The South Sudan NGO Forum condemns violence against NGOs; stands in solidarity with affected NGOs
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Juba, South Sudan | 17 May 2021
The South Sudan NGO Forum strongly condemns the unacceptable attacks on South Sudanese international NGOs’ and national NGOs’ workers and the forceful entry into NGO compounds by unauthorised youth groups in Renk, Jamjang and Torit. We condemn this unacceptable behaviour, which seeks to interfere with NGOs’ recruitment processes and outcomes. Such acts cause physical harm to NGO workers, vandalise humanitarian assets and disrupt the work of humanitarians. The NGO Forum does not condone harassment, threats and violence against NGO assets and personnel delivering assistance to communities.
South Sudan switches to new time zone in February
Friday January 29 2021
South Sudan will switch to the Central African time zone on February 1, 2021. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
By Garang Malak
South Sudan plans to reset its clock, moving back one hour on February 1.
The change, which moves the country an hour behind its key trading partners Uganda and Kenya, is meant to align it to the time zone based on its geographical location.
“The National Ministry of Labour informs all the civil service institutions, commissions, diplomatic missions, UN agencies, international/non-governmental organisations and the public at large that South Sudan has changed its official time from UTC +3 to UTC +2, which is based on South Sudan’s real location on the globe,” the Labour undersecretary Mary Hillary Wani Pitia said in statement on Friday.