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• Three injured in attack on ambulance along Juba-Nimule road
  One person is reportedly in critical condition after armed men attacked an ambulance they were traveling in along Juba-Nimule highway at the weekend. On Sunday, an ambulance registered to St. Mary Medical Center in Juba took a patient to Nimule after being referred to Gulu Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda. On its way back, the […]
• Civil servants to receive June, July pay next week – official
  The Ministry of Finance and Planning says it will clear June and July salary arrears for civil servants next week. On Wednesday, the ministry of labor that told Eye Radio that it had prepared the pay sheet…and it was the finance ministry delaying salary payments due to lack of cash. Two weeks ago, President Salva […]
• Slow pace of deal realization ‘frustrates’ Catholic bishops
  The South Sudan Catholic bishops have expressed frustration in the slow pace of the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement. According to the religious leaders, since the partial establishment of the unity government, nothing much has been achieved. There are critical provisions in the agreement that have not been implemented. In a statement seen by […]
• Uganda agrees to scrap visa fees for S Sudanese
  The government of Uganda has approved a visa waiver for eligible South Sudanese nationals, an MP representing South Sudan at the East Africa Legislative Assembly has said. According to Hon. Kim Gai, both the ministries of interior and foreign affairs of Uganda have lifted visa restrictions on South Sudanese. However, he revealed that this will […]
• Finance ministry has ‘no liquidity’ to pay civil servants
  The Ministry of Finance and Planning is the one delaying payment of government employees’ salaries, according to a senior official at the ministry of labor. “I’ve done my part; all the pay sheets of the month of June are with the finance ministry,” Dr. Julia Aker, undersecretary at the ministry of labor. During the opening […]