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By Bullen Bala Alexander The boda-boda riders in Juba say they would not stop operating unless the government provide food and money to its citizen in the country. On Saturday the government passed an order banning Boda-Boda riders across the country from carrying passengers except cargo for a period of...

By Nema Juma The Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress organization, (CEPO) has called on the coronavirus taskforce to speed up the facilitation of funding the students in Coronavirus affected countries. Edmund Yakani said the students studying in different countries such as India, Ethiopia have been complaining of dire...

By Opio Jackson The United States embassy in Juba has defended last Saturday’s decision to evacuate its citizens from Juba. Jonathan Janan Cedra U.S. Embassy Spokesperson said while there is currently no confirmed case of covid-19 in South Sudan, “the United States Department of State has issued worldwide health advisory...

By Bullen Bala Alexander The government has issued a new order shutting down all shops selling non-food items and luxurious goods with immediate effect due to the coronavirus. The order issued on Saturday by the High Level Taskforce on Coronavirus (COVID-19) only permits shops selling food items and other essential...

By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon All the business motorbikes known as Boda-Boda have been strictly barred from carrying passengers for a period of a month in a fight to contain the possible spread of the coronavirus, the government has ordered. In a related development, the High Level Taskforce on Coronavirus also...

By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon Mister and Miss Universities of South Sudan have donated coronavirus prevention kits to the homeless children in Juba yesterday. The distributed preventive kits include face masks, sanitizers and hand washing soaps for the disadvantaged children. Speaking during the distribution ceremony on Sunday at Medan Zahara in...

By Opio Jackson The residents of Otogo payam in Yei River County have deplored the living conditions in the area. Alex Keny Lokosa, Paramount Chief of Otogo payam said since the beginning of December 2019 there has been multiple cases of human rights violations in the area by men in...

By Elia Joseph Loful In a meeting of the political parties to the agreement held on Friday, Other Political Parties (OPP) reportedly demanded for gubernatorial position. Speaking to Juba Monitor yesterday, Edmund Yakani Executive Director for Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) said the demand by the OPP was a...

By Sheila Ponnie The South Sudan Red Cross Society (SSRC) said it has deployed one thousand four hundred (1400) volunteers across the country who were trained on coronavirus awareness campaign. According to a statement issued on Friday, the volunteers would engage with their communities on how to prevent and protect...

By Bullen Bala Alexander The government has imposed a curfew on the movement of residents from 8:00 pm till 6:00 am in the morning. In the same move, the government also reduced the working hours to five starting from 7:00am to 1:00 pm for 30 days. The move was announced...