The government has postponed the signing of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework for two weeks. Continue reading Gov’t adjourns signing UN development framework
Category: Politics
Here’s everything you need to know about Budget 2022/2023
The national parliament on Tuesday passed a nearly 1.4 trillion pounds fiscal budget for 2022/2023 with a deficit of 560 billion pounds. Continue reading Here’s everything you need to know about Budget 2022/2023
Parliament passes 2022/2023 Budget with deficit
The national parliament on Tuesday passed a 1.4 trillion pounds fiscal budget for 2022/2023 with a deficit of 560 billion pounds.
Continue reading Parliament passes 2022/2023 Budget with deficit
31 candidates nominated as race for EALA kicks off
Thirty-one candidates have been nominated to compete for nine positions in the East Africa Legislative Assembly.
Continue reading 31 candidates nominated as race for EALA kicks off
Abyei’s final status government’s top priority – Kiir
President Salva Kiir said achieving the final status of Abyei is a top policy priority for the government of South Sudan.
Continue reading Abyei’s final status government’s top priority – Kiir
Kenya: President William Ruto announces full cabinet
President William Ruto on Tuesday, September 27, appointed Cabinet Secretaries who will serve in his cabinet. Continue reading Kenya: President William Ruto announces full cabinet
Sierra Leone president has PhD in coups – first lady
Fatima Bio, the wife of Sierra Leone’s president, Julius Maada Bio, has said her husband holds a PhD degree in staging coups therefore nobody can overthrow him.
She was referring to the violent protests of 10 August in opposition strongholds which left 31 people killed including six police officers.
The president blamed the protests – which were generally about the high cost of living – on the opposition alleging that they were part of a plot to overthrow him, leading to the dismissal of the top three in the army.
Speaking over the weekend at a fundraising event in the US, Mrs Bio accused unnamed people of wanting to overthrow her husband.
“Maada Bio has a PhD in coup d’état, can you remove him?” she asked rhetorically, before reiterating: “The man has a PhD in [staging] coups, how can you remove someone who teaches people how to stage a coup?,” the first lady said in a video shared on Facebook.
Mrs Bio was making an apparent reference to the fact that her husband first came to power in April 1992 as part of a group of young military officers who overthrew the civilian government of Joseph Saidu Momoh of the All People’s Congress, the party he defeated at the polls in 2018 and whom he accused of being behind the August protests.
The opposition party vehemently denied the allegations.
Many have condemned the statement with some of the moderate elements within her Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) condemning it.
Mrs Bio, a prolific user of Facebook and TikTok, has been known to make controversial comments.
She has not responded to the reactions following her coup comments, nor has anyone at the presidency.
Juba assures Rabat as Abdelbagi meeting with SADR official raises brows
South Sudan assured its North African ally Morocco that the meeting between Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi and the Foreign Minister of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic on the sideline of the UN general assembly will not severe relations. Continue reading Juba assures Rabat as Abdelbagi meeting with SADR official raises brows
Prof Akec, CES govt lock horns over land ownership
The government of Central Equatoria State has denied allegations of encroachment on parts of the land owned by the University of Juba. Continue reading Prof Akec, CES govt lock horns over land ownership
Kiir to work with Agwelek to restore peace in Upper Nile
An official says President Salva Kiir has promised to cooperate with the Agwelek faction to bring to an end the insecurity in the Upper Nile State. Continue reading Kiir to work with Agwelek to restore peace in Upper Nile