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Nineteen '19' year old woman committed suicide in Lakes State, Rumbek East County

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  The local police of Lakes State confirmed that a 19 year old woman committed suicide in the County of Rumbek East in the village of Meen-Wal and the police withheld the deceased name for unknown reason.  This is not the first time for the young girls to commit suicide in the State, the first case was reported to the authorities  two days ago after a young girl committed suicide in Wulu County.  While speaking to the Media, Police Spokesperson Maj. Elijah Mabor Makwach said that, the police are conducting thorough investigation on why there is a rampant rise of suicide amongst girls in Lakes State.  “We have recorded several cases of suicide with the most recent being a 19-year-old girl who committed a suicide in Meen-wal village in Rumbek East County and the investigation is still ongoing to identify the cause of the suicide because the cases are rising. Last week alone, two suicide cases were reported,” Maj. Mabor said.  Lakes State Police Spokesperson further said that, they have b
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South Sudan President Admits The Country Is Broke

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Salva Kiir Mayardit the South Sudan President has admitted to the media that the country is broke and has run out of cash and there is nothing that can be done to fix it. But he also suggested that the war must stop in order for the country to start recovering. The south Sudan President gave a small reason to why South Sudan is broke stating that it is because of the war that was sparked by the power struggle and eventually the war dragged on for four years with no resolution despite or the international efforts to salvage the situation. This is what the South Sudan President said “I want you to work together with other colleagues and institutions to do whatever you can to minimize the current situation. I know we have lost the value of our currency, and there is nothing we can do soon to regain our currency’s value unless we produce, but we should not fold our hands and allow the situation to go out of hand like that. We must try whatever we can,” said President Kiir at
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Job Advert: Team Leader –Health Pooled Fund 3, South Sudan

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German Ambassador To South Sudan Confirms That The Raped Allegation In Wau POC Site was True

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The German High Council to South Sudan today criticizes the alleged abuse in Wau POC site by UNMISS “Ghanian Police.” It is very bad unfortunate criminal act which should not happen again, the donor community, they do not like any kind of scandal involving UN anymore says Mr. Jan Henrik Van Thiel, he further reiterates the importance of good system of monitoring and action to abuses. The Ambassador appreciates the UN Mission in South Sudan for reacting positively to the exploitation. Earlier, UNMISS said it received a complaint from women last month, alleging that the UN police are engaged in sexual activity with displaced women. UNMISS responded by saying the Office of Internal Oversight Services, an independent office within the UN would investigate the scandal. But South Sudan government has called for the establishment of independent body to look into the allegations of the sexual exploitation by UNMISS’ Ghanaian police in Wau. More to follow shortl
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South Sudan Ranked As The Second Most Corrupt Country In The World

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According to the report retrieved from Transparency International, they have listed South Sudan as the second most corrupt country in the world following it is Somalia making Somalia as the most corrupt country in the world. The report also indicated New Zealand, Finland and Denmark as the most least corrupt countries in the this country do not condone corruption and it is corruption free. “ This year, New Zealand and Denmark Ranked highest with scores of 89 and 88 respectively. Syria, South Sudan and Somalia ranked lowest with scores of 14,12 and 9 respectively. The best performing region is western Europe with an average of 66.”- Transparency International Further analysis of the results indicates that countries with the least protection for press and non governmental orgagnisations (NGOs) also tend to have the worst rates of corruption. Atleast every week one journalist is killed in a country that is highly corrupt like Junub Sudan and Somalia. www.jubawire.b
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SPLM/SPLA (IO) Press Release

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19/02/2018 SPLM/SPLA (IO) Press Release The Status Of The Ongoing IGAD Led - High Level Revitalization Forum (HLRF) The leadership of the SPLM/SPLA (IO) would like to inform members of the movement and the South Sudanese public at large, of the adjournment of Phase II of the HLRF. This is not to say that the peace talks have collapsed, the stakeholders at the talks have initialed the areas agreed upon and we shall continue in phase III with the revitalization process. The SPLM/SPLA (IO) assures the people of South Sudan of our full commitment to ending the war through a negotiated settlement. This is shown by our very presence at the HLRF despite the government's lack of political will to reach such a settlement. The very fact that the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan  (ARCISS) needs revitalization, is itself a sign of this lack of political will, as they have failed to implement it. The Movement would like to take this opportunity to set the record s
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