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Six School of thoughts undertaking about the Formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU), in May 12th, 2019: South Sudan

April 20, 2019 Newsbeat, Opinions, South Sudan

Six School of thoughts undertaking about the Formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU), in May 12th, 2019: South Sudan

Opinion, By Peter Gatkuoth, London, UK April, 20th, 2019(SSNN) — The three big brothers and their sister Mama Nyadeng Mabiore went on for a retreat in Vatican, Rome, Italy on the 11-14th, April, 2019, an invitation called by Pope Francis to allow the leaders of the youngest country to have a self-reflect on forgiveness and peace as was once […]

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Omaha police hire first South Sudanese officer

April 20, 2019 Diaspora, Newsbeat, Op-Eds

Muorter Majok, first South Sudanese-American to become police in Omaha, Nebraska(Photo credit: US South Sudan Embassy)

By Waverle Monroe, OMAHA, Nebraska, April 20, 2019(SSNN) — The Omaha Police Department has welcomed its first South Sudanese officer to the force. He graduated from the academy in March. “It was something that has always been in the back of my mind. My late father was a police officer back home in South Sudan,” said Muorter Majok. Majok followed […]

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Sudan investigating Bashir after large sums of cash found at home- source

April 20, 2019 Newsbeat, Op-Eds, Sudan

Former president, Omar Hassan el Bashir, who is ousted by protesters and could fcae justice in Sudan(Photo: file)

April 20, 2019(SSNN) — Sudan’s public prosecutor has begun investigating ousted President Omar al-Bashir on charges of money laundering and possession of large sums of foreign currency without legal grounds, a judicial source said on Saturday. The source said that military intelligence had searched Bashir’s home and found suitcases loaded with more than $351,000 and six million euros, as well […]

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South Sudan Presidential Advisor Was Denied Entry in Khartoum by the New TMC

April 20, 2019 Breaking News, Newsbeat, South Sudan, Sudan

South Sudan Presidential advisor for Security Affairs and Chairman of National Pre-Transitional Committee, Hon. Tut Kew Gatluak Manime, fighting his way in to meet the TMC Chairman in Khartoum, Sudan(Photo credit: SSNN)

April 20, 2019(SSNN) — A new news report extended to South Sudan News Now by confidential sources within the Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) has revealed that the first meeting between a high level delegation from South Sudan and the new military leadership did not settle very well as reported earlier on. The insider said the close aides of the […]

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Hon. Salvatore Garang Mabiordit Held Successful Meetings In Washington DC, USA

April 20, 2019 Banking, Business, economy, Newsbeat, South Sudan, World

2019 Spring Meetings of International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG), Washington, DC, USA(Photo credit: Larco Lomayat/SSNN)

By Larco Lomayat Juba, South Sudan, April 20, 2019(SSNN) — The delegation of the Government of the Republic of South Sudan led by Hon. Salvatore Garang Mabiordit, Minister of Finance and Planning, comprising of senior officials from the Ministry of Finance and Planning and the Central Bank of South Sudan who arrived in the Washington DC, United States of America […]

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Gen. Mathew Puljang Dragged To Court and Told Not To Leave Juba

April 20, 2019 Breaking News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

Militia General, Maj. Gen. Mathew Puljang Top, Commander of South Sudan Liberation Army(Photo: SSNN)

April 20, 2019(SSNN) — A South Sudanese government allied militia general, Major General Mathew Puljang, was finally brought before the General Court Martial on Thursday to testify as a witness in the case of Maj. Gen. Stephen Buay Rolnyang who is currently in prison in Juba facing charges that include treason. A General Court Martial, which was set in January […]

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The Regime’s Continuing Strategy to Isolate the SPLM/SPLA (IO) and Maintain the Status quo

April 19, 2019 Newsbeat, Politics, Press Releases, South Sudan

President Kiir and his minister of defense forces, Gen. Kuol Manyang Juuk, promotes Lt. Gen. Gabriel Jok Riak to rank of General before appointing him the new chief of staff despites international sanctions(Photo credit: supplied)

Public Service Announcement, By Cpt. Mabior Garang de Mabior, April 19, 2019(SSNN) — As we continue to wage the struggle to bring about fundamental change in our country, we acknowledge that the current Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) is the least costly way we can restore peace and move our people into prosperity. […]

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Dr. Machar Sends Condolences To Gatdet’s Family And Promises Heroic Burial

April 17, 2019 Breaking News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

Gen. Gatdet Yaka looks into the eyes of Salva Kiir during a peace negotiation in Khartoum, Sudan in 2018(photo credit: SSNN)

April 17, 2019(SSNN) — Gen. Peter Gatdet Yaka, a well renowned South Sudanese commander and a fierce fighter, who fought vigorously in the two Sudans, died on April 15th in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Speaking upon his arrival in Khartoum from the Vatican City, the Chairman and Commander in Chief of the SPLM/A(IO) and the Designated First Vice President, Dr. […]

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South Sudan Presidential Advisor Accommodates Bashir Family in Juba

April 17, 2019 Newsbeat, South Sudan, Sudan

Hon. Tut Kew, Presidential advisor weeds his new wife in Khartoum, Sudan, Novemeber 2018(Photo: file)

April 17, 2019(SSNN) — A confidential report from South Sudanese capital, Juba, confirmed to South Sudanese News Now that a South Sudanese politician and Presidential advisor is currently housing the family of former Sudanese President, Omar Hassan El Bashir, who is currently being held behind bars at a Maximum Prison in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The high level official confirmed […]

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South Sudan Government Pledges Its Support For Sudan Military Council

April 17, 2019 Newsbeat, South Sudan, Sudan

Hon. Tut Kew Gatluak Manime presents a letter from Salva Kiir to the new Chairman of Military Council of the Republic of Sudan and Minister of Defense, 1st Lt. Gen. Abdel-Fatah Burhan(Photo credit: supplied/SSNN)

April 17th, 2019(SSNN) — South Sudan’s government under the leadership of President Salva Kiir Mayardit sends a high level delegation to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to welcome the Sudan’s military regime and to pledge cordial bilateral relationship between the two countries. The South Sudanese delegation was led by Honorable Tut Gatluak Manime, Salva Kiir’s presidential Advisor for Security Affairs and […]

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“Rome feet Kissing” Does Not Substitute but Complement Peace processes; A Response to Dr. Peter Adwok’s statement.

April 17, 2019 Opinions, Politics, South Sudan

By Amb. Reath Muoch Tang, April 16, 2019(SSNN) — The power of humility, dignity and respect for humanity that was spiritually bestowed on the South Sudanese leaders recently in the Vatican by the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis, renewed hopes for peace and stability in the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan. […]

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Kiir’s 32 states: The destruction of South Sudan.

April 17, 2019 Opinions, South Sudan

Opinion, By Wesley Kosa, April 17th, 2019(SSNN) — Our past experience in united Sudan under the leadership of the northern elites is overwhelmingly filled with exclusivity, domination, manipulation, oppression, suppression. Every political tool was used to help the north have total control over the people of the Southern Sudan. They feared the unity of South Sudanese people and saw it […]

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The Kissing of South Sudanese Leaders’ Feet is The Last Attempt To Resolve The Conflict

April 17, 2019 Health, Opinions, Peace Building, South Sudan

THE KISSING OF SOUTH SUDANESE LEADERS’ FEET BY POPE FRANCIS IS THE LAST ATTEMPT BY THE WORLD TO SOLVE SOUTH SUDANESE PROBLEMS WHICH COULD ONLY BE SOLVED BY SERVANT LEADERSHIP By Dr Isaac Ayii Ayii (PhD), April 17, 2019(SSNN) — The South Sudanese had garnered enough affection from the world over from the time immemorial despite the fact of our […]

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British diplomat warns Sudanese military of its use force against civilians

April 16, 2019 Newsbeat

April 16th 2019 (SSNN) – The United Kingdom’s ambassador to Sudan has warned the Sudanese military which took power from long-time serving president Omar al-Bashir last week in a military coup of using violence against civilians. The warning came as Irfan Siddig, the British head of mission to the Republic of Sudan, meet the deputy head of Sudan’s Transitional Military […]

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Critical tasks remain undone in the implementation of revitalized Agreement, says RJMEC

April 14, 2019 East Africa, JMEC, Newsbeat, Peace Building, Press Releases, South Sudan

RJMEC Interim Chairperson H.E Ambassador Lt. Gen. Augostino Njoroge (Centre). With him are Chief of Staff Amb. Berhanu Kebede (right) and Deputy Chief of Staff (Strategy), Dr. Thomson Fontaine.(Photo credit: RJMEC/SSNN)

April 14, 2019(SSNN) — As the end of the pre-transitional period draws near on May 12, 2019, critical tasks in the implementation of the revitalized Agreement remain pending, the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) has said. Speaking during the 5th RJMEC Plenary in Juba on Friday, Interim Chairperson Ambassador Lt. Gen. Augostino Njoroge said in his opening statement, (attached) “Critical […]

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Lou-Nuer Youth Association For “Development” Begins Elections in Juba

April 14, 2019 Newsbeat, Press Releases

April 14, 2019(SSNN) — A faction of Lou-Nuer Youth, who are predominantly loyal to Gen. Taban Deng Gai, have kicked off campaigns this morning in the national capital, Juba, as they head off for elections later in the afternoon. According to Deng Gai Gatluak, a former SPLA-IO youth league chairman under Gen. Taban Deng Gai, who masterminds this reorganization, the […]

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Enough Project and Don Cheadle Issue Warning About Sudan’s Coup

April 12, 2019 Newsbeat, Press Releases

Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan, the leader of Sudan's interim military council(Photo credit: supplied/SSNN)

Enough Project and Don Cheadle Issue Warning About Sudan’s Coup, Washington, DC. April 12, 2019 (SSNN) – The Enough Project is gravely concerned by the nature of the coup d’etat that took place in Sudan overnight. President Omar al-Bashir’s First Vice-President and Minister of Defense, General Awad Ibn Auf, announced that he is taking power on behalf of the Supreme Security Committee, […]

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Gen. Buay Rolnyang’s Trial Adjourned to Thursday, Puljang and Manyuat Expected To Testify

April 10, 2019 Breaking News, Newsbeat, Op-Eds

Maj. Gen. Buay Rolnyang when he was the commander of the Military Police before the war broke out in 2013(Photo credit: Nyamilepedia)

April 9th, 2019(SSNN) — The today’s general court martial of Maj. Gen. Stephen Buay Rolnyang was adjourned to Thursday after a few witnesses testified. Among those who testified in court today were army officers from Wau division. More testimonies are expecting on Thursday from Maj. Gen. Mathew Puljang and Maj. Gen. Joseph Manyuat, the two generals who carried out offensives […]

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Anglican Primate to lead spiritual retreat for South Sudan leaders in Vatican

April 10, 2019 Newsbeat, Op-Eds, Vatican

Pope Francis receives The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, at the Vatican to lead Spiritual Retreat for South Sudan leaders(Photo credit: Vatican)

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, will be in the Vatican this week to lead a retreat for civil and ecclesiastical authorities of South Sudan. By Vatican News, April 9th, 2019(SSNN) — Pope Francis has approved the proposal presented by the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace Justin Welby, to organize a spiritual retreat to take place in the […]

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Rights Groups Call on UNMISS To Protect and Provide For IDPs Outside the UN Protection Camps

April 8, 2019 Breaking News, Press Releases, South Sudan, UNMISS

United Nations Police assisted IDPs seeking refugee and shelter from the heavy fighting(Photo credit: UNMISS/SSNN)

April 7th, 2019(SSNN) — South Sudan rights advocacy groups and human rights activists call on David Shearer, the UN SPecial Representative, and UN organs in South Sudan to protect and provide for the internally displaced persons(IDPs), who were displaced from the UN Protection Sites by fellow IDPs last year. The groups identified as the South Sudan International Advocacy for Human […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Lt. Gen. Gen Gordon Koang Chol Defects

April 8, 2019 Breaking News, Newsbeat, Press Releases, South Sudan

Lt. Gen. Gordon Koang Chuol Kulang, former Commander-in-Chief of South Sudan Armed Forces(Photo credit: SSNN)

April 7th, 2019(SSNN) — A South Sudanese Anyanya two veteran, Lt. Gen. Gordon Koang Chuol Kulang, defects and forms his own rebel movement. According to the latest press release, Lt. Gen. Koang Chol, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Democratic Party’s military wing, the South Sudan Armed Forces(SSAF), has tendered in his defection letter to Hon. Gabriel Changson, the Chairman […]

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Corruption in recruitment process: A case of South Sudan Schlumberger.

April 8, 2019 Corruption, Newsbeat, Opinions

Opinion, By Morobe Benjamin Lolodo, Kigali, Rwanda. April 8th, 2019(SSNN) — Corruption in Oil Companies in South Sudan is among the worst in the world. Those in powerful positions have developed a kleptocratic system that controls every national and international oil company operating in the country. In 2014, South Sudan was ranked among most corrupt nations in the world, preceded […]

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Ethnocide as Tool of State-building: South Sudan and the Never-ending War

April 5, 2019 Education, Reports, South Sudan

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There is no Res nullius land to be ceased in South Sudan.

March 31, 2019 Opinions, Politics, South Sudan

By Moses Nyara, March 30, 2019(SSNN) — Rights over land in South Sudan are never lost or abandoned so as to become res nullius. The idea that the land must belong to the government is not only a deliberate plan to extinguish seisin of the land in South Sudan but a threat to the existence of the South Sudan State. […]

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The Legal Profession and the Crisis of Leadership, Politics and Ethics: The Case of South Sudan Bar Association (SSBA)

March 31, 2019 Opinions

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By Tong Kot Kuocnin, Introduction, March 29, 2019(Nyamilepedia) — In all civilized nations of the world, Bar Association, which is mostly one of the independent institutions of the country enjoys a formidable respect for it integrity and which work alongside criminal justice sectors of the state. It works side by side with only the criminal justice sectors in making […]

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Why SPLM reunification is irrelevant

March 31, 2019 Opinions

Presidents Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania (second left) witnesses the exchange of the SPLM Reunification(Photo credit: SSNN)Presidents Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania (second left) witnesses the exchange of the SPLM Reunification(Photo credit: SSNN)

By Duop Chak Wuol, March 30, 2019(SSNN) — There has been an ongoing debate about the possibility of reuniting the factions of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party. There are people who believe that the only way to resolve South Sudan’s civil war is through the reunification of the party. Other people are not sure whether bringing together […]

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SOUTH SUDAN: One last chance to save a bastion of higher education

March 31, 2019 Opinions

South Sudan's leading higher education institution, The University of Juba(Photo : file)

By John A Akech, Juba, South Sudan, March 30th, 2019(SSNN) — The University of Juba has been a pole of stability, a bastion of higher education, and a symbol of resilience in South Sudan over the last five years. This is despite the enormous economic, security and political challenges the country has been facing since the outbreak of civil war […]

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South Sudanese Minister of Petroleum, Could Face Jail For Sexual Assaults, Adultery

March 25, 2019 Newsbeat, South Sudan

South Sudan Minister of Petroleum, Hon. Lol Gatkuoth and Martha Duer pictured in a hotel in South Sudan capital, Juba(Photo credit: Martha Duer)

March 24, 2019(SSNN) — South Sudanese minister of Petroleum, Hon. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, could face charges that include extra-marital affairs, infidelity, adultery and sexual assaults of married women and underage girls under South Sudan constitutional and family law, a Supreme Court Judge warns. “The charges could vary from sexual and aggravated sexual assault to even murder if such sexual assaults […]

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South Sudanese-Australian model faces upto 21 years in jail over drunken plane attack

March 25, 2019 Breaking News, Diaspora, Newsbeat, USA

South Sudanese Australian Model, Adau Mornyang, could face upto 21 years in jail for attacking flight attendants(Photo: file)

March 24, 2019(SSNN) — Adau Mornyang, a South Sudanese-Australian model, is facing upto 21 years in jail for slapping a United Airline steward and for kicking an air marshal because they couldn’t supply her alcohol during her flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles in January this year. Although the 24 years-old model has denied the attack claiming that she couldn’t […]

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INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE INDEPENDENT BOUNDARIES COMMISSION (IBC) HELD IN JUBA

March 19, 2019 Newsbeat, Peace Building, Press Releases, South Sudan

March 18, 2019(SSNN) — The inaugural meeting of the Independent Boundaries Commission (IBC) was held on Monday 18 March in Juba, South Sudan. Speaking during the official opening session, RJMEC Chief of Staff Ambassador Berhanu Kebede congratulated all those who had been appointed to the Commission, telling them: “Your work of considering the number of States in the Republic of […]

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IMF Staff Conclude South Sudan Visit

March 19, 2019 economy, Financial, Newsbeat, Op-Eds

Chief mission of IMF Mission, Mr. Jan Mikkelsen and his Delegation meeting the South Sudanese leaders led by Dr. Riek Machar in Juba in May 2016. Mr. Jan Mikkelsen returned two weeks ago and has been conducting meetings in the capital, Juba, for the past two weeks(Photo credits: Supplied)

March 18th, 2019(SSNN) — A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Jan Mikkelsen, visited South Sudan during March 5-15 to conduct discussions of the 2019 Article IV Consultation. At the conclusion of the mission, Mr. Mikkelsen made the following statement: “The resumption of hostilities in July 2016 severely impaired the South Sudanese economy, which led to a […]

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Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on South Sudan

March 9, 2019 Newsbeat, South Sudan, USA, World

Ambassador Cohen Delivers Remarks on Transnational Organized Crime at Sea as a Threat to International Peace and Security | usun.state.gov

Ambassador Jonathan Cohen Acting Permanent Representative U.S. Mission to the United Nations New York City March 8, 2019 AS DELIVERED Thank you, Madam President. Thank you Special Representative Shearer and Ms. Jial for your briefings about the latest developments on the ground in South Sudan. Today, International Women’s Day, reminds us of a key reason that our conversation on UNMISS […]

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DP Ruto’s pilot and four US citizens die in Turkana chopper crash

March 4, 2019 East Africa, Kenya

An image of DP William Ruto's chopper that crashed in Turkana.

Sunday, March 4, 2019. By Cyrus Ombati, Four Americans are among the dead in a plane crash that happened in Turkana County. Five passengers – four Americans and a Kenyan pilot died after a chopper they were in crashed in Lake Turkana Central Island. There are conflicting reports on the exact time the crash happened as helicopters are not allowed to fly at night unless […]

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