President Salva Kiir Mayardit Renames University of Northern Bahr el Ghazal ‎

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‎President Salva Kiir Mayardit has announced the renaming of the University of Northern Bahr el Ghazal to the University of Aweil and directed the national parliament to formalize its status as a public university. ‎ ‎The announcement was made during the president’s visit to Aweil, where he pledged government support for higher education and institutional development in the region. ‎ ‎President Kiir instructed lawmakers to undertake the necessary legal procedures to ensure the newly renamed University of Aweil is fully recognized as a public university under South Sudan’s higher education framework. ‎ ‎The move is expected to strengthen access to higher education in Northern Bahr el Ghazal and enhance the university’s role in training skilled professionals to support national development. ‎ ‎Further details on the parliamentary process and implementation timeline are yet to be announced.
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Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, address investors to South Sudan's tourism sector

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File: Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Minister of Presidential Affairs. 


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Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Minister of Presidential Affairs, woos the potential investors to take advantage of the wildlife and tourism industry, which he describes as the biggest wildlife population on planet earth. 


Dr. Marial Benjamin, urges the friends and partners of South Sudan to come and invest in the tourism industry. 


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South Sudan, is currently the second largest country for mammals migration, mammals like, Elephant, Lion, Hippopotamus and giraffe. 


Dr. Marial Benjamin, further said that, South Sudan is an ideal destination for tourism but the Country needs investors to improve the tourism industry. 


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“We have the biggest wildlife on earth, when you get our real lion, it is not a lion that knows a car it is a real one. When you see a buffalo it is a real one, the real wild one, when you see an elephant, when you see a giraffe, we are number one. But tourism what do we have? Dr Marial Benjamin asked.


Dr. Marial Benjamin, pleaded with the friends of South Sudan to invest in the tourism sector. 


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“I’m saying this to our friends and partners who are here please invest in tourism, help this country to move in that direction this is very important. In infrastructure alone this country since the interim period we have 14,000 km of roads to be built,” Marial Benjamin said.


Dr. Marial Benjamin further said that, South Sudan needs assistance in terms of loans to build projects. 


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“We need assistance, projects cannot be built by hand from a country you have to build them through loans.” Dr. Marial Benjamin said. 


“Allow us to have loans, so that we build these roads so that our citizens can stay in their villages, produce for themselves and market their products on good tarmac roads.” Dr. Benjamin Marial said. 

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