A gang of youth on Tuesday night hacked a local disk jockey identified as Tobby Wilson, 25, with machetes in the Addis Ababa area of Torit town in Eastern Equatoria State, local officials said.Wilson later succumbed to injuries at the Torit State Hospi…
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‘Hands Off Africa! Stop choking Africa’- Pope Francis says in DRC
Pope Francis has condemned the exploitation of Africa and urged the outside world to acknowledge the catastrophic things that have been done in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Africa at large and respect its people. In his first speech in the Demo…
Continue readingN. Bahr el Ghazal governor swears in new Aweil mayor, deputy
The governor of South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State Tong Akeen Ngor, Tuesday swore in the new Aweil Town mayor Zackaria Dut Mou and the deputy mayor for planning, Charles Malong Anyuon.Governor Akeen sacked Garang Deng Diing and Anei Wal Achien…
Continue readingEU, Sweden commit $6.1 million to support South Sudan Multi-Donor Transition Trust
The European Union (EU) and Sweden have contributed 6.1 million dollars to the World Bank in support of the newly activated South Sudan Multi-Donor Transition Trust Fund (MDTTF).The funds channeled to MDTTF will support capacity building in different g…
Continue readingSouth Sudanese citizens hope for peace ahead of Pope’s visit
Pope Francis embarks on his fifth visit to Africa today, flying to the DRC and then South Sudan to plead for peace in the two conflict-ridden nations.The six-day ecumenical visit is undertaken by the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, an…
Continue readingWarrap State farmers blame climate change, floods for poor harvests
Farmers in Warrap State have blamed the poor agricultural harvests in 2022 on climatic change and resultant floods.Last year, the national ministry of humanitarian affairs and disaster management announced that South Sudan was hit by floods that destro…
Continue readingBor women market vendors decry ejection from Marol market
A group of women vendors who were operating in Marol market in the Jonglei State capital, Bor town, have criticized their forceful eviction from the market and said the new place allocated to them by the mayor is far from their customers.The women were…
Continue readingInterview:’Kiir has deliberately destroyed SPLM and is not interested in genuine peace’-Pagan Amum
The former Secretary-General of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), Gen. Pagan Amum Okiech, who is now the leader of the holdout group, the Real SPLM, has faulted President Salva Kiir for betraying the ideals of the SPLM and scuttling the pa…
Continue readingPolice torture influential Yiroll East County chief
The authorities in Lakes State have confirmed that they are investigating police brutality in Yirol West County and the recent torture of an influential local chief from Yirol East County at the Maburzeet Prison.The chief, identified as Andrew Madut Bu…
Continue readingSuspect linked to murder of Rumbek prison officer arrested
The police in Lakes State have apprehended a local trader over the death of a prison officer in Rumbek.The trader, Matoch Majok, who sells clothes in Rumbek Market, is said to have engaged in a fistfight with the prison officer identified as Ajuong Ma…
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