1423: Creative arts in South Sudan soon to be protected
South Sudan is in the process of drafting a copyright policy to protect the creative arts industry in the country  The policy is being developed by Ministry of Culture, Museums and National Heritage in collaboration with Partners and UNESCO finance by EU.   Deng Nhial, one of the partners, says the copyright policy will protect musicians, artists and the music and film industry from infringe...
15m Nov 27, 2020
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1422: UNMAS: There are 353 known mine areas in South Sudan to be cleared of unexploded ordnances
Mine clearance teams have earmarked more than 300 areas for clearance as South Sudan moves to meet a July 2026 deadline for the total elimination of all anti-personnel mine fields.  The contaminated areas have been identified in different parts of the country.  The Senior Program Manager of the UN Mine Action Service, Richard Boutler, says great progress in clearance has been made but much is...
9m Nov 27, 2020
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1421: FAO intensifies surveillance amid fears of desert locust resurgence
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is intensifying surveillance and control measures in preparation for a new swarm of desert locusts in the country.  FAO’s regional office this week warned of a fresh wave of the pests in the Horn of Africa region, after Cyclone Gati made landfall in Somalia on Sunday.  The heavy downpour is further expected to allow widespread breeding of the sw...
4m Nov 26, 2020
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1420: Guterres: Work to prevent violence from occurring in the first place
Today we enter the second day of the 16 days of activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV). In his message to launch the Global Campaign yesterday, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on the international community to end the shadow pandemic of gender-based violence once and for all.  Take a listen 
5m Nov 26, 2020
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1419: Noudehou: Everyone must play a part in ending gender-based violence.
The UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in South Sudan has called for concerted effort in ending Gender-Based Violence. Speaking to Radio Miraya this morning, Alain Noudehou says more effort should be put into preventing the vice by increasing education of boys and men around the responsibility in the ending GBV. Noudehou says South Sudan has reported more than 6000 cases ...
12m Nov 25, 2020
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1418: NGO develops compendium of positive judgements of SGBV court cases
A national human rights organization dealing in access to justice has embarked on a project to compile a record of positive judgements of sexual and gender-based violence cases in the country.    ‘Advocates Without Borders’ has received funding from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to document the cases.     The organizations program coordinator, Philip Anyang says the full compila...
4m Nov 25, 2020
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1417: University of Juba student fears for his life
A student activist at the university of Juba says his life is under threat following his involvement in protests on the dismissal of his colleagues at the institution. The student who sought anonymity, says he has received life threatening message from elements whom he believes are security agents, for challenging Vice-Chancellor John Akec’s decision. Meanwhile four students from the Universit...
5m Nov 24, 2020
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1416: Ministry of General Education and GESS program launch second round of cash-transfers
The Ministry of General Education and the Girls Education South Sudan (GESS) program, will today launch the second round of the 2020 GESS Cash Transfers to schoolgirls.  All schoolgirls from Primary five to Senior four across the country will receive direct cash transfers to enable them to purchase the basic supplies they need to keep them enrolled in school.  GESS Team Leader, Akuja De Garan...
7m Nov 23, 2020
7m
1415: Exclusive Interview with R-JMEC Chairperson Maj. Gen (RTD) Charles Tai Gituai
An international think-tank has been commissioned to support the South Sudan parties in the constitution review process.    Max Planck Foundation from Germany has been commissioned by the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) to offer expertise in the consultation and review process.    In an exclusive interview with Radio Miraya, the R-JMEC interim chairperson, ...
45m Nov 19, 2020
45m
1414: Media Briefing By SRSG and the Head of UNMISS, Mr. David Shearer
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has announced a major road rehabilitation project to repair about 3,200 kilometers of roads across the country.  UN Special Representative and Head of UNMISS, David Shearer in a press conference today announced that the project will be undertaken during the dry season by seven engineering contingents from Bangladesh, China, Korea, Thailand, In...
10m Nov 17, 2020
10m
1413: President Kiir's full speech at closing of National Dialogue conference
President Salva Kiir has praised the national dialogue conference as a legitimate process that expresses the honest views of a broad cross section of our society.   Closing the 15-day conference in Juba earlier today, President Kiir said the recommendations that have come out of the process must be harmonized with the permanent constitution making process provided for in the 2018 revitalized p...
23m Nov 17, 2020
23m
1412: Mobile telecommunication costs adjusted upwards
The National Communication Authority has approved an upward adjustment in mobile communication costs to conform with the exchange rate of the local currency against the US dollar.  The Authority’s Director General Napoleon Adok Gai says the new rates will enable telecom operators to improve the quality of their services and that the prices may change again once inflation is brought under control.
5m Nov 16, 2020
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1411: Norwegian Amb: Government should ensure that teachers get a decent salary on time to avoid affecting children’s education
The government of Norway has signed an agreement worth USD 10 million, to support a safe return to school for children in South Sudan in 2020-2021.   Speaking to Miraya breakfast this morning, Norwegian Ambassador to South Sudan said government should invest more in the education sector to ensure that teachers get a decent salary on time to avoid affecting children’s education. Ambassador Siv...
19m Nov 13, 2020
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1410: Shearer: Road rehabilitation and increase in peacekeeping operations top priorities
The Chief of UNMISS says that the rehabilitation of main roads in Warap state and deployment of additional peacekeepers in the area are amongst the Mission’s priorities. During his tour of the Greater Bahr el Ghazal David Shearer said UN peacekeepers will work with the local police to improve security in areas with high incidence of inter communal fighting. Shearer stresses that better roads ...
1m Nov 12, 2020
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1409: IMF tables $50 million loan for South Sudan
The International Monetary Fund IMF is expected to meet in Washington DC today (Wednesday) to discuss a 50-million-dollar loan for South Sudan.  Coordinator of the national dialogue secretariat Lual Deng says the loan was a recommendation that came out of the regional dialogue conferences that were held to seek solutions to economic reform and rebuilding financial institutions.  
5m Nov 11, 2020
5m
1408: Revival Fellowship: Try to live a peaceful way with yourself then it will spread to others
The Revival Fellowship will tomorrow hold a convention aimed at awakening God’s faith in people and encouraging them to preach about peace. The Revival Fellowship is a group of South Sudanese which uses the word of Gold to preach about peace. The annual convention is said to have helped restore many broken families through counseling and reconciliation. Miraya breakfast this morning featured Eu...
16m Nov 11, 2020
16m
1407: Regional expert dissects impact of Biden administration on Africa
A regional expert in economic transformation says the election of Joe Biden as the next President of the United States is likely to come with more pressure on South Sudan to fully implement the 2018 revitalized peace agreement.  Professor Augustus Nuwagaba says the new Biden administration under the Democratic Party will be keen to protect security in the Eastern Horn of Africa to contain Russ...
5m Nov 09, 2020
5m
1406: Analyst: New Central Bank policies questionable
An economist and Dean at the University of Juba is proposing tighter restrictions and injecting hard currency into the market as concrete steps towards reviving the economy.     Dr Abraham Kuol Nyuon, the Dean of the College of Social and Economic Studies says the measures announced by the Central Bank last week to discourage borrowing by the government and commercial banks from the Bank of S...
7m Nov 09, 2020
7m
1405: Ministry of health confirms 10 new cases of COVID-19
The national ministry of health has confirmed 10 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the cumulative number in the country to 2,970.   The number of deaths remain at 59. Updating the media on the COVID-19 situation in the country yesterday, the director of preventive health services in the National Ministry of Health, John Romunu said the new infections came from more than 400 samples submitted for...
5m Nov 09, 2020
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1404: Yakani: National dialogue marred by tribal sentiments at the expense of national issues
A Civil society representative at the National Dialogue conference in Juba has challenged delegates at the event to renounce tribalistic terminologies and expressions that may affect overall implementation of resolutions to come out of the event  Speaking to Radio Miraya this morning, Edmund Yakani Executive Director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization says the first five da...
12m Nov 06, 2020
12m
1403: David Shearer: Listen to your people at the national dialogue conference.
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary General to South Sudan, David Shearer has urged South Sudan leaders to listen to their people through the national dialogue conference. Shearer is calling on the country’s leaders to create a conducive environment for the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement and subsequent holding of elections at the end of the transitional period.  ...
1m Nov 03, 2020
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1402: Governor Emmanuel Adil: Mend the social fabric in South Sudan
Delegates attending the national dialogue conference in Juba have been advised to use the conference as a tool for achieving reconciliation among the people of South Sudan.  The Governor of Central Equatoria State, Emmanuel Adil Anthony welcomed the 500 delegates to the two-week conference and encouraged the participants to seek mending the social fabric that the country has suffered after yea...
30s Nov 03, 2020
30s
1401: Refugees flee CAR into South Sudan
Authorities are reporting a refugee influx from neighboring Central African Republic (CAR) into South Sudan.   More than 2,000 individuals have fled Bambouti area due to attacks by Seleka rebels in CAR and are settled in Tambura county.    The refugees are camped in Source Yubu payam.   A team from the Commission for Refugees Affairs is heading to Tambura county in Western Equatoria state...
3m Nov 03, 2020
3m
1400: MSF: Measles Outbreak in Pibor
Medical charity organization - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), says inhabitants of the capital of the Pibor Administrative Area have been struggling with an outbreak of measles.  This is the third wave of the disease, which has been present in the area since October 2019.  MSF’s Deputy Head of Mission Sadie St Denie warns that more cases could be expected due to the floods engulfing the region....
4m Nov 02, 2020
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1399: Roundtable: Role of Telecommunications/ICT in Peace Building in South Sudan.
1hr 57m Oct 31, 2020
1hr 57m
1398: Border communities assured of maximum protection
The army is assuring border communities in Eastern Equatoria that it has the capacity to protect the integrity of the country’s borders.  The spokesperson of the SSPDF, Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang, says a confrontation between the South Sudan army and Ugandan forces in Magwi county that led to the death of two SSPDF servicemen on Tuesday this week, was an isolated incident.  Maj Gen Lul urged Ug...
1m Oct 30, 2020
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1397: University of Juba suspends operations for one week.
The university of Juba has suspended operations to all students except for post-graduate students. The institution will close for one week from today 27 Oct to 1st November, then open from 2nd - 21 November for students’ registration and payment of fees for at least a semester. University's Vice Chancellor John Akech the  says the move will calm the situation where students have been protestin...
1m Oct 27, 2020
1m
1396: Roun Table: Role of the UN in peace consolidation and fostering state building
1hr 55m Oct 24, 2020
1hr 55m
1395: UK Amb: Appoint state authorities to ease service delivery
UK ambassador to South Sudan Christ Trott has called on the parties to the agreement to quickly appoint state ministers and local government authorities to ease service delivery to the citizens and pave way elections after the transitional period  Ambassador Trott says the slow pace in implementation of  pre-transitional tasks by the parties is affecting efforts by partners in complimenting go...
26m Oct 23, 2020
26m
1394: UNDP: Economic Management and Public Administration
As a build up to the commemoration of the UN's 75 years of existence, the UNDP today shared their story on economic management and public administration. Take a listen
40m Oct 21, 2020
40m
1393: Nationwide: Building durable peace
42m Oct 20, 2020
42m
1392: Guterres: Covid19 likely to push 115 million people into poverty this year
The United Nations Secretary General has called for enhanced efforts in the fight against poverty, due to the added impact of the covid19 pandemic. Antonio Guterres urged various governments to accelerate economic transformation by investing in a green sustainable recovery. He said this in his message to commemorate international day for eradication of poverty. 
1m Oct 19, 2020
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1391: The Roundtable: Impact of the economic uncertainty in South Sudan
1hr 53m Oct 17, 2020
1hr 53m
1390: Senior SPLM-IO blames guarantors and IGAD for not discharging their oversight role in peace implementation
A senior SPLM-IO member is calling on guarantors and regional bloc IGAD to do more in their role of overseeing the implementation of the peace deal. The SPLM-IO representative to the National Constitutional Amendment Committee, Nathaniel Oyet Pierino says the guarantors have almost abandoned the agreement and leaving the parties on their own. He says the parties to the agreement are left on t...
6m Oct 15, 2020
6m
1389: Government to meet the business community on intended changes to the SSP
Following last week’s cabinet meeting on changes to the South Sudan Pound, the local market has in the past few days experienced fluctuation in Forex rates resulting in price increases of many products.  The Presidency yesterday was locked up in an extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting to discuss the economic situation. Government Spokesperson Michael Makuei Lueth says that the minister of...
6m Oct 15, 2020
6m
1388: Learning resumes in Northern Bahr Ghazal
Learning in Schools in Northern Bahr Ghazal have officially resumed, one week after the national ministry of general education announced the opening of schools for learning for students in candidate classes.  The reopening of the schools in the state had been delayed because they were not disinfected and sprayed in time last week.  Addressing the students during the opening in Aweil town yest...
21s Oct 13, 2020
21s
1387: UN Sec. General’s message on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction
1m Oct 13, 2020
1m
1385: The Roundtable - Roles of Political Parties in State-building Process in South Sudan.
1hr 56m Oct 10, 2020
1hr 56m
1384: South Sudan WFP Country rep welcomes the 2020 Nobel Peace prize award
The United Nations World Food Program has been awarded the 2020  Nobel Peace prize for its  efforts to combat hunger, bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war  The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the WFP had acted "as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon o...
29s Oct 09, 2020
29s
1383: UN Secretary General's World Mental Health Day message
1m Oct 09, 2020
1m
1382: Nationwide - African Development Bank support to South Sudan
All you need to know about the work of the African Development in South Sudan. Country Manager Benedict Kanu sat with Sani Martin on the Nationwide program to talk about the support the AFDB is providing to South Sudan.
46m Oct 08, 2020
46m
1381: Nationwide: Women and Girls, Closing the Gender Gap
38m Oct 07, 2020
38m
1380: UNICEF launches campaign at ending child marriage in South Sudan
In the run up to the day of the Girlchild which falls on 11th of October 2020, the UN children’s agency UNICEF has launched a campaign at ending child marriage in the Country. The campaign which also coincided with the reopening of schools on Monday, aims to advocate for keeping the girl child in school. It is dubbed “Somethings are not meant for children; marriage is one of them”.  UNICEF chi...
29s Oct 07, 2020
29s
1379: New normal in South Sudan schools enters day two
With just two days after the official opening of schools in South Sudan, the Ministry of General Education estimates that only a total of 1,700 schools have successfully opened their doors to learners this week.  We caught up with one of the schools in Juba to share their experience afters months of closure following the outbreak of Covid19.  Okello Kenneth Obote, is the Headmaster of Darling...
5m Oct 06, 2020
5m
1378: Guterres: Peace agreement has special meaning for the people of Darfur
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for sustained commitment to the peace agreement which was signed between the Sudanese government and the main rebel groups. Guterres says the agreement should translate into tangible improvement of people’s lives in Darfur.  Addressing the occasion through a video conference, the United Nations Secretary General called on the SPLM...
1m Oct 05, 2020
1m
1386: Roundtable discussion: Impact of sustainable Peace in Sudan and South Sudan
The final signing of a peace agreement between Sudan's government and rebel groups is set to took place this weekend on 3 October 2020 in the South Sudanese capital Juba. Sudanese authorities and leaders from the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), a coalition of rebel groups, initialed a historic peace agreement on August 31 in Juba aimed at ending nearly two decades of conflict that has killed ...
1hr 46m Oct 04, 2020
1hr 46m
1377: Pres. Salva Kiir's message at the Sudan Peace deal signing in Juba
President Salva Kiir told a gathering at #SudanPeaceDeal signing ceremony in Juba, that support from regional bodies, the UN and other international partners, made it possible for a peace deal to be reached in Sudan. He said his government's intervention in the Sudan Peace deal, is primarily driven by a view of a stability in the Sudan (https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sudan?src=hashtag_click) as So...
18m Oct 03, 2020
18m
1376: Nationwide: Progress Toward Peace or Locked in Crisis?
‘South Sudan: Progress Toward Peace or Locked in Crisis?’ is the name of a forum that took place in Washington, DC, the United States this week. Organised by the University of Notre Dame’s School of Global Affairs and the Mediation Program of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, in partnership with IGAD and Swisspeace, the forum tried to shed more light on the peace process in So...
46m Oct 03, 2020
46m
1375: Nationwide: Features Undersecretary for the ministry of Petroleum
The program looks at the state of oil production in South Sudan, against the background of the global drop in the prices of crude oil following the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic.
17m Oct 01, 2020
17m
1374: Guterres: prioritize older persons’ access to health
The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres is urging leaders in the world to prioritize older persons’ access to health and social protection.  Guterres said the covid-19 has greatly impacted on health and wellbeing on older persons. He said this in his message to commemorate International the Day of Older Persons, being observed today, October 1st, 2020.  Day of Older Persons is...
1m Oct 01, 2020
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