JUBE DAILY NEWS

Kenyan high court stops deportation of two SPLM-IO officials to Juba A High Court in Kenya has issued an order directing immigration authorities to stop any process for deportation of the two South Sudanese opposition officials who have been missing in Nairobi since Monday. Dong Samuel Luak is a prominent lawyer and opposition figure who has spoken out against human rights abuses in South Sudan. Aggrey Idri Izbon is a chairman of the SPLM-IO committee for humanitarian affairs under rebel leader Riek Machar. Justice Luka Kimaru has directed County Criminal Investigations Officer Nicholas Kamwende to take over the case and investigate the disappearance and then present a report to the high court  next Tuesday . The judge also directed the Director of Immigration to assist the police with whatever information that they will seek in respect of the alleged disappearance of the two men. The judge has also directed all mobile phone service provi...

Fighting broke out again today morning on west bank areas of Upper Nile between government troops and SPLA-IO fighters allied to former vice president Riek Machar, a rebel spokesman said. Col. William Gatjiath Deng, military spokesman of the SPLA-IO, told Radio Tamazuj today that the government forces shelled their areas in Owach on the west bank of the Nile, prompting their forces to fight back. He pointed out that the clashes between the two sides erupted in Lelo, Warjuok and Detang areas since morning and that the clashes were still continuing. “The fighting started since morning in Lelo and Warjuok and the fighting is still ongoing in Warjuok, Lelo and Detang, the fighting is continuing up to now,” said Gatjiath. “Those areas are controlled by the government, but they went out and shelled our areas since the last two days, and today they shelled our forces in the morning, we are not far from their area,” he added. For...

At least one person injured on Thursday morning after bodyguard of commissioner clashed with a group of armed cattle keepers      at a cattle camp which is proposal Ngop River county headquarters, eyewitness told  Reporters Without Tribes  now youth are still in the bush which also make tension in the county. Violence reportedly erupted after Commissioner Diardit Bol forced youth into area that is not good with their cattle’s and police surrounded the cattle camp and allegedly ordered a group of youth to vacate the area. That confrontation has result to fight between the few soldiers in the county and the armed youth who called themselves Human Rights which emerged to protect their cows and properties from anybody . The state government is yet to comments on the incident.

Over 30 women from rural areas in Yambio County on Thursday called on the people of the newly created Gbudue State to end all forms of violence against women in the community. NEWS IN GEBUDUE   The women made the call during a one-day advocacy training workshop for women in rural areas organized by Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) in collaboration with SUCCESS. Speaking on a program aired on Yambio FM, Angela Angelo, representative of the participants, urged women to speak about what is affecting them in the society. For his part, Ripai Justin, facilitator of the training, called upon the state government and the people of Gbudue state to pay too much attention to issues affecting women. Meanwhile, Gugamugbia Peter said, one of the organizers of the workshop said that the training aimed at empowering women in the rural areas with knowledge on how they can address issues affecting them and where t...

Residents living in displaced camps under UN protection in the South Sudanese capital Juba on Friday demonstrated peacefully in support of Donald Trump’s swearing-in today as the 45th president of the United States. NEWS IN JUBA  SOUTH SUDAN Jeremiah Gai, a displaced person who played a leading role in the demonstration in support of President Trump said they hope that the new US administration will bring about peace and unity in South Sudan. “We are very happy and we welcome the swearing-in of the new president Donald Trump, and we believe that this man will restore peace and unity between the people of South Sudan,” said Jeremiah. Mary Nyanong, a displaced woman, said that they demonstrated to express their happiness about the swearing-in of the US President Donald Trump. She called on the new US administration to make peace in South Sudan. “We want peace in South Sudan because we are suffering. The place wher...

The King of Morocco, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, is expected to arrive in South Sudan  on Friday for a three-day official visit aimed at broadening cordial relations between the two countries, a spokesman for the government said. Speaking after a news conference  on Wednesday , Michael Makuei Lueth, Minister of Information and Government Spokesman, announced that the King of Morocco will arrive in the capital Juba  on Friday , saying the visit aims at deepening the existing bilateral relations between South Sudan and Morocco “The Council of Ministers listened to the report on the preparation for the visit of the King of Morocco to the Republic of South Sudan. The King of Morocco is expected to visit the Republic of South Sudan from 20th to 23rd of this month,” said Makuei. The official pointed out that the preparations are in place to receive the visiting king and that all the documents to be signed have already b...

NEWS JUBA SOUTH SUDAN Dr. Othom  Rago  Ajak, the newly appointed governor of South Sudan’s Central Bank has pledged to work hard to improve the country’s economy and reduce inflation. In his first speech as new central bank governor during the swearing in ceremony before President Salva  Kiir today at the State House, Othom thanked President  Kiir for appointing him as governor of the central bank of South Sudan. He vowed to exert great efforts to make economic reforms. “We are grateful to the president for selecting us and putting his confidence that we can run the bank. However, with the experience, we shall try our best with what is happening in our economy,” said Othom. “Of course the problem with the people of South Sudan is the inflation and in stable and unstable exchange rate. We shall be working to address these issues and hopefully, we shall do something about it,” he added The new official sa...