(MOSCOW, RUSSIA) — President Salva Kiir Mayardit has joined other African leaders in Moscow for the Third Russia-Africa Summit. The two-day summit, which opened Wednesday, brings African and Russian leaders together for talks aimed at strengthening cooperation in trade, energy, technology, peace and development. Speaking at the opening ceremony, RussianContinue Reading
(JUBA) – The Executive Director of the Association for Media Development in South Sudan, AMDISS, Aya Irene, has urged journalists to maintain a clear distinction between factual news reporting and opinion journalism. Irene says journalism is a broad profession with different forms of practice, but independence, objectivity and accountability remain fundamentalContinue Reading
(JUBA) – Central Equatoria State has changed the name of its Ministry of Housing, Lands and Public Utilities to the Ministry of Roads, Bridges and Physical Infrastructure, following the formation of the caretaker government. The change took effect as part of the restructuring of the state government under the caretakerContinue Reading
(JUBA) – The Central Bank of South Sudan (BoSS) has announced that the payment of civil servants’ salaries is being processed through designated commercial banks, directing workers to collect their money in cash from their respective banks. In a public notice issued by its Communication and Public Relations Department onContinue Reading
(JUBA/ABYEI) – South Sudan has summoned Sudan’s ambassador to Juba and condemned a drone strike on Amiet Market in the disputed Abyei region that killed at least 73 people and wounded 19 others. The attack struck the market at about 11am on Monday, 19th October, hitting its central and southernContinue Reading
(MAPUORDIT) – Mary Immaculate Hospital in Mapuordit, Yirol West County, Lakes State, is struggling to cope with a growing number of patients seeking medicines and treatment unavailable at other health facilities. The 140 bed hospital, run by the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek, has seen an increase in patients from acrossContinue Reading
(JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN) – South Sudan has begun a full-scale simulation exercise to test the country’s readiness to detect and respond to a potential Bundibugyo Ebola virus case in Juba, Yei and Yambio. The exercise, announced by the Ministry of Health, runs from 19th to 23rd October. It will simulateContinue Reading
(AWEIL NORTH) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has provided cash assistance to more than 3,300 families who returned from Sudan to Aweil North County in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. The ICRC said the assistance was provided in collaboration with the South Sudan Red Cross. It coveredContinue Reading
(JUBA) – The International Committee of the Red Cross has conducted a three day training at the Juba Funeral Home mortuary to strengthen the skills of mortuary technicians, police forensic officers, committee representatives and Red Cross volunteers in the protection and management of the deceased. The training, held last week,Continue Reading
(JUBA) – South Sudan’s military engineering division has moved to take on a larger role in national infrastructure delivery, with the Ministry of Roads and Bridges pledging to allocate road and bridge projects to the army’s engineers. The South Sudan People’s Defence Forces Engineering Division made the proposal during aContinue Reading
