(JUBA / MOSCOW) – The government of South Sudan is strengthening economic ties with Moscow as new investment prospects emerge across key sectors. The Minister of Finance and Planning, Salvatore Garang Mabior, held talks with the Russian Ambassador to South Sudan, Alexsandr V. Kosmodemiyanskiy, focusing on expanding bilateral economic cooperationContinue Reading
(JUBA / JEBEL IRAQ) — Authorities in Central Equatoria State have on Monday issued a statement and strongly condemned the brutal killing of civilians in the Jebel Iraq area on Saturday evening, March 28. According to an official statement dated March 30 and signed by Acting state Governor Paulino LukuduContinue Reading
(YEI RIVER COUNTY) – Preparations are complete for the reception of the newly appointed commissioner of Yei River County, with local organizers confirming readiness ahead of his scheduled arrival on Tuesday this week. The reception committee’s Secretary for Information and Public Relations, Gaga Frank, told Access Radio on Monday thatContinue Reading
(YEI RIVER COUNTY) – More than 200 patients suffering from cataract-related eye conditions have successfully undergone surgery at Martha Medical Centre. The outreach eye surgery program was organized by Martha Primary Health Care Center in partnership with Buluk Eye Clinic, based in Juba. According to Dara Hillary, Manager of MarthaContinue Reading
(LAINYA, CENTRAL EQUATORIA STATE) – The prolonged shutdown of Unity FM 100.8 in Lainya County has significantly affected residents’ access to timely information and civic education programs in the area. The chairperson of the station, Julius Luate, says the absence of a functional local radio station has left the communityContinue Reading
(OPINION / ARCHBISHOP ELIAS TABAN PARANGI) – Dear Lord Jesus, On this blessed Palm Sunday, we come before You with hearts full of hope and gratitude. We lift up our President, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, his Cabinet, and the entire government at all levels, asking for Your divine guidance andContinue Reading
(JUBA / YEI ) The Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS) has admitted five new media houses as members following its 23rd Annual General Meeting (AGM). In a Press Statement extended to Access Radio news room on Friday, AMDISS, said the Secretariat presented nine membership applications for consideration.Continue Reading
(OPINION BY EMMANUEL KHAMIS PETER) -The future of South Sudan rests in the hands of its young people, and nowhere is this more evident than in Yei River County. For too long, governance and leadership have been dominated by older generations, leaving youth on the margins of decision-making. Yet, ifContinue Reading
(OPINION / ARCBISHOP ELIAS TABAN PARANGI) Dear Head of Mission, UNMISS Juba, I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of H.E. Nicholas “Fink” Haysom, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). His dedication to peace, stability, and humanitarianContinue Reading
(YEI, CENTRAL EQUATORIA STATE) – A progressive farmer in South Sudan’s Yei River County has called on young people to take up agriculture as a means of addressing rising economic challenges, unemployment and food insecurity. Speaking to Access Radio on Friday morning, Peter Jamba Mariata encouraged youth to actively engageContinue Reading
