July 16, (SSNN) – Two aid workers in South Sudan were shot dead along with four people they were helping after members of an unknown armed group attacked them early this week, the U.N. humanitarian coordinator in the country said Thursday. South Sudan is one of the most dangerous places in the world for humanitarian workers even after the country’s […]
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By Chol Duang July 16, 2020 (SSNN) – Even after the formation of the so-called R-TGONU, violence continues to flare up everywhere, including in areas known to enjoy peace and good neighborliness. Hate speech has heightened unprecedentedly, as hatemongers inundate online space with highly inflammatory comments and fear traders exchanging threats, widening schism further. The self-appointed government in Juba has […]
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By Zechariah Makuach Maror July 16, 2020 (SSNN) – If we youth stop for a moment to think honestly, and finally asked the following questions. Do our leader/elders have enough time to devote to guiding young generation in the right direction? Am I wrong if I say that they themselves would have been victims of today’s competitive era if we […]
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July 15, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s minister of higher education, Denay Jock Chagor, has been relieved from his position and then appointed as the new governor of the country’s restive Jonglei state, according to a decree readout on the SSBC. President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, who are the main principals to the peace […]
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July 15, 2020 (SSNN) – Ethiopia began filling the reservoir of its giant Nile dam without signing an agreement on water flows; a step Egypt has warned will threaten regional security. The announcement was made by Ethiopian Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Seleshi Bekele, according to a report on the state-owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp.’s Facebook page. The move came two […]
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July 15, 2020 (SSNN) – The Troika has called on South Sudan’s parties to the revitalized peace agreement to agree on and appoint the remaining two state governors, weeks after President Kiir appointed only eight of the ten state governors. “The Troika (the United States, Kingdom of Norway, and the United Kingdom) commends the Parties to the Revitalized Agreement on […]
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July 15, 2020 (SSNN) – Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta, has commended South Sudan parties to the revitalized peace agreement for progress achieved in recent months despite the disruption by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is despite the health and economic difficulties posed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Uhuru underscored the setting up of the executive arm of the Revitalized Transitional Government of […]
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July 13, 2020 (SSNN) – Fighting at Wau central prison this afternoon has killed at least one person and wounded three others after prisoners grabbed guns from prison guards before they scape, according to police officers in Wau. This afternoon, over 70 inmates break out of Wau Central Prison, after confiscating guns from prison guards who they overwhelmed at the […]
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By Longar Mathiec Wol July 13, 2020 (SSNN) – Ladies and gentlemen, let me take you briefly on state of oil revenue and ownership in our country. Based on evidences I found in brief research I carried out to find out how exactly is oil revenue being distributed between the oil operating companies and the government. Shockingly, the results were […]
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July 13, 2020 (SSNN) — The SPLM-IO Chairperson of National Committee for Information and Public Relations, Mabior Garang de’Mabior, has said that the revitalized peace agreement has been hijacked by what he calls ‘NPTC’ regime in the nation’s capital Juba. Mabior made the remarks in an exclusive interview with the Nyamilepedia chief executive office, Deng Elijah Hon Top, in which […]
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July 12, 2020 (SSNN) – The SPLM-IO spokesman, Mabior Garang de ‘Mabior, who is also the group’s Chairperson of National Committee for Information and Public Relations, has denied reports that he resigned blaming “NPTC regime” in Juba. Earlier this morning, a document purported to be a resignation from Mabior Garang de ‘Mabior, was circulated online raising panic among the SPLM-IO […]
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By Beek Mabior July 11, 2020 (SSNN) – Industrialization is a backbone for the national economy just like agriculture and I’d like to appeal to our government and citizenry to embrace this magnificent analysis and recommendation on how to make South Sudan an industrialize and technological state in Africa. We all know that industrialization, technology, and scientific discoveries are the […]
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Dear Compatriots, July 9, 2020 (SSNN) – Today marks the 9th anniversary of our independence. This great feeling did not come easy, but after a very long protracted struggle that lasted for decades and took millions of lives of our people and untold destruction of property. The resistance of our great people has been a long race with the torch […]
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By Nhial Gatkuoth Chung July 9, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudanese in 2011 overwhelmingly voted to have their independent state called the Republic of South Sudan, there were huge hopes that independence would bring peace and stability in the nascent country. Just two years after the independence flag was hoisted in the air, the liberators who fought for years in […]
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By Paul Ruot Bayoch July 9, 2020 (SSNN) – I am writing this poem on behave of all concern citizens who seem to be caring and the leaders who seem not to care about the suffering of thy fellow citizens and countrymen. South Sudan is bleeding And no one seems to care South Sudan is bleeding And no one seems […]
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By Agany Geng Ayiei Agany July 9, 2020 (SSNN) – On Wednesday, July 06, 2020, Pal Chol Nyan who calls himself a political analyst and a commentator published an article against Gen. Salva Mathok on Paanluel wel website following an article wrote by Gen. Salva Mathok on the Dawn newspaper on the same day. Dear Pal Chol Nyan, I would […]
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July 8, 2020 (SSNN) – The Apadang community of the country’s Upper Nile state has finally accepted the nomination of General Johnson Olony for the governorship of Upper Nile state, days after rejection from a section of the community. First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar last week nominated Olony for the governorship of the oil-rich northern state, but was not […]
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July 8, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has said that he did not make the concessions that include returning the country to ten states because of weakness but because of his desire for peace. In March, Kiir made a key concession and ordered the return of the country to ten states from 32 which he created […]
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July 8, 2020 (SSNN) – A South Sudanese diplomat in the United States sparked an online uproar when he was seen urinating during a live Facebook political discussion. Panelists were discussing the appointment of a governor for Upper Nile state on Friday when Gordon Buay, South Sudan’s deputy ambassador to the U.S., was seen walking to the bathroom wearing only […]
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July 7, 2020 (SSNN) – We write to you in our capacity as Unity State youths to pledge our unequivocal solidarity with all the communities of Unity State; they are continuing to endure all manner of risk and suffering in the United Nations’ camps in and outside the country. It has been exactly 7 years since you became the Unity […]
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By is Kech Nguoth Tiem July 7, 2020 (SSNN) – The writer of this article was motivated to give out his views about the above subject due to ongoing wrestling between the leadership and some Community actors regarding the appointment of Gen Olony Thabo as the Governor of Upper Nile through SPLA IO ticket as agreed in the Revitalized Peace […]
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July 7, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, has debunked claims by senior government officials that General Johnson Olony owns a different opposition faction and as such he should not be appointed as governor of Upper Nile state. The SPLM-IO had last week nominated Olony for governor of Upper Nile state which has been allocated to […]
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July 7, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan information minister Michael Makuei Lueth has said the country – for the fifth time – will not conduct independence celebrations in both the country’s capital Juba and the state capitals. Makuei, in an interview with South Sudan News Now, said the country was lacking money that is needed to conduct an independence celebration […]
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By Philip Ayuen Dot July 7, 2020 (SSNN) – As South Sudan tries to catch up with other nations on all developmental issues, the environment is one area that needs utmost focus. And while on this, goal number six of the sustainable developmental goals stating that all nations shall ensure the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for […]
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July 6, 2020 (SSNN) – The Egyptian minister for military production, General Mohamed El-Assar, passed away at 74 on Monday following a lengthy battle with the deadly COVID-19 battle, the Egyptian presidency announced. “Egypt has lost one of its unique military icons… a fighter who gave his life to serve his homeland and a wise man who took part in […]
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By Gen. Salva Mathok Gengdit July 6, 2020 (SSNN) – The initiative taken by H.E president Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit in forming the committee chaired by Vice President H.E Dr. James Wani Igga, is a milestone decision to address Greater Jonglei crisis, although the issue may not be necessary rank or post. By 2011, H. E the president declared a […]
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July 6, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s former army general Maj. Gen. Stephen Buay Rolnyang and former commander of Special Forces in Unity state, General Matthew Puljang Top, have reconciled after years of differences, according to a statement. The differences between Buay and Puljang came to light in May 2018 when General Buay was arrested by forces loyal to Puljang […]
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July 6, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his first deputy, Dr. Riek Machar Teny will meet this week to discuss the deadlock over the SPLM-IO nominee for Upper Nile state governor, a spokesman for Machar said. Last week, Machar nominated SPLA-IO general, Johnson Olony Thambo, for the governorship of Upper Nile state which was allocated […]
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July 6, 2020 (SSNN) – Members of the Ugandan People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) have kidnapped – inside South Sudan territory – two South Sudan army soldiers after claiming that they had crossed into Ugandan territory, residents in Nimule have said. “Yesterday night, fifteen soldiers from Uganda crossed to South Sudan territory and they kidnapped two soldiers. They were telling us […]
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By Duop Chak Wuol July 6, 2020 (SSNN) — President Salva Kiir through his press office recently claimed that he is against the appointment of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) General Johnson Olony who is the nominee for Upper Nile State governorship. He alleged that the SPLA-IO General is anti-peace and that General Olony refused to allow his […]
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By Beek Mabior, Nairobi, Kenya July 6, 2020 (SSNN) – Hi citizenry of my country, kindly allow me to spell out and read this magnificent analysis why South Sudan; a nation with billions natural resources have millions of her people living below the disgraceful poverty line and chronic hunger yet there’re billions of natural resources that the country is endowed […]
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July 4, 2020 (SSNN) – The East African Community is struggling to pay its members of parliament as South Sudan becomes incapable to pay its membership arrears, regional MPs have said. “EALA members have not been paid their sitting allowances since March. We demand that the secretariat pays all staff including MPs. EAC partner states need to honor their remittance […]
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By Paul Ruot Bayoch July 4, 2020 (SSNN) – Hoth Nhial, you died a poor man prematurely. You died an innocent man. I know you’re not born to die like that. You’re killed by unknown gunmen in place you call motherland whose land had prematurely swallowed lives of many innocent people. You’re doing your best when you met your fate. […]
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