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The South Sudan Council of Churches says the ten years of South Sudan’s independence have been a wasted decade since little has been achieved in moving the country forward. In a statement released today the Council said millions of South Sudanese who in 2011 were proud of their independence now feel hopeless since many are dependent on humanitarian…
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A major in the South Sudan Peoples Defense Force with a physical disability is accusing the minister of defense of ignoring his plea for financial support to undergo surgery for injuries on his leg sustained in the line of duty. Major Bol Macuor says he has been sent back several times by the minister for documents he submitted to the ministry of d…
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The head of the South Sudan Red Cross says the agency has suspended all of its humanitarian activities in Torit including mobilizing people to donate blood following an attack on eight of its staff members on Monday. The agency’s secretary general says the Red Cross will only resume its humanitarian activities when local authorities guarantee the s…
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Bishop of Kajokeji Diocese of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan is accusing armed cattle keepers suspected of being from Bor of attacking villagers in Kajokeji County’s Lire Payam last Sunday. The bishop says the gunmen looted an unspecified amount of money and stole personal effects from the villagers.…
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A South Sudanese journalist has filed a case of alleged child trafficking against the country’s former petroleum minister Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth. Koang Pal Chang says Gatkuoth took his children for DNA testing without his permission. Chang also says the former minister plans to send two of his children to join their mother in Australia.…
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President Salva Kiir yesterday reconstituted South Sudan’s National Legislative Assembly, one day after he dissolved parliament in accordance with revitalized peace agreement. A Juba-based political analyst says South Sudanese should not expect much from the new parliament since most of the legislators were in the previous parliament. Some Juba res…
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South Sudan’s general education ministry has issued an order stopping private schools from increasing school fees this year. The deputy minister for general education told reporters in Juba on Thursday his ministry has received several complaints from parents across the country accusing private schools of charging exorbitant tuition fees and some s…
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A new International Crisis Group report urges South Sudan’s leaders to consider a political model that uses consensus and inclusion to decide the country’s future. A Sudanese researcher at the International Crisis Group says although the 2018 peace deal signed by the country’s warring parties has subdued the war, it is not a long-term fix for South…
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Nearly 1,000 candidates from Jonglei, Upper Nile and Warrap states will miss this year’s Primary Leaving Examinations-which are beginning today- because of insecurity. South Sudan’s general education minister says security officials, especially in parts of Jonglei and Upper Nile states, denied ministry staff from accessing those areas. Winnie Cirin…
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South Sudan’s environment and forestry ministry wants water bottling companies to pay a monthly environmental fee of 100,000 South Sudanese Pounds in addition to other taxes. An undersecretary in the environment ministry says the money will be used to contract people to collect and properly dispose off water bottles that are littered all over the s…
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Some Juba residents and traders complain that the Juba City Council is not collecting garbage from the markets and streets. They say piles of garbage sitting in the streets for weeks affects their businesses and health. Traders say they pay monthly fees for garbage collection and wonder what the Council is doing with the money. The head of the Juba…
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The row between Bishop Akurdid of the Jonglei Internal Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Archbishop Justin Badi Arama, the primate of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan has prompted another fight. A bishop says he and another church leader were visiting Bor when security officials and church leaders allied to defrocked Bishop Aku…
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Despite government restrictions on selling and using illicit drugs, residents and civil activists say there are youth in Juba that smoke marijuana and other substances openly. One activist says many youths in the capital smoke marijuana and urges the government to outlaw destructive drugs. Winnie Cirino has more for VOA from Juba.…
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