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At least 2,524 unified forces at Owinykibul Military Training Center are ready for graduation, the chief inspector of the centre has announced.Earlier this month, the government announced August 30 as the date for graduating the soldiers.Gen. Biliu tol…

South Sudanese refugee women have staged protests outside the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Sudan’s White Nile State, saying that cuts to a food ration program are unfair.Speaking to Radio Tamazuj from Alagaya refugee camp this afternoon, several re…

The administration of Rumbek Health Science Institute on Tuesday suspended the leaders of the Student’s Union following a strike by students demanding the removal of SSP 5,000 supplementary examinations fees for each failed paper.Speaking to Radio Tama…

A 21-year-old primary school teacher, Wilson Diya, has been detained for allegedly impregnating a 16-year-old school girl in Mundri West County in Western Equatoria State.The paramount chief in Mundri West County, Alexander Juma Baba, said the case had…

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has suspended with an immediate effect the anticipated dredging of rivers in the country.The suspension comes barely a day after a public consultation conducted by experts and academicians at the University of …

A humanitarian worker working for Caritas Switzerland in Ikotos County of Eastern Equatoria State was found dead in his house in Ikotos town on Thursday, a family member said. The aid worker was identified as Odongi Abraham Apollo.Speaking to Radio Tam…

The Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Political Affairs in South Sudan Thursday led a delegation to Tambura County of Western Equatoria State and pledged to support peace initiatives in the area. Slightly over a year ago, vi…

Slightly more than 250 students Friday last week graduated from the Bor Vocational Training Centre in South Sudan’s Jonglei State capital Bor Town.The 259 graduates, including 179 females, were part of a 3-month long training in hairdressing and beauty…

The Northern Bahr el Ghazal State acting minister of trade and investment on Tuesday said that the two entry points of Aweil-Meiram and Al-Dein-Gokmachar in the state and along the Sudan-South Sudan border are now operating normally.Minister Bol Akuar …

Bor College High, a private secondary school in the Jonglei State capital, Bor town, has been temporarily shut down after the state government ordered the school to vacate the premises it leased in 2016.The evacuation order was effected last Friday.Tuo…