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By: Manyuon Mayen Manyuon The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the First Vice President Taban Deng Gai for an alleged involvement in human rights abuses, including the disappearance and deaths of civilians.  The statement said, “Deng has acted to divide and sow...

By: Anna Nimiriano Late Swaka Philip died on 8th of January, 2020 and the burial took place on 9th of the same month. Sometimes it was not easy to say a word about somebody whom you know and has done great things in the country and died. In our tradition,...

By: Wek Atak Kacjang A local Nongovernmental Organization (NGO) NEPDA is facing mounting pressure over failure to pay for the services delivered to them by various suppliers. Latest information received indicates that there is a sweet- talking lady who was being used by the organization to lure the unsuspecting suppliers...

By: Loro Louis Yugu Equity Bank has won triple awards in an event to award the “Bank of the Year” held in Londn this week. According to a press statement seen by Juba Monitor, the bank emerged the best bank of the year for South Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. “Equity...

Topical Commentary With Odongo Odoyo I always had problems with my Math teacher. I could fake anything to avoid doing this subject from my Primary to High schools. I did not want anything to do with it until after my high school when l got interested but by that time,...

By: Kitab A Unango The Minister of National Security in the Office of the President has decried the ill inmate’s facility at Juba Central Prisons. According to 2014 and 2015 inmate’s statistics reports, approximately there were 6500 inmates serving sentences across the country with Juba Central Prisons accommodating the highest...

By: Nema Juma The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in opposition yesterday condemned in the strongest terms possible the continued detention of their leader, Dr. Riek Machar allegedly by IGAD. In a press release, that was forwarded to Juba Monitor, the Director for Information and Public Relation Puok Both Baluang said,...

By: Wek Atak Kacjang The newly elected president of South Sudan Basketball Federation (SSBF) has vowed to promote unity among South Sudanese. Addressing the press in Juba yesterday, Luol Deng said he knew the challenges facing the SSBF before he took up the responsibility of the office. “We all know...

By: Nema Juma The Presidential Advisor on legal affairs Lawrence Korbandy said that both Media and the National Security Service should promote peaceful coexistence among the people because the people of South Sudan are so divided and their relationship has been affected by political effort among us. Speaking during the...

By: Charles Lotara The National Revenue Authority (NRA) has admitted low collection of revenue due to the rainy season that has made it impossible to access other states within the country. This comes in response to earlier media reports which indicated that the authority had made suspicious transfers of over...