By Gilo Jr. Okwata and John Agok Two prominent economists and three civil society activists yesterday revealed that the absence of regional inter-banking system and the high demand for US dollars has kept the basic commodities prices sky-rocketing in the local market. In separate interviews with Juba Monitor, they all...

By Chany Ninrew The Ministry of Health has raised concerns about an increasing number of coronavirus infections in the country and warned the citizens of a catastrophic consequences should they fail to adhere to preventive measures. In the weekly press briefing conducted by health experts at John Garang Center for...

By Wek Atak Kacjang Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) has denied threatening Johnson Olony Thabo, their own gubernatorial nominee for Upper Nile State of replacing him if he doesn’t report to Juba immediately. According to a statement circulating through some media outlets, the First Vice President and leader...

By Bullen Bala Alexander The Western Equatoria State Governor Alfred Futuyo Karaba has ordered removal of all unlawful checkpoints in the state. According to the order issued by the governor last week, order number 1, 2021, Article 99 (A) one (1) of Constitution of Western Equatoria State 2011 amended in...

By Elia Joseph Loful Vocal Talent search and Miss Junub Sudan program has scored the move of conducting season II for 2020-2021, the institution said in a press release obtained by Juba Monitor yesterday. The group M/S Inventive are pioneers who successfully organized the “Talent Search” program for South Sudanese...

Central Bank last Friday issued a statement rubbishing an earlier story published by Juba Monitor on Wednesday last week titled “Alarming, Central Bank USD rates shut-off forexes”. The bank’s statement dwelt mostly on what they perceived to be “misinformation” peddled by this newspaper. The statement was fully given prominence and...

By Chany Ninrew The governor of the Central Bank of South Sudan has revealed that the government has agreed to give JEDCO 3 million US dollars every month so that they continue to provide power. Earlier this month, JEDCO which supplies electricity to Juba threatened to shut down power supply...

By Okan Thomas Onyango The Bank of South Sudan has clarified on the recent story run by Juba Monitor on the functioning of the Auction of Foreign Currencies by the institution. Speaking during the Press Conference, the Governor of the bank Dier Tong Ngor said that the recently circulated information...

By Okan Thomas Onyango The government said it has cleared the unpaid dues demanded by the United Nations General Assembly this week. This came after the country lost her right to vote in the UN General Assembly due to unpaid dues, as reported by AFP. Speaking to Juba Monitor, Deng...

By Wek Atak Kacjang Twenty two midwives have been trained on maternal mortality rate on Friday by Chinese medical team in Juba. The one-day training was aimed at strengthening doctors’ capacity of midwifery to deliver high quality maternal and newborn services to the health care sector in the country. Speaking...