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By Emmanuel Mandella President Salva Kiir yesterday issued a directive to the Minister of Finance and the allied teams to ensure immediate settlement of salary arrears owed to public servants. This call for action came during the swearing-in of senior government officials that included the new Central Bank Governor, Johnny Ohisa Damian, new Chief of […]
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According to Lobong, local resourcemobilization was not previously prioritized before the cut-off of the oil flow due to the war in the neighboring Sudan, but now is a must do By Theophilous Ochang Eastern Equatoria State Governor, Louis Lobong, has tasked the county commissioners to mobilize resources to pay civil servants salaries. The governor […]
Eastern Equatoria State
By Yien Gattuor A mobile court in Bentiu, Unity State, sentenced a man to two years in prison for rapping an 18-year-old girl. Madeng Latjor Madeng, the public prosecutor assistant confirmed the passing of the verdict on Monday. “The reason for his sentence to jail is because he raped an 18-year-old girl in the area […]
Unity State
By Sheila Ponnie and Agency A joint police force has been deployed outside the United Nations Protection of Civilians site in Bentiu to improve security in the wake of violence against displaced people travelling outside the camp. A new police post comprising 36 officers serving with both the South Sudan National Police Service and Sudan […]
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By Kitab Unango The World Food Program (WFP) and the government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security have agreed to empower farmers through the Agricultural Bank of South Sudan to boost agricultural productivity in the country. The agreement, signed Monday last week, aims to avert the current worsened food insecurity across South Sudan. […]
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By Sheila Ponnie Cattle raiders in Bentiu of Unity State have voluntarily returned 351 heads of cattle after an intervention by the High-Level Committee set by President Salva Kiir to address rampant inter-communal conflict sprawling within the country. The cattle were voluntarily handed by the raiders to the committee last week before they were returned […]
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By Charles Lotara The 36th Extraordinary Assembly of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) was dominated by deliberations on the South Sudan peace process. The regional body gave the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity until 26th July 2020 to resolve all pending issues and in particular the establishment of the reconstituted Transitional National Legislative […]
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One of the most Italian decorated football clubs Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as Roma has last joined South Sudan in the commemoration of its 9th Independence Anniversary after a breakaway from Sudan in 2011. The club took to their official English Twitter account to convey their message to Africa’s youngest nation, which dashed […]
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By Charles Lotara More than 200 million people could be infected globally by the novel coronavirus if the right treatment is not found by the year 2021, a chilling research conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reckons. The research finding conducted in 84 countries indicates that by that estimated period, the COVID-19 global death […]
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By Kitab Unango and Ikilass Henry The peace talks between the government of Sudan and opposition groups is expected to settle despite prevailing political differences among parties. Peace talks between the government of Sudan and opposition groups is expected to reach a deal despite differences among parties on the power sharing, the mediation team in […]
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The continuous increase in the number of COVID-19 infections in South Sudan has prompted the United Nations Missions in South Sudan (UNMISS) to raise awareness campaigns aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus among communities in Warrap and the Eastern Equatoria States. The UN peacekeepers in Warrap embarked on a 14-day door-to-door sensitization and […]
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By Kitab Unango Food security situation is likely to worsen in most parts of Western Bahr El Ghazal State due to prolonged drought that has disrupted agricultural activities this year. With a projected low agricultural out, farmers within the State worry that the situation could amount to a severe food insecurity. Agriculture is the backbone […]
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When a son breaks away from the parents and chooses to be independent, what follows is always a difficult life cycle coupled with a turbulent road to self-reliance and self-sustainability. Friends and acquaintances will laugh; he will be mocked by the society that pre-empts the decision to be independent was perhaps a premature one. Eventually, […]
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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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