JUBE DAILY NEWS

The President who was in South Sudan for a one-day official, said the fighting groups should focus on elections due in 2018, not violence By RISDEL KASASIRA President Museveni on Thursday told the warring parties in South Sudan to stop fighting stop and “give peace and democracy a chance”.   The President who was in South Sudan for a one-day official, said the fighting groups should focus on elections due in 2018, not violence.   "I appeal to the Transitional Government, headed by His Excellency Salva Kiir and the other stakeholders, to stop all actions involving insecurity so that people focus on elections as soon as possible," President Museveni was quoted in statement by issued by State House."It's what people of South Sudan fought for, he said."   The two presidents, according to the statement, agreed on how to pay Ugandan traders who supplied South Sudan with food items between 2008 and 2010 but have not been paid. The total amount t...

President Museveni has opposed a proposal by the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan   p ercussion. President Museveni says an embargo will destroy the local force needed to build a strong integrate army By FREDERIC MUSISI KAMPALA.   President Museveni has opposed a proposal by the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan.   The UNSC had wanted an embargo targeting the principal protagonists in the South Sudan conflict, President Salva Kiir and his deputy Dr Riek Machar, as the only means of containing the volatile situation.   However, Mr Museveni says an embargo will instead plunge the world’s youngest nation into more violence like it was witnessed in Somalia. The President during a meeting with the UN Secretary General, Mr Ban Ki-moon, pitched for a three-pronged approach to the crisis; notably a regional protection force (in the transition period) to provide protection to Dr Machar who is distrustf...

NEWS IN YIDA  Thousands of refugees from the Nuba Mountains who are currently living in Yida camp in South Sudan’s Ruweng State said that they have managed to obtain better harvest during this year’s agricultural season. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, several refugees said that the agricultural season this year is better compared to last year. The refugees pointed out that they are not depending on food rations distributed by humanitarian organizations at the camp. The Nuba refugees downplayed the UN refugee agency’s plan to relocate them to Pamir camp, saying those who were relocated to the new camp  couldn't  cultivate in Yida camp and that they are still depending on services provided by the organizations.

Iam happy to announce that we have reached an agreement to extend the cooperation especially in the petroleum industry we will extend the agreement for three years.. South Sudan has reached a deal to extend the looming expiring oil a agreement with the Sudanese government. The deal came after two days of negotiations between the Government of south Sudan led by Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, minister of petroleum and his Sudanese counterpart  in Khartoum. Minister Gatkuoth speaking to reporters upon  his arrival at juba international Airport on Tuesday 

 7840TH MEETING (PM) Adopting Resolution 2327 (2016), Security Council Grants Mandate Extension of United Nations Mission in South Sudan, Considers Possible Sanctions Arms Embargo Warnings, Punitive Actions Counterproductive to Peace Process, Permanent Representative Stresses Expressing deep concern at the security situation in South Sudan and the possibility of an outright ethnic war, the Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to 15 December 2017, strengthening its mandate with additional powers to protect civilians while expressing its intention to consider sanctions against those whose actions undermined peace, stability and security in the country. Unanimously adopting resolution 2327 (2016), the Council reiterated its increasingly grave alarm and concern regarding the political, security, economic and humanitarian crisis in South Sudan resulting from a political dispute within the Sudan...