The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
Thursday, February 4, 2021. The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday signed a $ 14 million grant to South Sudanese government farmers to boost agricultural markets through a project implemented by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The bank’s purpose in providing the aid to South Sudan is to boost agricultural markets, trade […]
The South African Health ministry has declared that the number of coronavirus cases in the country is close to a million, this announcement was made by the country’s Health minister Zweli Mkhize. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize detailed 11 552 new Covid cases on Saturday and 245 more Covid-19 related passings. The Eastern Cape recorded 118 […]
The South Sudanese Government has secured a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) worth over $50 million, for the resuscitation of the economy due to the impact of Covid-19. This is going to be the South Sudan’s first loan from the IMF. As indicated by the IMF, preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, South Sudan had […]
South Sudan’s authorities in partnership with UNICEF launched a marketing campaign Monday against toddler marriage to address the challenges ladies are facing. In South Sudan, 52% of all ladies are married before they attain 18 and round one 1/3 of all ladies are pregnant earlier than turning 15, depriving them of their simple rights, and […]
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that there is a danger of famine and tremendous meals insecurity in four international locations affected through conflict — Congo, Yemen, northeast Nigeria, and South Sudan. In a notice to Security Council contributors acquired through The Associated Press on Friday, the U.N. chief said the 4 nations rank “among the […]
The Darfur track file consisting of 7-8 protocols was signed in initials Friday night through the Sudanese authorities delegation and individuals of the Sudan Revolutionary Front Rebel Alliance. Some of the protocols contact on wealth-sharing, power-sharing, displaced human beings and refugees, land ownership and hawakeer ((lands traditionally used through a tribal community), compensation and rehabilitation, […]
Nigerian singer, Douglas Jack Agu, popularly known as Runtown, has reportedly gotten engaged to his Australian Sudanese girlfriend, Adut Akech. The popular singer shared a video of himself and his girlfriend loving up as she stylishly flaunted a diamond ring on her finger. In one of the short clips which he shared via his Instagram […]
How to shelter livestock is an issue that has been at the heart of discussions in Uganda. After more than 10 years of relative calm, poachers have returned to service in the Karamoja subregion, in northeastern Uganda. The poachers took advantage of the conflict in South Sudan and the anarchy in north-west Kenya to stock […]
The African Union (AU) has suspended South Sudan from the continental body over failure to honour its financial obligations over the past three years. A letter from the country’s mission in Ethiopia to the Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed the development saying the amount in question came up to over 9 million dollars. The Xinhua News […]
South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar and his wife, Defense Minister Angelina Teny, have resumed their official duties on Monday after recovering from COVID-19, an official statement said. Machar and Angelina went into self-isolation in Juba three weeks ago after both tested positive for the novel coronavirus. “The First Vice President, H.E. Dr. Riek Machar […]
A South Sudanese MP was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in northern Uganda. Jacob Kuwinsuk Gale, MP for Yei River State died of his wounds while being taken to hospital, officials said. In a written statement, Alfred Kenneth Duku, the Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports for Yei River State, said the MP […]
President Salva Kiir addressed the nation on Monday calling to observe social distancing rules to contain community transmission of coronavirus and to ignore false rumours about his infection with the respiratory disease. Kiir’s remarks come after the circulation in the social media of forged letter tasking the vice-president Hussein Abdelbagi with the day to day […]
The SPLM-IO Saturday condemned the brutal attack by the Ethiopian police on South Sudanese students in Addis Ababa and called to summon the foreign minister to elucidate the incident. On Thursday Ethiopian police charged a group of South Sudanese students who peacefully protested outside the embassy of their country demanding to give them the coronavirus […]
South Sudan Vice President Riek Machar tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, his office said. In a statement, the office said Machar’s wife Angelina Tang, who serves as defense minister, also tested positive for the virus. According to the statement, the vice president will self-quarantine for two weeks. Some office workers and bodyguards also tested […]
Kiir made his call for peace in a speech delivered at the SPLA Day in Juba on Friday. He said that South Sudanese now have to feed themselves and to stop counting on the World Food Program and organizations alike. Also, he directed the Ministry of Agriculture to make food security reality and work with […]
Country Director for the UN World Food Programme in South Sudan has warned of the risk posed by COVID-19 in the country. The East-Central African nation is, already struggling with hunger due to conflict, its harsh climate and locust invasions. Matthew Hollingworth told the media: “Last year we had to feed 5 million people due […]
The one-year postponement of the Tokyo Olympics and the Covid-19 global health crisis have not changed the habits of the South Sudanese athletes who continue their preparation in Japan. They are taking advantage of their presence in the land of the rising sun to shape their dream of Olympic glory. TAGS: AthletesOlympicPostponementSouth Sudan
