Oct 20, 2020(SSNN) — The European Union Delegation has urged the government of South Sudan to increase its budget allocation to the education sector and ensure actual execution of such allocations. “The Ministry of General Education and Instruction has a crucial role. We are of aware of the scarce resources made available until now to meet the demands and the […]
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June 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan diplomats have been kicked out of an African Union (AU) meeting over failure by the world’s youngest country to pay membership fees to the continental body for three consecutive years, the South Sudan mission to the AU said. The South Sudan embassy in Addis Ababa and the country’s mission to the African Union […]
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Sunday February 24, 2019(SSNN) — Before Sunday, most general fans of high school running knew the name Athing Mu. After Sunday, the world better take notice. In the women’s 600 meter final at the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships, she put up an otherworldly performance, amazing those in attendance at the Ocean Breeze Facility in Staten Island, New York, […]
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By Filip Anderson, Juba, South Sudan. Thursday January 17, 2019(SSNN) — The sun has just dragged itself above the Juba horizon for another day of relentless roasting. Yet this is not your average, uneventful day. At least not for 466 students staying and studying at the protection site for the thousands of people who are still sheltered next to the base […]
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Opinion, By Marial Mangar Akol, Juba, South Sudan, Thursday, 17 January 2019 (SSNN) — Dear readers, I am completely vexed here, because any education is better than none from my perspective. However I do believe that there is a certain standard for university that people should at least hold as a guideline and goal: Unique experience that provides comradery, gives […]
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By Janet Adongo, Malakal, South Sudan. Tuesday January 15, 2019(SSNN) — A school bell rings out in Malakal. It is the first time since 2013 that this particular bell, which signals the start of the South Sudan school certificate exams, has been heard here. So momentous is this occasion that one student, Lilian Martin Nyilek, has made a gruelling three-day […]
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Opinion, By Mabil Manyok Nhial, Gweru, Zimbabwe, Sunday, January 13, 2019 (SSNN) — Doing many things at ago is doing nothing! Is it not true and correct that South Sudan is sadly addicted to perennial confusions?! Logic has it that it is wise to do one thing at a time in order that it bears fruits. As one of the participants […]
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Opinion, By Ms. Amer Mayen Dhieu, Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday, January 10, 2019 (SSNN) — Meet Ms. Aluel Manyok Barach, a fierce feminist whose work for gender equality, women empowerment and peaceful coexistence between men and women, tribes and political parties shine bright like snow. I first came across Ms. Aluel Manyok, popularly known as Aluel Naomi, via her social media updates […]
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Thurs, Dec 27th, 2018(SSNN) — Santino Deng Lou is an Education Supervisor from Aweil Town West Payam, in South Sudan. He has been working with the Girl Education South Sudan (GESS) project for some time and has seen first hand the critical role that this project has played in improving the status of young women and girls in the community. South Sudan […]
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