By Gabriel Kuot Akok Dengdit August 2, 2020(SSNN) — On 30th July 2005, His Excellency the First Vice President of the Sudan TGoNU and the President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS), H.E. Dr. John Garang De Mabior died in a helicopter crash. As South Sudanese are commemorating their martyrs, I would love to seize this sad moment to […]
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By Gattiek Wichar, August 02, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — Dr. Joseph Manytuil should not re-appoint the former county commissioners that worked with him previously in counties that will be allocated to I-TGONU in this transitional period. Let him appoint the new faces with fresh thoughts that will think of development instead of destruction, looting, and raiding their fellows. 2. Dr. Joseph Manytuil […]
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By Deng Vanang, August 02, 2020(SSNN) — Upper Nile State among ten States is still the only one without its head or Governor. Governor’s absence not the common interest of its majority citizens. It is rather due to Presidency’s failure to reach a compromise on who is the right candidate for a Chief Executive of multy-ethnic state of Jikany Nuer, […]
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Part two, By Zechariah Makuach Maror, July 26, 2020(SSNN) — Former manager of crew at musician by Nickname ‘big brother’, Mr. Paulino Lukudu once wrote on his Facebook Wall, and I quote “Digital Generation, Rule by Analog Generation in a Digital World, because the digital generation are praising the analog Generation to get food,” end quote. This great quote has […]
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By Dr. Ran Kuoth Chak Incompetency Part I, July 24, 2020(SSNN) — For the past fifteen years, incompetency has been one of the frequently cited factors in the failure of South Sudan and it has been predominantly so because president Salva Kiir neither attained accredited education nor was he directly involved in political administration of the SPLM. If anything, President […]
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By Philip Ayuen Dot, Nairobi, Kenya, July 22, 2020(SSNN) — Human beings since time immemorial have always fought over the control of vital natural resources. This is because communities require resources to be able to develop and meet their own needs. But with time people usually realize that conflicts are costly and furthermore, they hinder the utilization of the same […]
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By Gatwech Kutei, July 22, 2020(SSNN) — Before rolling out my little understanding of the state of current affairs in South Sudan’s most difficult to rule state, I would like to grab this opportunity to congratulate the appointed governor of the country’s most fragile state Hon Denay Jok on winning the trust of some members of his coalition “South Sudan […]
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BY: AGANY-MALLEHER GENG AYIEI, July 22, 2020(SSNN) — First and foremost, i would like to congratulate His Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, Chairperson of the Liberation Party (SPLM) and the President of the Republic of South Sudan for having implemented the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity with SPLM/IO, SSOA and other political parties, to end the sufferings of the civilians […]
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By Pal Chol Nyan, July 12, 2020(SSNN) — In my previous articles, I talked and dwelled much on and about the social bonds which had existed among Dinka Bor, Laak,Gawaar , Murle, Anuak, Lou Nuer et al. This is an incontrovertible and an undeniable fact. Historians have admitted in their researches that these tribes and communities have lived together for […]
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The History of the Crisis, By Matai Muon, June 22, 2020(SSNN) — The ongoing diplomatic row between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile waters is, to a certain magnitude, the legacy of the colonial rule in Africa. In the late 20’s, Egypt was the regional giant along the Nile Valley owing to her superior technology, military might etc. comparatively speaking. […]
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June 21, 2020(SSNN) — The white army spokesman calls on the Dinka Bor community to return the cattle, compensate the dead and apologize to the Nuer community before the white army finishes their ongoing operation in Murle. “We are fighting the Murle, not Bor people. We are recovering our cattle, women and children from Murle and we urge the Bor […]
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June 21, 2020(SSNN) — Reports from Bor town, Jonglei State, alleged that Bor youth have ambushed a platoon of Nuer white army, who were returning with recovered cattle from Murle, killed one of them and took all their cattle. Speaking to South Sudan News Now, the spokesman of the white army, said that 29 of their members whom they sent […]
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June 21, 2020(SSNN) — For nearly two weeks, over ten thousands youth from the Nuer subs tribes of Lou, Gawaar and Jikany, and Dinka youth comprising of Nyarweng, Hol, Tui and Bor have invaded the tiny Murleland in a revenge attack they called a “peace mission”. “This is a peace mission. We are only going to recover our cattle, children […]
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June 19, 2020(SSNN) — Latest reports from South Sudan’s northern Upper Nile reveal that officers of the Egyptians army are in South Sudan, something the government in Juba has been denying. According to South Sudan News Now investigative journalists, who visited Paloch oil fields, near the Ethiopian borders, to verify earlier reports, there is an Egyptian platoon in Paloch pictured […]
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June 18, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s ex-governors of the defunct controversial 32 states plus Abyei have publicly declared this morning that they are no longer demanding for their $60,000 compensation package as demanded two weeks ago. A group of angry ex-governors stormed the Ministry of Finance two weeks ago and threatened that they will defect from the government if they […]
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By P Zimzim Desh, June 15, 2020(SSNN) — To give credit where it’s due, it is nonnegotiable that Professor Peter Adwok Nyaba is one of the most learned South Sudanese scholars. Dr. Adwok is a well known author of books, political journals and articles. Apart from his role in academia, Dr. Adwok is a well known public speaker and a […]
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Analysis, By The Stuff Writers, June 14, 2020(SSNN) — Notwithstanding that the recent appointments of the new army leadership violates the Revitalized Agreement of the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan, it is evidently clear that president Salva Kiir Mayardit is planning for war. Unlike the first war that was commanded by a Nuer, Gen. James Hoth Mai, and […]
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June 13, 2020(SSNN) — On Monday this week, at least 200 heads of cattle were raided in Pacidi payam and Lwala Boma of Lafon county of Eastern Equatoria state. According to Lafon youth union chairperson Paul Ukach and the Union’s Secretary Benjamin Unyang, the cattle raiders killed one person during the attack. “We, the Lafon County Youth Union hereby condemn […]
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For Immediate release By Dr. Hakim Dario | Chair, PDM, June 13, 2020(SSNN) — The People’s Democratic Movement is horrified that after warning of renewed violence in Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) by advancing SPLM-IO Lou Nuer and Dinka of Jonglei militia forces over a week ago, on 2nd June 2020[1], neither the R-TGONU nor SPLM-IO has responded to denounce the looming violence […]
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June 12, 2020(SSNN) — Latest news across the region and middle east indicate that the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, could be a host to a regional war over the Ethiopian’s Grant Renaissance Dam that is currently under construction. Within the last five years, Egypt has signed multi-billion dollar deals with the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, ranging from land […]
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June 12, 2020(SSNN) — Within less than a week following a fatal shooting at the Shirkaat-Bor park in the capital, Juba, which claimed seven lives and left dozen others wounded, the Bor youth who ran amok for days in Jonglei State capital have revealed hundreds of arsenals as the angry youth chant war songs and slogans against unidentified enemies. For […]
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June 11, 2020(SSNN) — As China finds herself on the weaker side of bilateral relationships following unsuccessful renegotiations of the multi-billion dollar Juba-Bhar el Ghazal highway project, the Chinese government made an u-turn in her bid to win the heart of South Sudan’s Republican Palace, J1. This morning, June 11, 2020, the Chinese ambassador to South Sudan, Hua Ning, handed […]
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June 11, 2020 (SSNN) — Petitioning South Sudan presidency to establish State and Local governments, Unity State Community in Kenya demands that their governor must be appointed now without further delay. “We want our governor now, so that together we can embark on unity and reconciliation drive in earnest. Should this logical demand be ignored and delayed than it will […]
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By Deng Emmillo Mou, June 11, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — Two days ago, some enemies of peace and security stability in defunct Gogrial State fabricated a malicious allegation of ” Gogrial State Coordination office being placed on sale” by the former Governor Hon. Victor Atem Atem. This propaganda of ” Defunct Gogrial State Coordination Office being placed on sale” is as fake […]
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June 8, 2020(SSNN) — Speaking to media today in Juba, South Sudan, the Minister of Information and Postal Services, Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth, who has been battling Coronavirus for the last three weeks has been finally declared COVID-19 negative but Makuei could not admit the verbal results until he sees it written on a piece of paper. The Minister wants […]
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June 8, 2020(SSNN) — A South Sudanese medical doctor, Dr. Hakim, who identified himself as one of the doctors who worked on the autopsy of the late Lt. Col. Laul Akook Wol Kiir, claims that a laboratory analysis of a DNA sample confirms that late Lual Marine is a biological son of president Salva Kiir. According to Dr. Hakim, he […]
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June 7, 2020(SSNN) — Reports from South Sudan’s Bul-nuer youth leadership alleged that the Presidential Advisor on National Security, Hon. Tutkew Gatluak Manime, has been kidnapping, torturing and arresting youth who are accused to have criticized him on social media. According to the chairman of Bul Youth Council in Juba, South Sudan, the arrests and kidnapping can be done anywhere […]
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The Voiceless, June 6, 2020(SSNN) — To begin with, may these letters find you in good health and wealth. Hon. Angelina Teny, the Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs, we would be proud to introduce ourselves by names to you and your sympathizers but at this moment in time that does not matter because it is not us, the authors, […]
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For Immediate release June 7th, 2020, June 6, 2020(SSNN) — The People’s Democratic Movement (PDM), welcomes with high expectations, the inaugural declaration of the 7th October Movement on 5th June 2020 as came in its Manifesto “Our Cause” dated 12th April 2020, which made a public commitment of the Movement to end SPLM rule, tyranny, impunity and unabated systemic corruption […]
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Opinion, By Dr. Sunday de John Nairobi, Kenya, June 6, 2020(SSNN) — President Salva Kiir Mayardit on June 4, 2020 in the Swearing-In Ceremony of Hon. Nhial Deng Nhial; the newly appointed Minister of the Presidential Affairs of the Republic of South Sudan expressed in a faint tone one of the reasons that led to his dismissal of Former Minister […]
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By Bor Gatwech Kuany, June 5, 2020(SSNN) — After signing the agreement in 2018, the President was invited by his Chinese counterpart for state visit a head of 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation where he managed to meet with Chinese political and business leaders. During that visit, the President and his team managed to sign bilateral […]
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By Dak Buoth Riek-Gaak, June5, 2020 (SSNN) — I derived this thought from the conversation I had with someone in the dream on 31st May 2020. We met and he told me I would have been appointed as a governor if I had expressed my interest to the President. I asked him when were the state Governors appointed? He replied […]
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By Deng Vanang, June 5, 2020(SSNN) — In a Nuer youth heated reconciliation meeting around 1999 in the office of his fortnight magazine, South Sudan Post along Adams road, Nairobi, Kenya,, Muolana John requested the erratic rival factions to let Deng Vanang jot down minutes of the meeting for he is a good writer to their affirmative. The recognition not […]
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