(JUBA) – South Sudan is establishing a permanent operational base at the Port of Dar es Salaam, with dedicated office space already allocated and land for a headquarters being processed by Tanzanian authorities. Tanzania Revenue Authority Commissioner General Yusuph Juma confirmed that work permits have been issued for South SudanContinue Reading
(Nairobi, Kenya) – Telecommunications operators in Kenya will be required to set up a system to compensate subscribers for dropped calls and other service outages, as the State moves to improve the quality of service across the country. The compensation system will be either automatic or claim based. It willContinue Reading
(DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA) – Foreign shop owners in South Africa are choosing to stay and rebuild despite a wave of anti-immigrant protests that saw businesses looted and calls for mass deportations, with many saying they have no homes or livelihoods to return to. Ethiopian refugee Helana Wolde locked his homeContinue Reading
(DAR ES SALAAM) – Tanzania has become the leading East African Community country using the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) trading arrangement, a development that highlights opportunities for South Sudan as it works towards full participation in the continental free trade agreement. According to an analysis of AfCFTA tradeContinue Reading
(MOMBASA) – A major drug trafficking trial in Kenya has exposed tensions between military secrecy and the rights of accused persons. The prosecution closed its case last week in the trial of six Iranian nationals accused of trafficking methamphetamine valued at 8.2 billion Kenyan shillings, or about 63.1 million USContinue Reading
(NAIROBI) – A government payroll audit in Kenya has uncovered suspected irregularities worth 6.2 billion Kenyan shillings, or about 47.7 million US dollars (310 billion South Sudanese pounds), prompting a major criminal investigation and sweeping reforms. A sample audit of just 12 out of 53 state departments revealed unauthorised changesContinue Reading
(NAIROBI, KENYA) – A sharp debate over the funding of public education is unfolding in Kenya, with a proposal to more than double secondary school fees drawing strong objections from parents and teachers alike. The dispute holds important lessons for South Sudan, where families also carry a heavy burden ofContinue Reading
(ABUJA, NIGERIA) – Africa’s vast mineral wealth must be turned into lasting prosperity, peace and opportunity for present and future generations, South Sudan’s Mining Minister Losuba Wongo told a continental summit in Nigeria. Losuba was speaking at the opening of the African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit in Abuja.Continue Reading
(NAIROBI) – A three judge High Court bench has ordered President William Ruto to reconstitute his Cabinet within 120 days after finding that its current makeup violates the constitutional requirement that no more than two thirds of members be of the same gender. The ruling, delivered on Tuesday, upheld nearlyContinue Reading
(JUBA) – The South Sudan National Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture has called on the Government to fully implement the EAC Common External Tariff so that the country can begin trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area like other East African Community Partner States. The call was madeContinue Reading
