August 1, 2020 (SSNN) – A former South Sudanese Judge says he and 14 other judges should be reinstated immediately after an East African court ruled President Salva Kiir illegally fired them three years ago. Former South Sudan Court of Appeals Judge Malek Mathiang Malek said he is grateful the East African Court of Justice ruled in his favor. President […]
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By Philip Ayuen Dot July 28, 2020 (SSNN) – Climate change is a global problem that is wreaking havoc on all countries in one way or another. The rapid industrialization witnessed in the last two centuries has led to excess emission of carbon dioxide and other gases in volumes too large for the atmosphere to handle. This has led […]
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Kuek Deng Kuek July 27, 2020 (SSNN) – In a democracy, it is all always significant to make decisions out of divergent views and ideas like in other parts of the world. For instance, in the US there are many parties like Republican and Democratic parties – the two major political organizations. One party pushes for socio-economic philosophy and the […]
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By Mohamed Osman July 25, 2020 (SSNN) – On July 18, the Sudanese army issued a statement saying they had appointed a special commissioner to bring lawsuits against individuals who “insult” the army, including activists and journalists, both in and outside of Sudan, who write online. The army spokesperson invoked the troublesome Cybercrimes Act, an overly broad law introduced in 2007 that has […]
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By Kuek Deng Kuek, July 25, 2020 (SSNN) – It is crystal clear that legacy is what people worked for and it is an important thing that cannot be bought using money. Legacy in it layman definition, it is defined as the gift by God and by will and a bequest of an individual in the society. It is always […]
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July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudanese authorities have announced that they have found a mass grave that most likely contains remains of 28 army officers executed in 1990 for plotting an attempted coup against the former President Omar al-Bashir. According to the public prosecutor, the officers were executed in mysterious circumstances after a quick military trial one year after Bashir […]
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July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan presidency denied on Friday claims by renowned economist and former National Security Service (NSS) detainee, Peter Biar Ajak, that President Salva Kiir had sent a security team to slaughter him in Kenya. Peter Biar, who was in Kenya, fled – along with his family – to the US on Thursday and later said […]
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By Peter Biar Ajak July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – I arrived safely in Washington Thursday after a harrowing journey from Nairobi, Kenya. I used to be pressured into hiding after receiving phrase a number of weeks in the past from senior authorities officers in South Sudan that President Salva Kiir had ordered the Nationwide Safety Service, led by Gen. Akol […]
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By Peter Adwok Nyaba July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – Reflecting on Prof. John Lonsdale’s statement of wisdom that “The Africans used to live together as negotiating ethnicities until the colonial rule turned them into competing tribes”, it will not be difficult to discern the vacuity and vanity behind decision to establish independent administrative areas (IAA) in Ruweng and Pibor in […]
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July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – United States President Donald J. Trump has given South Sudan economist and former National Security Service (NSS) detainee, Peter Biar Ajak, a refuge in the United States after fears that Kiir’s NSS operatives were looking for him in Nairobi. “Thank you President @realDonaldTrump for saving my family+me & giving us refuge in the USA after […]
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July 23, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan presidential advisor on minority affairs, Akot Lual, has been released without charges after almost one week under national security service detention in the capital Juba, sources close to him said. Lual was arrested on Saturday in Juba by the National Security Service (NSS) after local communities in Bor allegedly told a committee set […]
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July 23, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s chief of defense forces, general Johnson Juma Akot has said that his country does not have external threats urging members of the unified forces to work to bring permanent peace in the war-torn country. The top South Sudan army official was speaking during a visit to Maridi training camp for the unified forces […]
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By Deng Gatpan Wang July 23, 2020 (SSNN) – On 22nd July 2020, the sole anti-government radio station known as Eye Radio, broadcast a fabricated audio report that implicates the current Director of South Sudan Customs Service in financial corruption and nepotism. The Eye Radio reporter broadcast the report inform of audio which he claims to have been recorded from […]
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By Dak Buoth July 23, 2020 (SSNN) – Socrates the Teacher of Plato who in turn was the Teacher of Aristotle once said and I quote ‘‘if you’re a good listener you will benefit even from those who talk badly.’’ Again, the residents of Panyijiar County are abandoned and left in the cold; they are now grinding their teeth and […]
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By Koang Chol July 22, 2020 (SSNN) – Throughout of human life, many changes evolved out of calamitous circumstances that brought up an incredible and unimaginable practice. Historically, it has been a pattern whether it was meaningful change or impractical change. Certainly, pandemics and wars are the leading cause of deaths for so many people across the world over the […]
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July 22, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok on Wednesday announced the replacement of the military governors of its states by civilians. Addressing a news conference in the capital Khartoum, Hamdok said that Abdul Fattah Alburhan, the head of the Sovereign Council, has approved the appointment of the 18 civilian rulers of the states in the country, including […]
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By Polit Gok Waar July 22, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Countries can change for better. But outsiders cannot fix stat failure. Insiders are largely as responsible for their recovery as for their decline, since it is local politics, customs and rules that overwhelmingly shape their choices and thus their destiny. South Sudan is, at first glance, such a Potemkin State, with […]
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July 22, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan president’s advisor on minority affairs, Akot Lual, has been arrested by National Security Service in the country’s capital Juba, after a section of the Bor community accused him of arming Murle community. Sources speaking to South Sudan News Now said from Juba that Akot was arrested on Saturday night in central Juba and […]
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July 21, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudan’s former long-serving President Omar al-Bashir faces trial starting Tuesday in Khartoum over the military coup that brought him to power in 1989. Al-Bashir is already behind bars for corruption, but AFP reports that he could face the death penalty if convicted in the new charge. The 76-year-old is accused alongside 16 others. The trial […]
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July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – Weeks into speculation that Egypt might intervene in Libya, Egypt’s Parliament has approved that troops be sent to its western neighbor in a bid to ward off Government of National Accord (GNA) fighters aiming to capture Sirte. The decision, which is based on a constitutional stipulation that military intervention be carried out externally to Egypt based […]
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July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has urged the South Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF) to release detained SPLA-IO commander. Over the weekend, General Gabriel Bol Wek, a senior SPLA-IO commander in Western Bahr el Ghazal state’s Jur River was arrested by government forces, reportedly […]
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July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – Kenya’s Citizen TV news anchor and radio host Jeff Koinange has tested positive for coronavirus. The TV anchor is the latest Citizen TV employee to confirm to have contracted the deadly virus. Koinange went on social media to inform Kenyans of his status saying he had no symptoms of the virus and felt very okay. […]
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July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has said that he rejected to be dictated on who should be appointed as governor of any state in South Sudan, and as such some of the nomination by other parties. Kiir made the remarks during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed governors of Jonglei and Western Bahr […]
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By Beek Mabior July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – Female circumcision is satanic and I’m deeply dissatisfied and unhappy with this practice in our nation that fuel indignity and attack against women’s rights and freedoms in South Sudan and beyond. We all need to come together and eliminate this meaningless and disgraceful cultural practice in our country. A woman is a […]
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By Duop Chak Wuol July 20, 2020 (SSNN)— Born a fighter, revered for his presumptuous good behavior during the struggle, worked his way up to the then Southern Sudan anti-Khartoum armed group, and his accidental rise to the helm of the now ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party. The man in question is President Salva Kiir. This is an […]
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July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan oil production has dropped to 170,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 185,000 bpd due to disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemic, a senior official has said. Awow Daniel Chuang, the undersecretary in the ministry of petroleum, disclosed that the drop in production is the result of global economic slowdown due to COVID-19 that has […]
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July 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Fierce fighting has broken out between South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) and Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) in Mapel, one of the training centers for the unified forces, sources have said. The fighting, one source said, occurred on Sunday morning; a day after the SSPDF abducted the deputy commander of SPLA-IO Nahr […]
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By Ayok Thon Akoon July 18, 2020 (SSNN) – Before I respond to the baseless articles, written by the disgruntled and desperate former speaker of defunct Gogrial State against the respected veteran Hon. Machok Jong, I would like to highlight in details what prompted me to pen this article in defense of Hon. Machokdit. I felt much concerned to see […]
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July 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, the SPLM-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has ruled out any intention to replace General Johnson Olony Thambo as the SPLM-IO nominee for Upper Nile state governorship. Machar had last month nominated Olony for the top state position, but President Salva Kiir refused to appoint […]
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By Gen. Salva Mathok Gengdit July 18, 2020 (SSNN) – My personal congratulations goes to H.E President Salva Kiir Mayardit for the 9th anniversary of our independence. I also congratulate our comrades whom we made that day a real, particularly our martyrs, without them, we would have not made it. Congratulations! The predictions and events are always part of histories. […]
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July 17, 2020 (SSNN) – The Chinese Business Association in South Sudan (CBASS) on Thursday donated food and relief items to help the east African country respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Zhu Yan, acting chairperson of CBASS, said the group provided 30 sets of tents, 200 mosquito nets, 100 bags of rice, 100 bags of wheat flour and 2,000 liters […]
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July 17, 2020 (SSNN) – Authorities in South Sudan’s capital Juba have arrested a Ugandan national who has been accused by local residents of selling meet, according to police spokesman Maj. General Daniel Justine. The arrest – Justine told journalists – took place on Thursday when the police in Juba’s northern police station were alerted by local residents of suspicious […]
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By Amir Idris July 16, 2020 (SSNN) – Last week marked the 9th anniversary of the independence of South Sudan. Ideally, it is a moment for remembrance of past sacrifices and a celebration of present accomplishments. Unfortunately, the anniversary likely has only reminded the people of South Sudan of the sad state of affairs in their country. The wobbling peace agreement, […]
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