Yei-Maridi Road

(YEI RIVER COUNTY) – The Yei Civil Society Organization Forum (YCSOF) has strongly condemned the killing of three civilians in Tokori Boma, Yei River County, and called for a transparent investigation into the incident. In a statement issued on Monday, the civil society umbrella body described the killings as aContinue Reading

Photo Credit: OFAO

(YEI / LAINYA COUNTIES) – The Organization for Agriculture Opportunities (OFAO) has strengthened community resilience and economic empowerment by providing Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) toolkits to 14 savings groups under its Sustainable Peace and Economic Empowerment Development (SPEED) Project. The distribution, conducted over the past two days, followedContinue Reading

Yei Local Residents Takes up clean Up Drive. Photo Credit: Godi Goda.

(YEI RIVER COUNTY) – Residents and youth in Yei Town have launched a voluntary street-cleaning campaign aimed at promoting a cleaner, greener, and healthier environment under the banner “Keep Yei Town Clean and Green.” The initiative, spearheaded by Atlabara Football Club, began last week along Hospital Street and has sinceContinue Reading

Yei Security Committee pose for a group photo after the launch of the investigations. Photo Credit: Awule Ezio Brown

(YEI RIVER COUNTY) – Authorities in Yei River County have launched an investigation into the killing of three people in Tokori Boma, Lasu Payam, following a deadly attack that occurred on Thursday, 9 July. Speaking to journalists in Yei on Saturday, Yei River County Commissioner Samuel Henry Malimbo said oneContinue Reading

Voluntary Returnees in Yei (File Photo-Access Radio)

(YEI RIVER COUNTY) – More than two thousand South Sudanese returnees from Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have voluntarily reintegrated into local communities in Yei River County over the past six months, according to local authorities. Speaking to Access Radio on Friday, Moses Mabe, the Coordinator ofContinue Reading

Gemtel Street in Yei town-Access Radio

(YEI RIVER COUNTY) – A civil society leader in Yei River County has expressed concern over a growing number of pregnancies involving young women with mental disabilities, calling for urgent action to protect vulnerable members of the community. Modi Arkangelo, Programme Lead for the Centre for Inclusive Governance, Peace andContinue Reading