Opinion, By Lul Gatkuoth Gatluak January 15th, 2020 (SSNN)—The undergoing consultation meeting in Juba, between the Parties has raised a glimmer of hope that the number of States and their Boundaries which has been a sticking point for several months may be determined by the parties to the Revitalized Peace Agreement. The issue of States to governance South Sudan, has […]
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January 14th, 2020 (SSNN)—In the wake of today’s incidents and heavy shootouts in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued travel advisory, urging Britons living in Sudan to remain vigilant and strictly observe safety precautions in certain parts of the country. “There were incidents of gunfire and a heavy security presence in and around […]
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January 14th, 2020 (SSNN)—The closed-door meeting between President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Chairman of the SPLM-IO Dr. Riek Machar have been concluded, however, the outcome of the talks between the two principals remains unclear. The today’s closed-door meeting held at the State House – was attended by South Africa’s Deputy President David Mabuza and the Deputy Chairman of the Sovereign […]
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Opinion, By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi January 14th, 2020 (SSNN)—Last week, Ijjo Bosco, a journalist working for a state-owned radio station in Torit (97.5 FM) was arrested and continues to be under detention. According to initial media reports, the journalist was arrested, after airing a story about the United States sanctions on First Vice President Taban Deng Gai for his […]
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January 14th, 2020 (SSNN)- The Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA), a civil society group based in Uganda, has welcomed the recent declaration on process by holdout opposition groups signed on Sunday in Rome under the auspices of the community of Egidio – a Rome-based lay Catholic association. “We firmly believe that any peace agreement, which does not have […]
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January 14th, 2020 (SSNN)—The United States’ Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, is expected to visit, among other African countries, South Sudan in a bid to push for the implementation of the peace agreement and to augment accountability efforts . The U.S. Department of State urged South Sudan’s ‘credible leaders’ to make concessions to end the month-long deadlock on […]
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January 13th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation gained independence from Sudan in July 2011, ending one of Africa’s longest civil wars. During the country’s liberation struggle, the youth were on the front line defending and sacrificing their blood, sweat and tears in the hope of a better future, however, barely two years after the nation gained independence, another […]
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January 13th, 2020 (SSNN)—The scheduled visit of the main armed opposition’s leader Dr. Riek Machar has been abruptly cancelled, a top official said on Monday. In a brief statement to the media, the SPLM-IO Deputy Spokesperson, Manawa Peter Gatkoth, said that the opposition leader’s trip to South Sudan often depends on arrangements of Sudan and and the Intergovernmental Authority […]
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Full communiqué: Rome Declaration on the peace process in South Sudan January 13th, 2020 (SSNN)— 1. We, the Government of the Republic of South Sudan and the South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA), with representatives of SPLM/A-IO and NDM as witnesses and IGAD as observer, held the first official engagement under the auspices of the Community of Sant’Egidio in Rome, […]
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January 12th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s main armed opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar is expected to arrive in South Sudan capital, Juba on Monday for another round of peace talks with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit on the Number of States and their Boundaries – an outstanding issue that has hindered the formation of the unity government. Speaking to […]
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January 12th, 2020 (SSNN)—The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia reiterated on Saturday its commitment to step up its support for the implementation of the peace agreement in South Sudan. The remark came during a meeting held in Addis Ababa between Gedu Andargachew, Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs and James Morgan, South Sudan ambassador to […]
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January 11th, 2020 (SSNN)—The Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA), A Ugandan-based civil society group, has welcomed the recent sanctions imposed on South Sudan’s First Vic-President Taban Deng Gai and urged the United States to keep imposing more sanctions on those who jeopardize the implementation of the peace agreement. Ter Manyang Gatwech, a human rights defender, welcomes the sanctions and […]
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Opinion, By Daniel Juol Nhomngek January 11th, 2020 (SSNN)—The above title arose from this question by Dr. James Okuk on my recent Article on which I commented on the works of Dr. Lam Akol and Dr. Santino Ayuel Longar. The question Dr. James Okuk puts to me is: CAN A LAW, EVEN IF AMENDED OR PASSED BY A PARLIAMENT OR EXECUTIVE […]
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January 11th, 2020 (SSNN)—Infants as young as three months and lactating mothers have been spotted at different cantonment sites in South Sudan, however, the main opposition group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-IO, justified their presence, noting that there are female soldiers who come along with their children in the cantonment areas. “Some soldiers are women with little kids that […]
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January 11, 2020 (SSNN)— The Iranian government in a statement, has claimed responsibility for inadvertently shooting down a Ukrainian Boeing 737, which crashed last week and killed 176 passengers on board. The statement came after the Iranian government initially denied that the Boeing 737 had caught fire on its own, causing the plane to crash. Earlier today, the Iranian Foreign […]
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January 10th, 2020 (SSNN)—The Intergovernmental Authority on Development(IGAD) has extended invitations to the Parties, requesting them to submit their position papers they hold on the number of States and their Boundaries, and that will be presented for discussion during the next consultative meeting expected to take place from 15 to 17 January 2020 in Juba. “I write further to […]
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January 10th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan, the war-torn country, has announced a tender and invited interested bidders to submit their applications for a comprehensive environmental audit of all the country’s oil fields. “The Ministry of Petroleum, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of South Sudan, is inviting interested bidders to collect Pre-Qualification Forms at the Ministry of Petroleum […]
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January 10th, 2020 (SSNN)—The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has advised leaders from South Sudan’s government and opposition groups to stay away from those who undermine the implementation of the peace agreement or face more sanctions. The head of the United States Department of State, delivered the statement barely a day after the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office […]
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Opinion, By Mark A. Deng January 9th, 2020 (SSNN)—Dr Santino Ayuel Longar recently published an article in SouthSudanNation.com, in which he makes two principal claims. The first is that the creation of a plethora of states in South Sudan was not a political act. The second is that the decision had a valid legislative ground. In his words, the ‘establishment […]
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January 9th, 2020 (SSNN)—The Chairman of the Provisional Military and Political Council, Major General James Ochan Puot, and the SPLA-IO’s senior commander, Khor Chuol Giet have been reportedly instructed to report to Juba and shed light on the recent clashes between the SPLA-IO and PMPC forces in Jekou. “The leader of the government-allied military group, General James Ochan Puot, and […]
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January 9th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s First Vic-President Taban Deng Gai has been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians and enforced disappearance of opposition members, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office said on Wednesday. “The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the First Vice President of South Sudan, Taban Deng Gai […]
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President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House on January 8, 2020. January, 8th, 2020 (SSNN)—As long as I am President of the United States, Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. Good morning. I’m pleased to inform you: The American people should be extremely grateful and happy no Americans were harmed in last night’s […]
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January 8th, 2020 (SSNN)—In response to today’s actions, the office of the First Vice-President, Taban Deng Gai has expressed regret over the latest measures taken by the United States, saying that the imposed U.S. sanctions were misplaced and wrongly directed towards an innocent person. In a statement addressed to the media, the press secretary of the FVP, Agel Machar, pointed […]
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January 8th, 2020 (SSNN)—The United States Government has imposed financial sanctions on South Sudan’s First Vice President Taban Deng Gai, accusing him of masterminding the murder of two opposition members who were kidnapped in Kenya by the South Sudan Internal Security Bureau and killed in South Sudan. The Treasury Department has identified Taban as an individual responsible for creating a […]
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January 8th, 2019 (SSNN)—The Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA) has expressed grave concern over the quiescence of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) countries, specifically Sudan and Uganda, to push for the full implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement. “The Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA) is deeply concerned over the relaxation of Uganda and Sudan as guarantors of […]
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January 8th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the National Security Council, have discussed and reviewed the ongoing security situation across the country, the Presidency said on Wednesday. “The President of the Republic, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, listened to the National Security Council’s reports from all the security units in the country, at the State House today in […]
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Opinion, By Daniel Juol Nhomngek January 7th, 2020 (SSNN)—President Kiir flanked by members of the tribal Jieng Council of Elders (File photo) I think something has been grossly misunderstood. Many people have not yet understood that in every strategy in fighting the war, there must be delimitation of the problems. Otherwise, if a war is staged at all fronts, there […]
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January 7th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s former Chief of General Staff and Chairman of the South Sudan United Front (SSUF), General Paul Malong Awan has traveled to Italy for a meeting organized by the community of Sant’Edidio, despite sanctions imposed on him by the United States and the European Union in 2018. Sunday De John, a spokesman of the South Sudan […]
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By Zechariah Makuach Maror January 6th, 2020 (SSNN)—Few months heretofore the commissioner general of South Sudan revenue authority, Dr. Olympio Kudzo Attipoe, a contracted foreigner who hails from Ghana was relieved by the ministerial statute. It was subsequently followed by formation of the investigation committee to find out the allegation brought against him by his colleagues concerning misappropriation of the […]
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January 6th, 2020 (SSNN)—The Ugandan President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, began a six-day march through the jungle on Saturday to retrace the steps of his guerrilla forces when they seized power three decades ago. Museveni is one of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders. He seized power in 1986 after taking part in rebellions to end the rule of Idi Amin and Milton Obote, […]
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January 6th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM/A-IO and the Provisional Military and Political Council – have accused each other of breaching the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in Jekou and other areas located along the Sobat River. On Monday, the Provisional Military and Political Council – an armed group allied to South Sudan’s government, accused the SPLM/A-IO of […]
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January 6th, 2020 (SSNN)—The Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA) an impartial human rights group, has strongly condemned attacks on the SPLA-IO forces by pro-government forces in Jekou, Upper Nile region on January 5, 2020 and urged the warring parties to cease violent confrontations in the area. Ter Manyang Gatwech, CPA’s National Coordinator, said that South Sudan government must be […]
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January 4th, 2020 (SSNN)—The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), a joint peacekeeping mission in Sudan, has called on warring parties in West Darfur state to exercise maximum restraint as intercommunal violence has killed more than 60 people and wounded several others. “UNAMID condemns the violence and stresses the importance of resolving all disputes in a peaceful and […]
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