South Sudan’s family of President Kiir held a colorful wedding at the country’s presidential palace on Sunday evening, September 1st, 2019. The wedding, which brings together the family of Salva Kiir and his in-laws was between Lual Marine Akook, a nephew to president Kiir, and bride Mia Ayen Gregory, a niece to president’s wife Mary Ayen. The colorful wedding was […]
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Sept 4, 2019(Juba) — Revealed in documents extended to South Sudan News Now, South Sudan Minister of Finance and Economic Planning released over 100 hundred thousand US Dollar in July to a phony company to clear “a car loan”. According to the transaction documents extended to South Sudan News Now, Mr. Garang Majak Bol Angok, the 1st Undersecretary of Finance […]
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21st August 2019 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , August 22, 2019(SSNN) — The IGAD Council of Ministers convened a consultation meeting of the Parties to the R-ARCSS on the 21st August 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the chairmanship of H.E. Gedu Andargachew, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Chairperson of the IGAD Council […]
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August 22, 2019: — Due to lack of structures and accountability, South Sudanese generals and politicians are stockpiling not only wealth but also ranks to ensure that power revolves around them or their immediate blood line. Starting with president Kiir who recently promoted his wife, Mary Ayen, to rank off Brigadier General and his brother-in-law, Gregory Vasili Dimitry, who doubles as […]
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August 21, 2019(SSNN) — The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commision (RJMEC) has urged Parties to expediate the process of cantonment of troops arriving in verified Cantonment Sites and in Barracks. Speaking during the opening session of the consultative meeting of the Parties to the Agreement held in Addis Ababa on Wednesday, RJMEC Interim Chairperson Amb. Lt. General Augostino Njoroge […]
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Sept 19th, 2019(SSNN) — Calling spade a spade, an advisor on peacekeeping, mediation, international sanctions and PoC, Klem Ryan has dropped a honest criticism that is usually spoken behind “closed-doors” on his twitter account and urges his critics to admit that South Sudan’s struggling president is an idiot, who is being protected by regional leaders for their selfish interests. Dr. […]
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August 17, 2019(SSNN) — A Kenyan Forensic Ballistics Expert and Chairman of the National Gun Owners Association (NGOA), Anthony Wahome, urges South Sudan’s military leadership to demote and expel a youngman, who was identified as colonel Angui, over a misleading demo that military experts believe was fake. Last month, an army colonel identified as Angui Karbino Kuanyin, posted a viral […]
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August 5, 2019(Juba) — A political feud that continued to rage on between a breakaway faction of the SPLM/A in opposition, which was initially led by the current First Vice President, Stephen Taban Deng Gai, coupled with the return of political stability featuring Dr. Riek Machar Teny, is slowly consuming its leaders. South Sudan’s incumbent First Vice President, who has […]
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Thursday, August 1, 2019(Juba) — At the RJMEC monthly meeting, held in Juba on Thursday, 1 August 2019, Ambassador Lt. Gen. Njoroge, the Interim Chairperson of the Reconsituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC), updated the particpants on the progress of cantonment. He said: “CTSAMVM has reported that the majority of the designated sites and barracks have been verified. The […]
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019(Torit): – South Sudan’s Lafon Community condemns an attack alleged to have occured on Saturday, July 27, at around 7:00 pm in Lafon County. According to details submitted to South Sudan News Now two young men, identified as Achake and Lilur, were shot in Pacidi Payam of lafon County. “Achake died on the spot while Lilur sustained […]
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Press Statement, For immediate release: 31 July 2019 Wednesday, July 31st, 2019(Juba) — The South Sudan Civil Society Consortium(SSCSC) members have seen an article dated 28 July 2019, written by Sarah Nyanath in which she called for removal of Dr Riek Machar Teny from being the Chairman and Commander-In-Chief of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and Army-In Opposition(SPLM/A-IO). Sarah Nyanath’s […]
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July 30, 2019 A South Sudanese civil rights activist and a member of the SPLM/A in Opposition Sarah Nyanath Yong calls for replacement of the SPLM/A Chairman and Commander-in-Chief, Dr. Riek Machar Teny. Over the past two weeks, Miss Yong has been rallying disgruntled intellectuals on social media behind her back to support her call for replacement of Dr. Riek […]
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Opinion, By Alfred Thiik Thiik, July 28th, 2019(Nyamilepedia) — The Governor of Gogrial State Mr. Victor Atem Atem in aid of commander of Tiger Division has secretly loaded military helicopter with millions of pounds from Juba to Gogrial state purposely for purchasing arms and ammunitions to be distributed to his community militants. The governor of Gogrial state who is originally […]
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JUBA , SOUTH SUDAN, July 16, 2019(SSNN) – Activists are calling on Sudan’s military and opposition leaders to open the country’s political process to women when the sides begin to implement their recent power-sharing deal. For most of Sudan’s 63 years as an independent country, women were not allowed to get involved in politics due to cultural norms and other […]
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Transitional Military Council (TMC) Chairman Lt (Gen) Abdel Fatah AL Burhan Abdel Rahman met Tuesday at his office in the Republican Palace with the Head of Umma Party Mubarak AL Fadil. Following the meeting AL Fadil told reporters that the meeting focused on political situation development and the importance of speeding up the signatory of the agreement reached between TMC […]
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July 16, 2019(SSNN) — South Sudan and Sudan have agreed to jointly address issues limiting the export of Juba’s oil through Khartoum ports, South Sudan’s local media reported citing petroleum minister as saying on Monday. Awow Daniel Chuang, South Sudan’s minister of petroleum and mining told state owned-radio South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SBBC) that the two countries agreed to set […]
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July 14, 2019(SSNN) — The leadership of South Sudan’s main opposition group, SPLM-IO has categorically denied alleged reports that the Chairman of the SPLM(IO) Dr. Riek Machar is expected to travel to Juba by the end of this month. Speaking to Nyamilepedia in an interview, Manassey Zindo, a member of the Political Bureau of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (IO) […]
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July 10, 2019(SSNN) —The African Union High-Level Ad Hoc Committee for South Sudan (C5) comprising its Members namely, South Africa, as Chair, Algeria, Chad, Nigeria and Rwanda, convened its meeting in Niamey, Niger, on 6 July 2019, at the ministerial level, on the margins of the inaugural African Union-Regional Economic Communities Coordination Summit. The meeting was in follow up to […]
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July 5, 2019(SSNN) — The administration of the Turkey’s national hospital, The Istanbul Hospital, breaks its silence over the corpse of the late Akobo Governor, Lt. Gen. Johnson Gony Bilieu. According to an admin who spoke to South Sudan News Now in condition of anonymity, the late governor, Lt. Gen. Gony Bilieu died after a brain surgery failed last Friday, […]
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“Transformative infrastructure will create a foundation for digital innovation and prosperity, while supporting the South Sudan Government’s positive economic growth forecast over the next decade.” July 1st, 2019(SSNN) — Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom will implement and operate South Sudan’s first fibre broadband network, connecting the country to the “One Africa” broadband network, which is approaching 70,000km across 13 African […]
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July 1st, 2019(SSNN) — Speaking at the State House in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday after the meeting, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that his Government had decided to set aside 10 acres of land located at the Inland Container Depot in Naivasha Industrial Complex. “To further ease the movement of goods consigned to South Sudan, the Kenyan Government has set aside […]
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June 29, 2019(SSNN) — While South Sudan’s former Minister of Petroleum, Amb. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, who is accused of corruption and mismanagement of oil industry, get investigated, South Sudan government has suspended all pre-sales oil contracts. In accordance to a presidential decree issued by the president, the former minister of petroleum cannot leave the country. His bank accounts and assets […]
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By Majok Anyakdit Nhomuot, June 29, 2019(SSNN) — There is no doubt and argument that Deng Gai Gatluak had been a rebel between 2013 to 2016, following the political crisis that unfolded in the Republic of South Sudan. Deng Gai who had been a dancing tune of balancing between Dr. Riak Machar Teny, Taban Deng Gai and Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth […]
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Geneva, June 27th, 2019(SSNN) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated the release of 15 persons detained in relation to the conflict in South Sudan. The operation marks the second release of prisoners supervised by the ICRC since the signing of the latest peace agreement – the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in […]
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By Deng Akok Muorardid June 23rd 2019 (SSNN) — Cde Deng Gai Gatluak is the most competent candidate to reform and transform the South Sudan National Youth Union. He is a true patriot and nationalist who cares for his people. He believes in unity of all the youth of South Sudan irrespective of their ethnicities, cultures and political affiliation. He […]
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June 22, 2019(SSNN) — The Pan-African Legal Group has intensified its efforts to launch a pilot training programme aimed at improving oil sector by training South Sudan’s government officials on transparency and responsible governance. NJ Ayuk, the Chief Executive Officer of Centurion Legal Group, emphasized the importance of promoting transparency and responsible governance in the Ministry of Petroleum, noting that […]
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June 20th, 2019(SSNN) — South Sudan lawmakers on Wednesday halted approval of the government’s next budget proposal totaling 1.7 billion Euros, in protests that military and public officials have not been paid for more than six months. Speaking at the parliament session, Elizabeth Adut, a member of parliament, disclosed that because of the late payment of salaries and the deterioration […]
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June 23rd 2019 (SSNN) – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on June 19th decided to come up with some celebration on the situation on Sudan and South Sudan. Below is the communique of the 68th extra-ordinary session. The IGAD Council of Ministers held its 68th Extra-Ordinary Session on 19 June 2019 in Addis Ababa […]
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Palm Africa Hotel, 18th June 2019, Juba, South Sudan June 19th, 2019(SSNN) — The 7th meeting of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) convened in Juba, South Sudan, on 18th June 2019 chaired by the Interim Chairperson of the RJMEC, Ambassador Lt. General Augostino S.K Njoroge (Rtd). In attendance were the representatives of all the Parties and stakeholders […]
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Juba, South Sudan. June 19, 2019(SSNN) – The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR will be hosting a ceremony on 20 June to commemorate World Refugee Day in the capital of South Sudan, Juba, together with refugees, government officials, donors, partners, and South Sudanese public. According to Richard Ruati, UNHCR’s Assistant External Relation for South Sudan Program, the celebration will take place at […]
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June 18th, 2019(SSNN) — In a live broadcast discussion hosted by the United States Institute of Peace, the Panel of Experts from USIP, Democracy International, and Enough Project’s Brian Adeba, Deputy Director of Policy, and Mark Ferullo, Senior Advisor, exchanged their views and evidence-based recommendations on how to mitigate conflict, promote peace and advance accountability in South Sudan. In response […]
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By Gatkuoth Gatwech, Khartoum, Sudan, June 18th, 2019(SSNN) — From now to July 9, 2019 is going to be a critical time in the history of South Sudan. Though the Revitalized Peace Agreement known as R-ARCSS, 2018 offers a promising end to the conflict in South Sudan, the way things are moving now as our sources within Juba and in […]
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June 18th, 2019(SSNN) — The 7th Monthly Plenary of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) was held today, Tuesday June 18, 2019, in Juba, South Sudan. Speaking during the opening of the meeting, RJMEC Interim Chairperson H.E. Ambassador Lt. Gen. Augostino Njoroge gave an update on the status of implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict […]
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