JUBE DAILY NEWS

The number of cholera cases reported among residents of South Sudan’s Jonglei State reached over 100, the state minister of health said. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on   on Friday, Minister Angok Gordon said the number of cholera cases is increasing despite government efforts to fight the outbreak in the state. “The number of the cases is on the rise and it has reached more than 100 cases, so this is the latest report I have received from all health centers and not in Bor only, but across the state,” he said. The health official pointed out that they have already sent cholera response teams to raise awareness about cholera in the state.

Djibouti bagged a comfortable 2-0 win over South Sudan in their 2019 CAF Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers play-off on Wednesday night at the Stade El Hadj Hassan Gouled City in Djibouti. Although there were no goals in the opening half, the second stanza saw the Shoremen of the Red Sea pouncing twice to seal their win. The defeat for the Falcons of Jediane means they will now have to fight harder in the second leg and ensure they overturn the scoreline to their favour. However, scoring three goals without conceding will not be an easy task, but playing in front of their home supporters could be an advantage. The winner of the second match is set to qualify and join Group C where there is Mali, Gabon and Burundi. Both sides are set to renew their rivalry in the return leg which is slated for next week Tuesday, 28 March at Juba Stadium in South Sudan.  

An inter-agency mission to assess the humanitarian situation in the village of Belle Elsereif has found that about 25,000 people (14,000 displaced persons, 7,500 returnees and 3,500 nomads) need access to clean water and sanitation, health care and nutrition services, emergency household supplies, as well as education and protection support. The mission took place from 19 to 21 February, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports. Residents of Belle Elsereif and surrounding villages were affected by conflict between the government's military forces and the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement-Abdel Wahid El Nur (SLA-AW) between 2014 and 2015. There are three hand pumps in Belle Elsereif, the main village in the area, which serve both Belle Elsereif and ten surrounding villages. People often have to wait up to three hours to collect water. According to the mission, existing water sources are sufficient to serve 3,500 out of ...

Gen.Thomas Cirillo Swaka, the leader of the National Salvation Front (NAS), a new rebel group in South Sudan, expressed its readiness to participate in any initiative to restart the peace process, saying its might choose to embark on military operations to topple the government if there are no peace initiatives in the country.   In a letter addressed to the head of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki , Lt. Gen. Cirillo stated that the August 2015 peace deal has clearly failed, resulting in the current tragedy in the country. The new opposition leader called on the East African regional bloc IGAD, the Troika and friends of South Sudan to restart the peace process in South Sudan. “Without this, NAS might find itself in a situation where it has no other choice but embark on a military campaign to dislodge the regime in Juba,” he wrote. Cirillo appealed to the African Union Commission to recognise his new opposition group, saying it is a genuine polit...

South Sudanese first vice president Taban Deng Gai has released food aid to over 30,000 Internally Displaced Persons in Kodok area in Upper Nile state. The First vice President claimed the IDPs in Kodok area are in dire need of food, shelter and clean water to drink. Taban Deng Gai said the assistance should be attributed to the government although it came out of his pocket. ‘We have heard the cry of our IDPs and we are working hard to make sure that their needs are met. There are so many IDP camps in the country and we will extend our hand to these camps”, He said. NEWS KODOK  UPPER NILE STATE. South Sudanese first vice president Taban Deng Gai has released food aid to over 30,000 Internally Displaced Persons in Kodok area in Upper Nile state.   The First vice President claimed the IDPs in Kodok area are in dire need of food, shelter and clean water to drink. Taban Deng Gai said the assistance should be attributed to the government although it came ou...

The leader of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), Edmund Yakani, has welcomed President Kiir’s decision releasing the former governor of Wau and other political detainees in South Sudan. However, he urged President to pardon the UN Radio Miraya journalist George Livio Bahara.   Speaking to Radio Tamazuj today, Yakani said the move demonstrates steps for peaceful settlement on the current political crisis in the country. He pointed out that the decision is a clear message from the President that violence will not solve the ongoing conflict in the country. We are impressed because H.E. President has responded positively to our calls for a long period of time for the release of political detainees and opening of a new chapter for a nonviolent approach for settling our ongoing violent conflict,” he said, “Pardoning political detainees is a great action for peace and call for a nonviolent approach for resolving our political difference,”...

IN ELDORET KENYA . Thousands of faithful Christians converged at light House church in Eldoret Kenya to prayer for peace and forgiveness among people of south Sudan as a  group of youths women groups and elderly  also attended the events  Bishop Elijah Abuoch Arok called on other religious leaders to come together and seek a lasting solution on south sudan  conflicts  which shocked the  world  During an national day of prayer which was held in light House in Eldoret brought all different communities together seeking G the church God intervention to the call of south Sudan as south sudan has undergone through . “I call upon the international community because the challenge of implementation of peace in south Sudan has now assumed global dimension. This is happening in some countries but the international community  always take part in the conflict south Sudan but with south Sudan problems there is relaxation...

 VOA NEWS The chairman of the South Sudan Democratic Movement, also known as the Cobra Faction, has joined the newly formed National Salvation Front headed by General Thomas Cirillo Swaka.    General Khalid Butrus Bora told VOA in an exclusive interview in Arabic from an undisclosed location that he was putting weight behind Swaka to fight the government of President Salva Kiir. "We in the Cobra Faction have seen that the only movement which can unite South Sudanese people at the moment is the Salvation Front movement under the leadership of General Thomas Cirillo," he said. The former leader of the South Sudan Democratic movement, David Yau Yau, signed a peace accord with Kiir in 2014 in Addis Ababa. Yau Yau was appointed the administrator of the Greater Pibor area in Jonglei state. Kiir later eliminated Yau Yau's position after unilaterally partitioning South Sudan into 28 states in 2015. Yau Yau was later appointed as a deputy defense minister in the Transi...