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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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Wau State Legislative Assembly Summoned State Public Service Minister For Questioning

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Wau State MPs felt disrespected by the State Minister of public service and have opted to summoned him for questioning.   Wau State MPs said that the State Public Service Minister invited the impeached State Health Minister as a VIP during one of the State occasions.   Viola Umeli Wau State acting speaker said that some protocols were not considered during the celebration. Hon. James refused to comment on the allegation, James is the public service state minister. More to follow shortly.... 
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South Sudan Catholic Church Denounces Sexual Gender Base Violence.

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South Sudan Catholic Church finally decided to distance themselves with all form of human rights abuse and also the common Gender Based Violence in South Sudan (SGBV) and the Catholic Church said that Gender Based Violence is wrong. South Sudan Catholic Churches said that South Sudan Should accept that Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV) exists in South Sudan and it is our duty as South Sudanese to combat it in all aspects of live since it has caused countless crisis in South Sudan.  The Catholic Leaders attended a training that was conducted by the UISG or the Justice and Peace International Union Of Superior General In south Sudan. The Catholic Faith group attended the training for five days.  At the end of the training the Catholic Church gave their recommendations: 1.       Sexual Gender Based Violence should and must be taught in all Catholic schools in South Sudan and must be in the curriculum. 2.       All Catholic Children must be taught and train
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Eight (8) Students From Yei Day Secondary School Suspended Because Of Being Drunk And Causing Chaos In The School

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Eight Students from Yei Day Secondary School has been suspended indefinitely for being drunk and causing chaos in the school.   Bingo Francis the Principal of Yei Day Secondary School said that the students also organize strikes in the school.  “We discovered they were indiscipline students and we decided to suspend them indefinitely. We suspended the eight students indefinitely because of gross misconduct. They could get drunk; want to instigate strike and many other faults. So we decided to send them away.” Mr. Francis is urging all principals in Yei River State to take the same measure in order to restore the lost glory of Yei.   More to follow shortly.... 
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Juba - Nimule: Two People Killed and Two Others Injured In A Road Ambush.

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Two people were killed, and two others injured in a road ambush along the Juba-Nimule highway.  The travelers were among seven passengers heading to Juba on independence morning yesterday, when the Toyota Noah they were in, came under attack in Orobe village, Lowa Boma. Pageri county commissioner, Emilio Igga says the attackers sprayed their vehicle with bullets at close range.  Igga says the injured were rushed to Nimule health facilities for treatment and security has been stepped up in the area. The incident comes amid increased reports of attempted robberies along the same route. More to come shortly... 
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South Sudan President Released Fifteen (15) Prisoners On Independence Day,

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President Salva Kiir Mayardiit today released fifteen (15) prisoners on the 8th South Sudan independence day.   Kiir was reminding South Sudanese not to forget their liberators during South Sudan struggle for independence. Wau, Yambio and Twic State is the location which the fifteen (15) prisoners have been released respectfully.   More to follow shortly...  
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South Sudan President Issued A Public Apology To Civil Servants Over Six Months Salary Delay

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South Sudan President publicly apologized to the civil servants over delay to pay the civil servants salary arrears for six months.   Kiir made the speech during South Sudan independence day celebrations in Juba and assured the civil servants that their outstanding salary will be paid in full soon.   President Kiir also said that he understands the living conditions in the country and blame it to the civil war tearing the nation apart.   “I am fully aware that our people are hungry because of the difficult living conditions imposed upon them by insecurity and economic hardships. This is further exacerbated by the failure of my government to pay the salaries of our civil servants on time. However, that salary maybe little, It does make some difference in the livelihood of the families of our civil servants.”  “I want to sincerely apologize to you my people on my own behalf and on behalf of the government for those failures.” “My government undertook several resolutions di
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ICRC: South Sudan Leads With Highest Number Of Gunshot Patients In Africa

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  International Crescent Of Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that South Sudan is leading in number of gunshot patients in Africa.   Even after the peace agreement International Crescent Of Red Cross (ICRC) facilities across the country admits high number of patients with gunshot wounds on a daily basis.  Florian Seriex who is the spokeperson of ICRC said that “We receive new patients almost every day. So ICRC supports two key hospitals in South Sudan. One is in Juba and the other one in Ganyiel. The injuries don’t necessarily happen in Juba or Ganyiel, but the patients are brought from all the different parts of the country.”  She also said that some of the wounds are as a result of revenged killing, cattle raids and also inter communal conflicts.     “Ninety seven percent of admitted patients over the last six months period suffered gunshot wounds. An indication of a high prevalent and easy access to firearms.” The ICRC spokesperson reiterated that the only way the
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South Sudan National Members Of Parliament Threaten To Impeach Finance Minister If 6 Months Salaries Arrears Not Cleared

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South Sudan National Members of parliament (MPs) issued a serious threat to impeach the Finance Minister over outstanding salary arrears.   The threat came after MPs refused to listen to the budget of 2019/2020 fiscal year resulting into a total chaos in the parliament. The MPs wanted to know why civil servants have not been paid their six months salary arrears.   Just last Friday the Finance Minister promise to clear the outstanding arrears within two weeks  One of the MPsvsaid that “Honorable minister of finance went to the media and informed the public that he was going to pay two months salaries within two weeks. Failure to do so, you will face the consequences.”  Another female member of parliament also added that “If he cannot fulfill the promise by the second reading, we will impeach him.” More to follow shortly...  
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Flights Resumed At Juba International Airport

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South Sudan Civil Aviation Authority said that Juba International Airport resumed operations this morning. Communication equipment failure on Friday forced cancellation of all outgoing and incoming flights yesterday. CA said the piece of equipment that had failed at the Control Tower was the radio that lets Air Traffic Controllers talk to pilots. CA said the equipment has been replaced. More to follow shortly....
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Wau and Tonj State Governors Admitted That South Sudan Conflict Can Only Be Solved At Grassroots Level

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  South Sudan Governors of Wau and Tonj State finally admitted that South Sudan conflict can only be solved at a grassroots level.   The remarks from South Sudan Governors came during a conference on reconciliation between Gogrial, Wau and Tonj.   Hon. Mathew Mathiang of Tonj State said that grassroots level talk will resolve issues between the farmers and cattle keepers in the three states of South Sudan.   Angelo Taban the Wau State Governor also said that finding out the source of the inter communal conflicts was the only way to bring peace to communities in South Sudan.     More to follow shortly...  
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Greater Rumbek East Students Plead With South Sudanese To End Segregation, Discrimination, Cattle Raiding and Revenge Killing

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The Students union of greater Rumbek East pleads with South Sudanese to stop segregation, discrimination, revenged killing and cattle raiding in South Sudan.     Rumbek East students said that the main issue causing conflicts in South Sudan are the above mentioned in South Sudan.     Arier Chol from Savannah Secondary School said that killing of foreigners and communal conflicts are some of the reasons to why the country is lagging behind in all areas of development.   Arier Chol is also calling the parents and guardians not to misdirect their children mostly about bad culture and killing.     Most of the students spoke about discrimination and segregation and they are requesting the country to speak against it.     More to follow shortly...  
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Heavy Flood Displaced Over 1,000 Families In Bieh State

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Bieh State Information Minister said that over 1,000 families have been displaced in Bieh State due to heavy flood.   Information Minister Hon. Peter Nin said that “It rain almost for five hours yesterday and the area is full flooded, consider that the whole greater Wuror is over flooded. What we know so far base on the report yesterday, there one thousand something families were displaced.”  He also said that most of the displaced people have moved to higher grounds and have also occupied schools. “There is displacement because people moved from those places which are over flooded to very dry areas, places like a church and schools, these were the areas people gathered on.”   The State Information Minister is appealing to the government and humanitarian agencies to come and help them since the flood destroyed alot of properties.   “The greater Wuror comprise if six counties, the first one is Pudiet and the second one if Weikol, the third one is Peiri , the fourth one is M
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Wau State Assembly Impeached State Minister Of Health Over Missing 500,000 SSP

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  Wau State Health Minister yesterday was impeached by the State Legislative Assembly over missing Health Ministry money and other related issues.   The State Minister of Health was impeached in absentia after failing to turn up for questioning by the State Assembly for the third time.   Wau State Health Minister Hon. James Patrick evaded the questioning by the assembly forcing the state legislative to pass a vote of no confidence.   Wau State Assembly also gave the State Minister of Health seven (7) days to return back all the State properties plus the missing 500,000 SSP donation by President Salva Kiir.    Corruption is very rampant in South Sudan and it is becoming a disease that is eating government officials in the government.  More to come shortly.... 
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