April 11, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, led by the the country’s first vice president Dr. Riek Machar Teny and as such could not achieve its objectives, Mabior Garang, a senior member of the group said. “The success or failure of any Movement is determined by how it has achieved its objectives. The root cause […]
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April 11, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan government has confirmed its first locally transmitted coronavirus case originating from the first case bringing the total number to four. The country’s coronavirus incident manager at the ministry of health, Dr Angok Gordon Kuol, said the fourth case is a local who contracted the disease from the first case. “The fourth case is […]
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April 11, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar yesterday clashed with army-allied militia group led by General Ochan Puot in eastern part of the country, the Nyamilepedia has learned. One resident said from Jiokow that fighting started after soldiers belonging to renegade General Ochan Puot attacked an SPLA-IO […]
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April 7, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan government on Tuesday confirmed the country’s second case of coronavirus. According to the Coronavirus Taskforce, the patient is a 53-year-old female South Sudanese who traveled to Juba from Nairobi, Kenya, in March. The Undersecretary in the Ministry of Health Dr. Makur Koryom who is also the taskforce’s spokesman said the patient works for […]
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April 7, 2020 (SSNN) — Kenyan authorities have rejected the entrance of a South Sudan coronavirus patient who was airlifted from Juba on Monday, sources with direct knowledge said, Nyamilepedia reports. On Monday, a unnamed son of South Sudan’s chief justice Chan Reec Madut was airlifted on a chartered plane after reportedly suffering from COVID-19 symptoms having returned recently to […]
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April 6, 2020 (SSNN) — Son of South Sudan’s Chief Justice is said to have been flown to Kenyan capital Nairobi after reportedly suffering symptoms similar to that of coronavirus, several government officials and close friends said. Four children of Chief Justice Chan Reec Madut arrived to the country from London, UK, last month. They refused to be tested upon […]
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April 3, 2020 (SSNN) — Sudanese government on Thursday put the deportation of a South Sudanese rebel commander on hold over the outbreak of the coronavirus, a senior security official said from Khartoum on Friday. The deportation, the official said, was scheduled for today, of four South Sudanese rebel officer captured in January in the country’s capital Khartoum would have […]
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April 3, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan vice-president Taban Deng Gai said on Friday that progress is being made on the construction of Juba-Bahr el-Ghazal highway. Gai made the comment during a meeting at the state house J1 today with president Salva Kiir Mayardit. “The President of the Republic, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit was briefed by the Vice President for […]
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April 3, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan president on Thursday expressed his appreciation to the Chinese government and people for playing a central role in supporting other countries globally in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. President Salva Kiir emphasized that his government and people will continue to firmly support China’s efforts and effective measures to control the spread of […]
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April 3, 2020 (SSNN) — New armed clashes between the Manuer and Gak communities in the central South Sudanese state of Lakes led to the deaths of 13 people, parliamentary sources said Thursday. Of the total number of deaths in these clashes, which occurred in recent hours in the town of Malueth, 11 are from the Manuer and two are […]
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By Yanta Daniel Elisha April 3, 2020 (SSNN) — I would like to begin with a word of condolence to all African communities and Kuku in particular for the mysterious disappearance of virginity from our most dignified girls. There is no surprise when I bring Kuku, the South Sudanese tribe occupying Kajo Keji County of Central Equatoria State in focus […]
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By Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu April 3, 2020 (SSNN) — After every cataclysmic event one tends to think that the world will never be the same. This time it is true that in certain ways the world must change. Global history is laden with such turning points almost all being painful. For years we have been warned that a pandemic could be […]
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April 2, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan parties negotiating the allocation of state governors are nearing an agreement as key opposition group is reportedly conceding, a senior government official said on Thursday. The SPLM-IG, led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit, the SPLM-IO led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar have been – since last month – negotiating over how […]
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By Gabriel Matut Maliah April 2, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan government needs to lockdown the whole country to prevent and stop coronavirus spread. All the ten states plus the three administrative areas should be in total lockdown to fight the spread of the coronavirus especially the bordering states to our neighboring countries. It is not a joke as I […]
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April 1, 2020 (SSNN) – United States President Donald John Trump on Wednesday renewed renewed the national emergency on South Sudan for another year, citing continuous threat being posed by the world’s youngest nation toward the United States. The emergency was first declared by former U.S. President, Barrack Obama in 2014, a few months after the eruption of conflict in […]
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By Matai Muon April 1, 2020 (SSNN) — Life outside one’s door knob might be viewed as a luxury from the outside, at least sometimes. Generally speaking, South Sudanese students at home believe that those who are outside the country are the privileged few. Sometimes they could be right as being outside South Sudan these days is more of a […]
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April 1, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has reportedly warned on Wednesday against nomination of those he termed as militants as governors in the states. This comes as parties reaches deadlock over the allocation of state governors as provided for in the revitalized peace agreement signed in September 2018. Speaking to South Sudan News Now this […]
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April 1, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan policemen will be wearing masks during operations in which they will be enforcing measures imposed by the government to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, police spokesman Maj. Gen. Daniel Justin said on Tuesday. “Now, arrangements are being made to provide Police and other security operatives with Personal Protective Equipment or PPE […]
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April 1, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) denied on Tuesday that its members were behind the alleged continuation of human rights violation in the country’s Central Equatoria state. Over the weekend, holdout opposition group, National Salvation Front (NAS) led by the country’s former deputy chief of staff General Thomas Cirilo Swaka said South Sudan army has […]
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March 31, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan government said on Monday that neighbouring Ethiopia has agreed to host South Sudanese students who – among other international students – were asked to leave the country over the crisis imposed by the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this week, students in Ethiopia said they had been asked to leave the country by the Ethiopian […]
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April 1, 2020 (SSNN) – The United States government has announced that it has successfully evacuated an unidentified number of its citizens from South Sudan via Juba International Airport amid the coronavirus crisis. Last week, South Sudan government said an agreement was reached between the government and the United States to allow flights at Juba International Airport for the US […]
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April 1, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s National Security Service (NSS) has ordered the closure – without legal notice – the Juba-based daily newspaper, Agamlong, according to a brief statement seen by South Sudan News Now. “It is an unfortunate to inform the public that security personnel who claimed to have been sent from National security headquarters came to the […]
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March 26, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan on Thursday restricted the entrance to the presidential palace as part of preventive measures against coronavirus. “All appointments with H.E. the President are temporarily restricted for Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Heads of commission, MPs. Generals from organized forces, other government officials and all members of the public,” reads a notice by issued by Mayiik […]
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By Eng. WIlliang Gatjang Ging March 23, 2020 (SSNN) – It has become a habit always that when somebody wants to quit away from other, he/she tries to coin out something bad against the accused so as to qualify the reason separation for exit even if it is not true. Likewise brother Ayual claimed that ‘’Ruweng suffered serious political marginalization […]
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By Eng. Williang Gatjang Gieng March 22, 2020 (SSNN) – On 24th February 2020, somebody by name Dr. Santino Ayual Luangar wrote an article, claiming that Ruweng had a clear administrative border with Unity State since 1905. However, when I went through his document, it appeared that the man was claiming almost the whole part of Nuer territory northern of […]
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March 21, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s holdout opposition leader Gen. Thomas Cirilo said on Friday that government forces are planning an attack against his forces in violation to the cessation of hostility agreement signed in 2017. Gen. Cirilo who leads the National Salvation Front (NAS) is not a signatory to the revitalized peace agreement which was signed by most […]
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March 21st 2020 (SSNN) — A senior member of Burkina Faso’s government tested positive for the coronavirus, just days after another lawmaker became the West African country’s first casualty of the pandemic. Minister of Mines and Quarries Oumarou Idani developed symptoms after returning from a conference in Toronto, his communications’ team said in a statement on its Facebook page on […]
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March 18th 2020 (SSNN) – A South Sudanese student studying at Cairo University has been hospitalized after he was diagnosed with coronavirus, friends said. The unnamed student, one colleague said, was rushed to the hospital after showing unusual signs of respiratory issues including coughing and cold. “She became sick with fever and too much cough. So, we rushed her to […]
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March 17th 2020 (SSNN) — SPLM-IO leader and South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has ordered his forces to terminate all communications with ex-SPLA-IO commander to defected to presidemt Salva Kiir today. Gen. James Koang Chuol, who spoke to reporters in Juba this afternoon while declaring his intention to defect to Kiir said he did so along […]
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March 17th 2020 (SSNN) — Lieutenant General James Koang Chuol, one of the SPLA-IO’s top commanders, announced today during a press conference in Juba that he and three others had defected from the main armed opposition group led Dr. Riek Machar to join President Salva Kiir. “We are hereby announcing our resignation from the SPLA/M (10) with effect from 17/3/2020,” […]
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March 17th 2020 (SSNN) – As South Sudan enters transitional period, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told the country’s leaders to address tribal violence. This comes after president Salva Kiir appointed the long-awaited cabinet of the reconstituted transitional government of national unity. Following the signing of the revitalized peace agreement in September 2018, fighting between the rival forces […]
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March 16th 2020 (SSNN) – Sudan’s leader of the ruling sovereignty council, H.E Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has declared a state of emergency in a bid to fight the outbreak of the coronavirus. A statement by the Council issued this afternoon did not specify a timeframe for the state of emergency but said the health measures taken by the National […]
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March 16th 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, has ordered political leaders who recently returned to the country for formation of the country’s unity government to self-isolate for two weeks. This comes following new directives issued by the South Sudanese head of state to combat the outbreak of coronavirus. “We are taking immediate actions and scale […]
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