1118: Black Gold Burning: In Search Of South Sudan’s Oil Pollution
Activists have raised concerns over local oil spills, fearing health risks from pollution of drinking water vital for nearby villages. A report ‘Black Gold Burning: In Search Of South Sudan’s Oil Pollution’ published recently   indicates heavy metal pollution from oil production, which warrants more investigation into the potential health risk from polluted ground water. Wim Zwajnenburg is the ...
8m Jan 28, 2020
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1117: Suicide cases manifest from more than one challenge-Dr. Atong
A 2019 UN refugee agency UNHCR report has found that the number of suicides and suicide attempts among South Sudanese refugees living in settlements in Uganda has more than doubled.  There were 97 suicide attempts, with 19 deaths. More than 2 million South Sudanese, most of them women and children, have fled their homeland to escape the conflict between the government and opposition parties.  M...
9m Jan 28, 2020
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1116: Nationwide 27-01-2020
45m Jan 27, 2020
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1115: Artists raise funds for the visually impaired
A fundraising event was recently held in juba for the Visually impaired. Organize for the event Abul Oyay Deng says disability is mostly not put as a priority in south sudan.  Ms Deng called for support to the visually impaired as some are born with it while others experience it later in their life. And Kenyan musician Fadhili Itulya who performed at the event, said art is paramount especially ...
22m Jan 27, 2020
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1114: The Round Table 25-01-2020
1hr 54m Jan 25, 2020
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1113: JICA: Integrate sports as a way of bringing peace.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency JICA has called for grassroot efforts to integrate sports between different communities as a way of bringing peace to the country. Speaking ahead of the 5th National Unity sports day for peace and unity , which kick off in Juba tomorrow, JICA project formulation advisor Daisuke Kanamori said apart from top political efforts sports should be used to bri...
7m Jan 24, 2020
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1112: Nationwide 23-01-2020
47m Jan 24, 2020
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1111: EU: we expect to work in a different way with the new government
The EU is calling upon South Sudan worrying parties to urgently tackle the outstanding issues before the formation of the new government as agreed by the parties in the peace agreement.  EU ambassador to South Sudan Sinead Walsh urged the warring parties to find a compromise solution on the number and boundaries of states. Dr. Walsh said this on Miraya breakfast this morning. Take a listen
17m Jan 23, 2020
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1110: Log Books in focuss
Members of Parliament in the Transitional National Legislative assembly TNLA have expressed concerned over the law regulating car log books in South Sudan. The law requires motorists to renew log books yearly, contrary to what is obtaining across the region. The practice is seen to be promoting corruption among traffic police officers, owing to the high number of drivers moving with expired Car...
3m Jan 21, 2020
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1109: Nationwide-16 February 2020
44m Jan 16, 2020
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1108: Muhandis: Not all hope is lost on the number and boundaries of states.
A civil society organisation has described the stalemate on the number of States and boundaries by the parties as unfortunate.  Responsive Governance executive director Rajab Muhandis, however, says not all hope is lost on the matter.  He urged the parties to continue engaging for a lasting solution. Parties to the Revitalized agreement yesterday failed to agree on the number and boundaries of ...
7m Jan 16, 2020
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1107: Albino Akol Attack, member of the Umbrella of Opposition Political Parties on Nationwide today
46m Jan 14, 2020
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1106: SPLM-IO: We will do anything to actualize peace in South Sudan
The SPLM-IO has called for political Will in todays' meeting in Juba. Speaking before departure for Juba this morning SPLM-IO Director for Information and Public Relations Puok Both Buluang, says todays meeting is very important as it provides a platform to evaluate the progress made towards peace for South Sudan. He says the SPLM-IO leader Riek Machar is more than ready to help realize peace i...
3m Jan 14, 2020
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1105: Edmond Yakani on Nationwide today
43m Jan 13, 2020
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1104: The Round Table
1hr 58m Jan 11, 2020
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1103: UK Ambassador: There has been no progress on the issue of states and boundaries
UK ambassador to South Sudan Chriss trot has called on parties to the revitalized peace agreement to find a compromise that can address the issue of boundaries and states so that the power sharing arrangement can be fulfilled for the formation of the government of national unity. He said this on Miraya breakfast this morning.
15m Jan 10, 2020
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1102: Nationwide-Michael Mayot, Minister of Information in Twic State.
47m Jan 09, 2020
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1101: Kuol: Sanctions on Taban show that the relationship between South Sudan and US is almost zero
The US has imposed sanctions on South Sudan first vice president Taban Deng Ghai, accusing him of serious human rights abuses and trying to derail the peace process. Speaking to Miraya this morning, political analyst Abraham Kuol says the sanctions have come at a critical moment when government is almost working on the formation of the revitalized government of national unity. Dr. Kuol said Tab...
6m Jan 09, 2020
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1100: Half of 100 days produced little - Muhandis
Executive Director of Organization for Responsive Governance Rajab Muhandis says the 100 days extension of the pre-transition agreement has produced very little to guarantee desired results. Muhandis further says that the public is not adequately being informed of what is happening in the 100 days extension of the pre-transition agreement. He said this on the Miraya Breakfast this morning
16m Jan 07, 2020
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1099: Former South Sudan Revenue authority commissioner General welcomes the lifting of movement restriction against him
Former Revenue Authority Commissioner General has welcomed the lifting of movement restriction on him. Dr. Attipo Olympio confirmed to Radio Miraya that on 31 December 2019, Minister of Finance minister Salvatore Garang lifted movement restriction imposed against him. In August Last year, the minister of Finance dismissed Dr. Attipo Olympio from his position as South Sudan Revenue Authority’s C...
31m Jan 02, 2020
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1098: Training of unified forces expected to start by the first week of January.
The deputy chairperson of the National Pre-transitional Committee Gabriel Changson Chang has said the training of unified forces is expected to start by the first week of January.  Speaking to Radio Miraya, Changson said the forces being transported to 18 training centers will undergo another stage of screening before selection for training specified for Police, National Security, and Army.  Ch...
45m Jan 01, 2020
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1097: Young people in #SouthSudan urged to use social media platforms positively
The young people of #SouthSudan have been urged to use social media platforms positively to impart information that can make difference. South Sudanese on Twitter, have launched hashtags that have gone viral in the country. Speaking on the Miraya Breakfast show, Twitter User Chol Bul, says their group, South Sudanese on twitter has been gaining followers and have been campaigning on issues affe...
5m Dec 27, 2019
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1096: Anataban Youth Advocacy group wins South Sudan Theatre Award as Youth Initiative of the year
Anataban youth Advocacy group has scooped South Sudan Theatre Award as Youth Initiative of the year 2019. This is the fourth time the group has won the award Two members of the group spoke to the Miraya Breakfast show and said the win means Anataban is being challenged to do more in advocating for the youth of #SouthSudan.  Manase Mathiang and Senior Mouch appreciated the youth of #SouthSudan f...
12m Dec 24, 2019
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1095: Fire rages on at Unity Oil Fields
A big fire that broke out at the Unity Oil fields over the weekend continues to burn.  The fire started in the Padang area on Saturday and was fueled further by an oil leakage from a nearby pipeline.  The Minister for information in Northern Liech state, David Gai says the initial cause of the blaze is still not known.  Gai told Radio Miraya that the flames have been burning endlessly since Sat...
5m Dec 23, 2019
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1094: JMCC transports forces from cantonment sites to training areas
The Joint Military Ceasefire Commission has dispatched teams to transport forces from cantonment sites to training areas. The first batch of nine teams left Monday morning for assembly points in Greater Bahr-El Gazel and Upper Nile regions to be followed by another team on Tuesday in the Equatoria region.    SPLM-IO Deputy spokesperson, Col. Lam Paul Gabriel confirms the development to Radio Mi...
5m Dec 23, 2019
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1093: UNESCO brings in a team of experts from Kenya to build the capacity of national archivists
UNESCO has brought in a team of experts from Kenya to build the capacity of national archivists. Mwadime Wazwa and Aisha Fadhil Ali from the Center for Heritage Development in Africa are in Juba to offer training on preventive conservation of paper documents.  Meanwhile, the national archives project has nearly been completed with 98% of historical documents catalogued, and 35% of resources dig...
17m Dec 20, 2019
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1092: World Food Program Executive Director speaks about his visit to South Sudan
The UN World Food program warns that the country will plunge into famine if they do not receive the much-needed funding within the next six months to reach flood-stricken populations.  The visiting WFP Executive Director, David Beasley said they are 270 million dollars short in funding needed to preposition food to populations that lost their produce to floods. The Executive Director sat down f...
5m Dec 20, 2019
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1091: Capitalize on the expertise of international migrants - IOM
The UN International Organization for Migration IOM has called on South Sudanese to embrace international migrants.  IOM Senior Project Assistant Migration Management Unit Mading Cienggan, said fears that the country is being dominated by foreigners is completely unfounded because currently international migrants in South Sudan are less than 2% of the total population. Mr Cienggan said South Su...
14m Dec 18, 2019
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1090: MEN4WOMEN, create conversations around menstruation
An initiative to openly create conversations around menstruation in young girls has been launched by Okay Africa Foundation. This week, the organisation will have a session at Juba University that will bring together men to openly discuss about mestration, with the view to ending stigma against girls and women.  Data Gordon spoke to Miraya Breakfast this morning in this interview.    
10m Dec 17, 2019
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1089: The Round table - Dr. Augustino Ting, Ateny Wek Ateny and Dr. Dr James Ukuk
1hr 53m Dec 14, 2019
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1088: Nationwide on Human Development Report & the South Sudan Accelerator Lab.
UNDP and partners launch the 2019 Human Development Report & the South Sudan Accelerator Lab.
49m Dec 12, 2019
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1087: UNOCHA today launches a joint appeal for $1.5 billion Humanitarian fund
The humanitarian community in South Sudan will today launch a joint appeal for 1.5 billion US dollars to provide urgent and life-saving assistance to 5.6 million people affected by conflict, hunger and displacement in 2020. The response plan is a combined strategy of national and international NGO activities in the next year. Steve O’Malley, Head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanit...
5m Dec 12, 2019
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1086: Juba international airport operating normally even after an Ethiopian airlines flight Mishap yesterday
Flights at Juba international airport are operating as normal after an Ethiopian airlines flight skid off the runway yesterday evening. The aircraft that was headed to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, veered of the airport runway in bad weather as it was taking off.   All 21 passengers and crew on board escaped unhurt and the passengers have been rebooked on another flight this morning.  The Director of ...
4m Dec 11, 2019
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1085: Limited jurisdiction hindering swift prosecution of human rights cases
A commissioner in the South Sudan Human Rights Commission says the commission’s lack of prosecuting powers is hindering it from effectively discharging of its duties.  Beny Gideon Mabor says the commission’s mandate is limited to monitoring and reporting, making it difficult for the swift prosecution of human rights violations. He said this on the Miraya breakfast this morning.  
14m Dec 10, 2019
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1084: TNLA Speaker has resigned
Speaker of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly has resigned.   Anthony Lino Makana tendered in his notice during an SPLM caucus meeting yesterday chaired by party chairman President Salva Kiir.  Makana gave in to pressure from the SPLM legislators to step down, to avoid possible impeachment over a string of allegations of mismanagement levied by the House Parliamentarians.    The Cha...
11m Dec 09, 2019
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1083: SPLM-IO Leader Reik Machar expected in Juba today
SPLM-IO Leader Reik Machar expected in Juba today to continue the face to face meeting with president Salva Kiir. Dr. Machar is expected to be here for about three days. He Machar is expected to be accompanied by the Sudanese delegation as guarantors. Miraya breakfast spoke SPLM-IO member Puok Kang Choul this morning. 
5m Dec 09, 2019
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1082: South Sudan reacts to Sentry Report
The South Sudan government has reacted to a report by the Washington D.C. based Sentry group; an affiliate of the Enough Project, published in September this year, detailing what it called “the carving up for private profit of the most lucrative economic and government sectors in the world’s youngest nation”.     Briefing the media this morning, spokesperson to President Salva Kiir Mayardit, At...
13m Dec 05, 2019
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1081: South Sudan celebrates volunteerism
International Volunteer Day is celebrated each year by the UN General Assembly on December 5.  International Volunteer Day (IVD), is an opportunity for us all to promote volunteerism, encourage governments to support volunteer efforts and recognize volunteer contributions to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at local, national and international levels. The theme for In...
8m Dec 05, 2019
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1080: Persons with disabilities should be an agenda for all of us.-DFID
The Department for International Development-DFID has called on South Sudanese to prioritize persons with disabilities. Speaking on Miraya Breakfat this morning, DFID Head of mission in South Sudan Helen Lowie said persons with disabilities should be every one's agenda. Ms Lowie said she looks foward to seeing the ratification of the UN convention on persons with disabilities in South Sudan nex...
7m Dec 04, 2019
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1079: Youths must use basketball as a tool for free education - Luol Deng
Newly elected president of the South Sudan basketball federation Luol Deng, has pledged to focus his energy on the development of basketball among youth and strengthening national teams. Deng, a former NBA star, says boys and girls of South Sudan can use basketball as a tool for fee education.  He spoke to Miraya Breakfast this morning.
7m Dec 03, 2019
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1078: Dismissed Army General, Stephen Buay, ready to serve country in different capacity
Dismissed Army General, Stephen Buay says he is looking forward to serving his country in a different capacity, after being released from prison and stripped of his military ranks. In an exclusive interview with Radio Miraya, the former General says he is happy to be home and will take time off to reflect and decide on his future.     On his conviction and sentencing, Stephen Buay says the verd...
4m Nov 29, 2019
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1077: IGAD summit expected to table Machar's status today
An ordinary summit of the IGAD Heads of State and government is expected to take place tomorrow in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with South Sudan expected to feature highly on the agenda. The SPLM-IO party confirms that their Chairperson, Dr Riek Machar is already in Addis. The IGAD summit is expected to deliberate on several issues including the status of the main armed opposition leader who has been...
26s Nov 28, 2019
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1076: "We must begin to see genuine steps towards peace" - Dutch Ambassador
The Dutch Ambassador to South Sudan has urge the South Sudan warring Parties to take the implementation of the Peace Agreement as a matter of urgency. Ambassador Janet Alberda called on the NPTC to quickly come up with a roadmap for the implementation of the outstanding issues within the 100 extended days. She spoke to Robert Ohia on Miraya breakfast this morning.
6m Nov 28, 2019
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1075: Two people killed and three others injured in an Attack in Abyei
Authorities in Abyei are reporting that two people have been killed and three others injured including a pregnant woman when suspected Massiria militia and SAF attacked the area. Speaking to Radio Miraya the Abyei chief Administrative Justice Kuol Alor Kuol says that three people are also missing in the Attack on Lou village 20km East of Abyei town. He accused the group of looting houses and we...
4m Nov 26, 2019
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1074: Today's Round Table Program - Recorded edition
1hr 52m Nov 23, 2019
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1073: Electrification of entire Juba city to complete before end of this year.
The South Sudan Ministry of Electricity and Dams yesterday commissioned a new powerplant in Gumbo, east of Juba town. The Ezra Power Plan Project will start its first phase of power transmission to more than 3,000 pre-paid consumers in Juba town, before expanding to the rest of Juba.  Minister of Electricity and Dams Dhieu Mathok said the generators will supply the whole of Juba. He spoke to Mi...
20m Nov 22, 2019
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1072: IGAD Special Envoy updates on South Sudan peace process
  The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), as mediators to the South Sudan peace agreement confirms that the government has released an additional $40 mln for the implementation of pending tasks within the one-hundred-day extension of the Pre-Transitional period.    The latest disbursement comes as the international community put pressure on the government to meet its pledges to e...
7m Nov 21, 2019
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1071: Youth organisation launches campaign against crime and substance abuse
Youth Empowerment Organization of South Sudan has launched ana ma Toronto campaign. The campaign is aimed at preventing crime and substance abuse in South Sudan. Toronto is a name given to youth or gang groups that is associated with grabbing bags and phones of Juba residents. Daniel Mwaka is the executive director for Youth Empowerment Organization of South Sudan and gave details of the campai...
12m Nov 21, 2019
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1070: Men urged to take the lead in fight against SGBV
Men are being encouraged to take the lead, in combating sexual and gender-based violence.    Speaking on the Radio Miraya Breakfast show, the Executive Director of the ‘Mind and Souls Institute’ Deng Jacob Dee said men as heads of households should use their influence to protect women against harm and not perpetrate acts of violence and abuse.     He urges the community to also play a part in g...
8m Nov 21, 2019
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1069: UNMISS SRSG-David Shearer Calls for lifting of restrictions on Dr. Riek Machar’s movements
The UNMISS SRSG-David Shearer has called for lifting of restrictions Dr Riek Machar’s movements. Mr Sheare says the ongoing challenge of the uncertain status of Dr. Riek Machar should not be difficult to fix.    he called on IGAD to lift all restrictions on Dr Machar's movement and that South Sudan Government should issue him a passport in the spirit of building trust and confidence.  Mr Sheare...
8m Nov 20, 2019
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