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President Kiir pledges to upgrade Wau stadium

President Salva Kiir has pledged to rehabilitate to an international standard Wau stadium in Western Bahr el Ghazal state.

Kiir made the promise during the SPLM party rally in Wau town on Tuesday.

Thousands of supporters and senior party leaders from Juba and the greater Bahr el Ghazal region converged in Wau yesterday and celebrate Kiir’s endorsement as the party flag bearer for the 2024 general elections.

The Wau stadium with a capacity of 12.000 seaters was built in 1970-1973 during the Addis Abba agreement.

Kiir says the stadium is small and he promised to lift its standard to an international level.

“Here in Bahr el Ghazal, there is no good stadium other than this small stadium, and I will maintain it, and rehabilitate the stadium to be at an international level so that everyone can be accommodated, and this they have practiced and implemented,” he said.

The President did not state when he intends to commit to his promise.

 

Radio Jonglei director not convinced of high court order

The Executive Director of Radio Jonglei in Bor Town says he will appeal against the court order for him to pay 1.6 million pounds to compensate five staff he laid off last year.

In May last year, the station management terminated the contract of Deng Ghai Deng, the Chief Editor, Aluel Kut Angeth, Mach Mayol, Agol Samuel Panchol, and Cho Makol RiAk.

It claimed that the staff aired the news that ignored the protocol of the leadership of Jonglei State.

According to the court verdict dated July 3rd, the administration terminated the contracts without notice and their gratuity pay and remedies for the unfair termination.

On Monday, July 3, 2023, the High Court Jude, John Yel Aleu ordered the Station Manager to pay 1 660,400 pounds to the five plaintiffs; 438, 000 to Deng Ghai Deng, 411,000 to Aluel Kut Angeth, 297,600 Mach Mayol Riak, the same amount to Agol Samuel Panchol and 216,00 to Cho Makol Raik.

He cited the defendant violated section 82. 80, 81, and 85 of the South Sudan Labor Act 2017

Mach Mayol Riak, one of the complainants represented his colleagues in the court case.

“I was one of Radio Jonglei’s staff who was dismissed unlawfully by the director, and we filed a case against him,” Mayol said.

“We were terminated unfairly without ending our contract so that we are given our benefits.”

Reacting to the verdict, the Radio Jonglei Executive Director says he is not satisfied with the High Court’s decision.

Tijwog Agwet insisted that the individual staff were not full-time employees.

According to him, he terminated their contracts after they joined a university and had given them a chance to return to work once they complete their studies.

“We are not convinced of that ruling, none of them had any contract with us as an institution, they came as volunteers,

“We felt that when they are working with us, they should join us full time, but they have decided to join the university. Most of the time they go full time at the university and they have no time for us,

“So, we laid them off for the reason we have people that can be full-time, and also so that when they go and finished their studies in the future they can come and apply to join us,” he said, adding that “we have time two weeks to appeal.”

Jonglei State: Four family members die of suspected food poisoning

A South Sudanese dish. | Photo: Rover D Chapatis South Sudan

Four family members have died of suspected food poisoning in Uror Village of Pathai Payam in Jonglei State this week, according to authorities in Uror County of Jonglei State.

The area Commissioner Machot Gatluak says the family members had a late supper on Tuesday when a 70-year-old woman fell ill and died shortly after the meal.

While three of her grandchildren aged between 5 and 11 died as they were being rushed to a hospital.

Meanwhile, Machot Gatluak says, the mother of the children has stabilized, but the husband is in critical condition.

“.. a family ate food in the evening at 10:00 PM pm and a grandmother died at home, 5 people were taken to a hospital, 3 children died  on the way to the hospital,

“Their mother was rushed for medication and she is in good condition now, but the husband is still in unstable condition,” he told Eye Radio.

Machot said that the sample of the food has been sent to Juba to establish the nature of the poisoning.

“The result is not yet out,  a health team went and took the samples of their vomit in the house and it was sent to Juba to know what caused the poisoning …” he said.

Food poisoning is an illness caused by eating contaminated food. It’s not usually serious and most people get better within a few days without treatment.

In most cases, food is contaminated by bacteria or a virus like campylobacter – the most common cause of food poisoning, salmonella, Listeria and  Escherichia coli.

 

 

Shooter against Nakasogola demolition on the run- Police

The National Police spokesperson says security personnel are searching for the person who shot at the forces implementing the Nakasongola church eviction order on Tuesday morning.

According to Daniel Justin, the shooting resulted in the exchange of gunfire leading to the injuries of a soldier, a national security officer, and two civilians.

One of the injured civilians was a secondary school student who died hours later after he underwent surgery on Tuesday night in the hospital.

Spokesperson Justin said the police have identified the fugitive, but he did not disclose his name.

He said the suspect will be brought to justice as soon as he is arrested.

According to the church lawyer, Wani Santino Jada, the demolition contravened article 38(2) of the East African Community that says where a dispute has been referred to the council or the court, the partner states shall refrain from any action that might be detrimental to the resolution of the dispute or might aggravate the dispute.”

Juba Mayor orders graveyard encroachers to move out

Juba City Mayor has issued an order stopping encroachment into Juba Na-Bari Graveyard along Munuki – Bilpam Road.

The order dated June 14, 2023, also directed the removal of existing structures from the graveyard immediately.

The occupants have two weeks to demolish their structures.

He warns that failure to comply with the order, the city council will be compelled to take measures including forceful demolition of those structures.

Mayo Michael Lado Allah Jabu instructed the Chief Executive Officer of Juba City Council, the Director of Juba Block Council, as well as the Director of Public Order and security agencies to ensure the local order is fully implemented.

Tanzania declares Marburg outbreak over

Tanzania says its outbreak of the Marburg virus is over. Presence of the hemorrhagic fever was first confirmed in March, in the north-western Kagera region.

There were nine cases and six people died.

The World Health Organisation said its joint action with Tanzania on an emergency response had enabled the authorities to limit the impacts of a highly infectious disease.

The Marburg virus can have a fatality rate of up to 88%.

Rockets hit Khartoum market as talks collapse

Rockets hit a market in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, killing 18 people and leaving more than 100 wounded, doctors and residents say.

The fighting between rival military forces comes as truce talks mediated by the US and Saudi Arabia collapsed.

Wednesday’s violence around a market in Mayo in the south of Khartoum included artillery fire and aerial bombardment.

It caused the most civilian casualties in a single incident in the capital since the war began in April.

This brings the civilian death toll over seven weeks to at least 883, according to official counts – though the real number is likely to be far higher.

Neighbourhood organisations – which have been helping Khartoum’s residents get food and medicine – described it as a catastrophic situation and appealed for doctors and blood donations.

With so much of the violence taking place in urban areas civilians are in constant danger.

On Tuesday, the army and its rivals from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had agreed to extend last week’s humanitarian ceasefire deal for another five days, in talks brokered by the US and Saudi Arabia.

But the next day the army withdrew from the talks, alleging the RSF was not committed to the terms.

UN Security Council extends arms embargo on S.Sudan

The United Nations has extended for one year the sanctions regime imposed on South Sudan, including assets freeze, travel bans, and an arms embargo, citing ongoing human rights violations but a government representative objected to this.

In its resolution number 2-6-8-3, the Security Council strongly condemned past and, allegedly, ongoing violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by all parties, including armed groups and national security forces.

It further condemned the targeting of civil society, including journalists, human rights defenders, and humanitarian personnel, emphasizing that the unity government bears the primary responsibility to protect its population from genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

The Council decided to renew until 31 May 2024 the measures on arms imposed in 2018, which direct all Member States to prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale, or transfer of arms to the territory of South Sudan.

It also decided that the notification requirements set out in 2022 shall no longer apply to the supply, sale or transfer of non-lethal military equipment, solely in support of the implementation of the terms of the peace agreement and related technical assistance or training on such equipment.

The UN Security Council also renewed until 31 May 2024, the travel and financial measures imposed by resolution 2-2-0-6 in 2015, according to which all Member States shall take measures to freeze the financial assets of designated individuals and prevent their entry into or transit through their territories.

Ten countries voted in favor of the resolution.

They are Albania, Brazil, Ecuador, France, Japan, Malta, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Meanwhile, China, Gabon, Ghana, Mozambique, and the Russian Federation abstained from voting.

Commenting on the matter, the representative of South Sudan objected to the resolution, saying it is “brazen interference in domestic affairs”, ill-intended, counterproductive, and has an adverse humanitarian effect on the citizens that its proponents claim to protect.

 

 

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