decades?” the institute questions. Prolonged ethnic tensions and colonial administration baggage embedded across various […]
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