(JUBA) – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), in partnership with the Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS), has donated 26 audio recorders to UJOSS coordination offices across the country in a move aimed at strengthening media reporting at the grassroots level. The equipment was handed over to UJOSSContinue Reading
ARUSHA, Tanzania— China remained the East African Community’s largest individual trading partner in the second quarter of 2026, as total trade across the eight-member bloc rose 37 percent to $52.3 billion, according to the latest EAC Quarterly Statistics Bulletin. EAC data for April-June show that exports to China nearly doubledContinue Reading
(YEI RIVER COUNTY) – Cooperative farmers and village savings groups in Yei River County have welcomed the Central Equatoria State government’s plan to establish a Rural Development Bank, but are urging authorities to ensure the project is implemented and expanded to counties across the state. According to the Ministry ofContinue Reading
JUBA— South Sudan will hold national consultations on the proposed political confederation of the East African Community, with the government urging citizens to share their views on how deeper regional integration should be structured. Kawaja Kau Madol, undersecretary in the Ministry of East African Community Affairs, said Friday that theContinue Reading
JUBA — South Sudan has signed regulations governing electricity generation as the government seeks to attract private investment into the power sector where access remains among the lowest in East Africa. Minister of Energy and Dams, Agok Makur Kur said the electricity generation regulation is part of reforms intended toContinue Reading
(JUBA) -The Central Equatoria State Council of Ministers has approved the establishment of a State Rural Development Bank aimed at expanding access to financial services and supporting cooperatives, agriculture, and other productive economic activities across the state. During its 12th sitting of 2026 chaired by Governor Emmanuel Adil Anthony inContinue Reading
(KEGULU, YEI RIVER COUNTY)– Residents of Kagelu Village in Otogo Payam, Yei River County, have expressed concern over what they describe as a lack of community benefits from ongoing teak harvesting at the Kagelu Forest Reserve. Community members say that despite years of large-scale logging operations at the plantation, localContinue Reading
(YEI RIVER COUNTY) – The County Health Director for Yei River County, Simon Sebit Musoga, has called for increased support and investment in mental health services ahead of this year’s World Mental Health Day commemoration on October 10. Speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting in Yei on Thursday, Musoga said manyContinue Reading
(YEI RIVER COUNTY)– Authorities in Yei River County have launched preparations for a large-scale medicine distribution campaign aimed at preventing blindness and elephantiasis across the county. Speaking during a one-day stakeholders’ meeting in Yei on Tuesday, County Commissioner Samuel Henry Malimbo welcomed health officials, media practitioners and other partners gatheredContinue Reading
(YEI/JUBA) – Travelers and traders using the Juba–Yei Road have reported that checkpoint operations and tax collections continue along the highway despite recent government directives ordering the removal of illegal roadblocks and unauthorized charges. The concerns come weeks after the High-Level Economic Management Subcommittee members, led by Interior Minister AleuContinue Reading
