By Waure Eddy Fifty Participants from diverse backgrounds gathered in Yambio for a one-day community forum focused on strengthening resilience against hate speech and conflict-driven narratives. The event, organized by Digital Rights Frontline (DRF) based in Juba, follows a similar training held in September on combating harmful information across South Sudan. Hate speech, misinformation, and…
By Waure Eddy In a step toward protecting the rights of girls and promoting education, Bazungua Payam under Western Equatoria State (WES) has officially signed a community-led declaration to end early marriages. The event, held in Bazungua, was supported by AMREF Health Africa and funded by the United Nations Population Agency (UNPA), under the Universal…
By Waure Eddy Over 9,506 households and 57,036 Individuals displaced by conflict in Tombura County have settled across all six payams of Ezo County, according to Mr. Siani Martin, the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) Coordinator for Ezo. Speaking to The Dawn Newspaper on Tuesday, Mr. Siani confirmed that internally displaced persons (IDPs) fleeing violence…
By Sr. Henriette Anne, FSSA Catholic Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan has condemned the escalating violence that has claimed thousands of lives and displaced millions of people in the ongoing war in Sudan which began in April 2023 between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), urging Sudanese people to…
By seminarian Mboriidie Simon On 16th October 2024, in an inspiring initiative at Sacred Heart Catholic Parish, Diabio, the Shalom Christian Organization launched a tailoring training program to uplift local women and foster growth within the community. Rev. Fr. Wasi Benjamin, the parish priest and Director of Shalom Christian Organization, extended his sincere gratitude to…
By Baraka John In response to the severe economic hardships many families face in South Sudan, Rev. Sister Margret Henrico Nakaimbaga has embarked on a new initiative to foster self-sufficiency and food security. Sr. Margret a member of the Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Virgin Mary has established a subsistence farm at the bishop’s residence…
By Sr. Henriette Anne, FSSA In December 2023, I spent 3 weeks in Mboko and Yambio, Western Equatoria State, South Sudan. The journey from Tombura airstrip to Ave Maria Parish in Mboko was unbearable. The roads had no Maram, dangerous potholes, and due to heavy rains, they were hardly navigable because of mudslides and it…
By Elias Ginana and Joseph Chakaya In a heartfelt appeal, Colonel Henery Malesh Luiz, head of the Civil Defense and Fire Brigade in Western Equatoria State, has urged the community members of Yambio to pay due respect to the King of the Azande Kingdom and to embrace peaceful cohesion among all tribes within the Kingdom….
By Baraka John The Catholic Organization for Peace and Development (CODEP) will distribute vital humanitarian aid to approximately 400 households of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Tombura today, Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024. This distribution follows the recent delivery of essential supplies by CODEP, aiming to support the most vulnerable individuals residing in six IDP camps…
By Joseph Ernesto Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY), yesterday 22nd, September 2024, at St. Mary Mother of God Parish Yambio, urged South Sudanese citizens to embrace love for their country as a pathway to peace. In his homily the local ordinary of CDTY emphasized that true tranquility begins…
