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By Deng Ghai Deng Authorities of Bor Municipal Council have banned the sale and collection of sand on the main streets of the town citing road damage. In a local order dated 1st January 2021 seen by Juba Monitor, the acting Bor town’s Mayor Paul Monykuer Dut said collecting the...

By John Agok The Undersecretary in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Mismanagement Gatwech Peter Kulang, deplored the slow response of National Platform on Disaster and Risks Reduction (NPDRR) on the pandemic and climate challenges The purpose of the meeting was to streamline together 2021 key activities, programs and...

By Deng Gai Deng Authorities in Jonglei state said an eight-month-old baby girl was killed and 2 brothers abducted by armed criminals in Bor over the weekend. The state police’s Spokesperson John Mawut Ngang told Juba Monitor that the incident took place at Makol-Cuei Boma of Baidit Payam, Bor South...

By Okan Thomas Onyango King Akway of the Anyuak Kingdom has called for an end to the culture of practicing early child marriages. This was during the annual celebration of the “Anywaa Anywaa Cultural Day” that took place on Monday in Juba. The king came to address his people during...

By James Atem Kuir Chinese medical team has been in the country left yesterday for Beijing after being replaced by new a team. They health experts came to the country at a request placed by the government through the Ministry of Health to offer capacity building to local doctors and...

By Bullen Bala Alexander The Office of the Vice President, Rebecca Nyandeng who is in charge of gender cluster has donated food and non-food items to vulnerable groups in Juba Nabari on Wednesday. The items were distributed by the staffs who are working in her office and some volunteers from...

By Kidega Livingstone                               More than 16,000 farmers in the eleven counties of defunct Jubek state received seeds and farm tools from Daughters of Mary Immaculate (DMI) The farmers in the area of Gondokoro Lokiliri Luri Lobonok Mangalla Liriya and Juba were targeted to fight against hunger with support from...

By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon Over 300 South Sudanese students who have been on government scholarship in Ethiopia would be brought back to the country this Friday, the South Sudanese Embassy, Addis Abba said in a statement. This comes after students were brutally beaten by the Federal police in Addis Ababa,...

By Nema Juma The South Sudan Investment Authority yesterday revealed that  at least six major international investors had put on hold their action plan for the country due to the emergence of coronavirus. The COVID-19 has cause economic meltdown across the Country with major companies halting their investments. Some economies...

By Manyuon Mayen Manyuon The cases of the deadly coronavirus across the country have continued to surge as more 134 new cases were recorded as of Wednesday evening.  This is the first time South Sudan has registered the highest cases of the virus in a single day, bringing the total...