JUBE DAILY NEWS

The Minister of Information for Eastern Lakes has denied barring the manager of Yirol Community Radio station from accessing the facilities.    On Tuesday, manager John Agok told Eye Radio Minister Abel Taban barred him since the 24 th  of this month from entering the station premises. He said this came after some staff of the radio station attacked him and confiscated office keys from him including other valuables last week. “I was attacked and the keys were taken away from me and my office belongings plus my modem,” Mr Ago said. He accused Mr. Abel – who dragged him to court last year over the disappearance of 100,000 SSP after allegedly conniving against him. However, Mr Agok was acquitted of the charges by the state court after it found no evidence. After his acquittal, he said the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization – which is supporting the radio – reinstated him in October last year. But he says since then, the state minister o...

Sporadic clashes between youth groups and the organized forces reportedly erupted in Eastern Lakes on Wednesday morning. The state Minister of Information, Able Taban, has confirmed. Mr Abel said the clashes are reported in Yali, Pagarau, Rumbek Central and Machuor, among others. He said those fighting are youth, but it also involved the army as they were trying to intervene. “The fighting has been ongoing in some places between the youth and soldiers, and some places between the youth of Yirol East and Pakam.” The causes of the clashes remain unclear. “So these armed youth are the ones having problem with the soldiers and between themselves in the areas.” He said the number of causalities are unknown as the situation could not allow for assessment.

Fishing is a common economic activity among communities in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, but prices of both fresh and dry fish are on the rise in the capital, Bor, residents have said. In interviews conducted by Radio Tamazuj, several fish sellers said they have incurred huge losses having been forced to increase prices in fish markets, due to inflation and the high taxes state authorities impose. “We are not making any profit. We are just dealing in fish for our survival,” said Rebecca Ajang, a fish seller in Bor. The 69-year old said fish business was booming when she started in 2015, but it lost momentum as the country’s economy dwindled. “We buy fish from fishermen in swamps and islands and transport to Bor for resale. Here, prices of goods in markets are too high. We increase prices to get something for our children,” said Ajang. Currently, fish prices reportedly range between 200 and 2,000 South Sudanese Pound (SSP) or more, depending on sizes sold in markets. Be...

BY  BOL AGAU ADHIL. We learned of the formation of the Eye of the Nation Committee under the January Declaration at Thongpiny, Maj. Gen. Rin Tueny's Residential House. The Mission of this Dubious Committee was formed to launch a Propaganda Machine to discredit Amb. Telar Ring Deng. In August, 22nd 2018, when Amb. Telar Ring Deng returned to Juba after H.E. the President formed a Delegation headed by Hon. Tor Deng Mawien to meet him in Nairobi and ask him to return to Juba for more consultations as to why he resigned. On arrival to Juba, his political critics immediately started propagating against him on the social media and street politics. Their fear was that and it is still now, that Amb. Telar would diminish their chances of getting appointed to the limited government positions of the R-ARCISS. While Amb. Telar was away for one year, none of the people who are crying foul got appointed for reasons known best to them. Now, we want to respond to the allegations and...

South Sudanese refugees living in Sudan’s White Nile State are facing challenges in primary and secondary schools within Rabak town, an education official said on Tuesday. Speaking to  radiotamjuzi     the head of Israr Secondary School, Ajak Obunan Padit said many students fail to complete school due to lack of tuition and housing fees as their families stay far from school. Most students, he explained, rely on manual work to pay their tuition fees, meaning they leave school to engage in casual work, which negatively impacts on academic performance, while others drop out. According to Ajak, at least 36 out of the 3,000 students in primary and secondary school left school in the middle of this academic year. “Failure of students to pay tuition fees has negatively impacted on the administration of the school and the payment of teachers' salaries,” he added, citing the low numbers of girls in these schools. A secondary school student, he said, pays...