The latest round of talks has been the most productive, the Chairman of the IGAD envoys to the South Sudan peace dialogue in Addis Ababa has announced. Continue reading “Latest round of talks ‘productive’”

The civil society group, South Sudanese Network for Democracy and Elections, is urging the citizens to monitor the 2014 /2015 budget process. Continue reading “Monitor the budget, citizens told”

Twic East County Hospital, Jonglei, has run short of drugs due to the heavy rain that destroyed the road connecting the state capital Bor with the county Continue reading “Twic East runs out of medical supplies”

Journalists working in Warrap State have been trained on reporting of human rights violations. Continue reading “Warrap: Journalists receive training on rights reporting”

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says 13 humanitarian aid workers have been killed in South Sudan since the conflict began in December last year. Continue reading “13 aid workers killed since December: UNOCHA”

Authorities in Twic East County of Jonglei State say 500 households have been affected by the recent flood. Continue reading “Flood affects 500 households in Jonglei’s Twic East”

The Traffic Police in Central Equatoria State says any vehicle found with a temporary number plate will be confiscated. Continue reading “Police to confiscate cars with temporary number plates”

The Juba City Legislative Council has started naming the main streets in the Juba.

The council says the naming exercise followed three main categories of South Sudan’s geography, history and memorial events.

It says, naming the streets will help fire brigades and the police to help offer rescue operations in case of emergencies.

The speaker of the Juba City Council, Michael Ladu Alajabu, says they have so far named six main streets inside the city. These include Unity Street, Airport Street, Jubek Street, Martyrs Street, Custom Street and others.

Hono. Alajabu told Eye Radio this morning that they have already put up signposts to identify the roads that have been named.

He says they will form a committee on Monday to work together with the stakeholders in order to implement this plan and come up with names for the rest of the streets in Juba.

Hono. Alajabu said the city council will also name bridges in Juba.

He said council will use names that unite the people of South Sudan because Juba City is the national capital of the country.

The Ministry of Defense says it has started phasing child soldiers out of the country’s armed forces.

Continue reading “Defense ministry phases out child soldiers”

The spokesman of the government delegation to the peace talks, Michael Makuei Lueth, says the government team needs the Security Matrix to be signed first, before attending committee discussions.

Continue reading “Govt demands security matrix before committee discussions”