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By Yien Gattuor At least two armed youths were arrested over last month’s fighting between them and the SPLA-IO that led to several deaths in Panyijar County. Speaking to The City Review, Panyijar County Commissioner, Gabriel Magok Bol said the suspects were arrested on Tuesday in connection to the deaths of the people. “The list […]
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Meanwhile, the Board also projected a gradual increase in oil revenue from early 2025 to reach its full potential by June 2025. By Opio Jackson The International Monitoring Fund (IMF) on Friday said South Sudan’s GDP growth is estimated to have dropped to -5.8 percent in the fiscal year 2024, between July 2023 and June […]
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In a statement, Lual Dau, Secretary-General and Spokesperson of the opposition group said they were deeply shocked by the comments made by Mr. Martin Elia Lomuro, Minister of Cabinet Affairs By Chuol Chanyong South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) and other opposition groups at the Tumaini initiative said they were dissatisfied with Dr. Martin Elia […]
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We appreciate the numerous measures the Government has put in place to curb the further spread of Covid-19. However, the Government’s open-ended timeframe for the continued closure of schools may leave our education system injured, with little to no remedy at all. Schools have been closed for four months now, and we have not heard […]
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By Kitab Unango South Sudan is battling the worst humanitarian situation in decades, placing at least 6.7million people in dire need of aid, the World Food Program (WFP) country representative Mathew Hollingsworth has said. Hollingsworth said the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened existing humanitarian condition the country has been experiencing due to perpetuated insecurity, desert locust […]
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By Charles Lotara The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have vaccinated over 940,000 children aged 6 to 59 months against measles in Aweil East County of Northern Bahr-el-Gazaal State to curb the transmission in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to WHO South Sudan statement on […]
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By Charles Lotara The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group is pushing the New Deal on Energy for Africa (NDEA), an initiative aims at supplying 200 million households in the continent with electricity, and South Sudan stands to benefit. In an email to The City Review, AfDB South Sudan Country Manager Mr. Benedict Kanu said the […]
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By Kitab Unango President Salva Kiir Mayardit has made a contribution of whopping $4million to facilutate the post covid-19 economic recovery plans laid down by the government. This was revealed when the Central Bank of South Sudan unveiled new strategies in a bid to resuscitate the country’s economy devastated by the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. […]
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By Charles Lotara The UN Refugee Agency, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee has called the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity to scale-up efforts and establish lasting peace and security to end one of Africa’s largest displacement crises. In a statement distributed by APO last week, Filippo Grandi, the UN Commissioner for Refugees […]
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The Juba Nile Bridge is undeniably a critical component of the nation’s infrastructure, making it possible to ship raw materials and finished goods to factories, warehouses, suppliers, distributors, stores, and end-consumers – who are the citizens. Like any other bridge crucial in facilitating the ease of doing business, the Juba Nile Bridge simplifies travel so […]
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The business fraternity in South Sudan is grumbling over yet another possible traffic snarl-up for motorists entering and exiting the capital as the government intends to rehabilitate the older lane of the Juba Nile Bridge. This comes after the government reopened the once-broken lane after nearly three months of reconstruction work. The panic that traffic […]
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South Sudan artists have blamed the low level of infrastructural and technological development for their invisibility in the cyber-sphere. In an industry where musicians and celebrities around the region rely hugely on the internet economy to finance their music business, the case is different in South Sudan where internet penetration is at four percent, according […]
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LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – South Sudanese Olympic marathon runner Guor Maker is training for next year’s Tokyo Games in the foothills of the U.S. Rocky Mountains, but three decades ago he was running for his life. During Sudan’s long civil war Maker lost 28 members of his family and was twice kidnapped and enslaved […]
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Former AFC Leopards goalkeeper states a move away from the Kenyan Premier League was what he needed. Lucas Indeche made a silent move to South Sudan’s top tier side Atlabara FC in January this year. The move brought to an end his stint in Kenya where he had initially played for Sony Sugar, and then […]
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An African man had his breath squeezed out of him on global live television, but it is as if we did not see. There is an organic link between the African-American Diaspora and us that we would instinctively like to deny exists, and I still do not know for sure where that comes from. Otherwise, […]
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