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• “I trembled”, Kiir’s spiritual retreat experience in Rome
  President Salva Kiir says he was shocked, deeply touched, and even trembled when His Holiness Pop Francis knelt down and kissed his feet. He described his experience of the spiritual retreat in Rome as a historical event that showed how whole world cares about South Sudan. “Off course I trembled,” he said. “Not only did […]
• Kiir makes second invite to Dr Machar
  President Salva Kiir has reiterated his call on Dr Riek Machar, and this time to other opposition leaders still outside the country to return for formation of an interim government in May. According to the September peace deal signed in Ethiopia’s Capital, Addis Ababa, the parties shall form a reconstituted transitional government of national unity […]
• Govt, IO forces ‘blocking’ Morobo-Yei road, says MP
  An MP representing Morobo county at the national legislative assembly has called on government and opposition forces to remove road blocks along the way to allow free movement of people. Honorable, Janet Ayaa Alex told Eye Radio that people who are returning to their homes from the refugee camps are finding it difficult due to […]
• Hand over al-Bashir to ICC
  Amnesty International is urging the new Sudanese leadership to hand over their former president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court. Al-Bashir, who was ousted last week and later detained at Kobar prison by the army after intensified protests calling on him to step down, is wanted by the ICC which indicted him in 2008. The […]
• Jonglei forces chiefs to collect head tax
  Traditional chiefs in Jonglei say they are being forced by the local government to implement a local order that requires them to collect head tax on every native, including those living outside the state. In March last year, the state legislature passed the Social Services Tax Act, where an individual is tasked to pay 300 […]