Dec 8, 2020(SSNN) — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met and held discussions with the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) Special Envoys to Uganda about the situation in South Sudan. The US Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Natalie E. Brown was accompanied by the US Special Envoy for South Sudan H.E Stuart Symington IV to the meeting while the […]
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April 14, 2020(SSNN) — A young man who was later identified as Okello Ocii has been apprehended by the Ugandan police after trying to escape a scene that has gone viral within the last twenty four hours on social media. Okello, who was captured on a live video brutally beating up an old woman, identified as Anek Lucy, has been […]
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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 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 1st, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit, representatives of the R-ARCSS signatory Parties and foreign dignitaries met on December 31, 2019 at the State House and held a year-end party officially hosted by the President’s office at the Presidential Palace in Juba. “Senior Government Officials, representatives of Opposition parties who are signatories to the Revitalized Agreement, diplomatic Corp, […]
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December 31st, 2019 (SSNN)—A South Sudanese woman who disappeared from Bidibidi refugee settlement, Uganda a few weeks ago, has been found dumped, the Ugandan media reported on Tuesday. According to the Yumbe District Police Commander, Mr Moses Olang, the victim identified as Mary Naka, was sexually assaulted before being brutally murdered by unidentified individuals. “The body of Naka which was […]
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Opinion, By Stephen Dhieu December 22nd, 2019 (SSNN)-This article was written right before the Uganda extension of the South Sudan’s Revitalized Peace Agreement’s Pre-Transitional Period by a hundred days. I have chosen to publicly publish it today because it was prophetic as are many of my articles that remain unpublished but for this I’m ready to face the enemies of […]
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Opinion, By Dr. Gatluak Ter Thach Dec 7th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan has a population of 12.58 million (2017). This population represents approximately 64 ethnic groups that speak different languages or dialects, as well as practice varied cultural activities. Most of the population in South Sudan lives in the rural counties, depending heavily on farms and other basic means to survive. […]
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Dec 4th, 2019 (SSNN)-Uganda’s President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has claimed that extreme obesity is an obvious sign of corruption. The president made the remarks today while addressing the nation during a public gathering dubbed ‘Anti Corruption Walk’ – an event aimed at discouraging and eradicating corruption in the country. President Museveni advised government officials involved in recruitment processes to […]
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Nov 30th, 2019 (SSNN)-The European Union congratulates the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on his recent appointment as IGAD Chairperson. On 29, 2019, during the 13th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the regional bloc, IGAD picked Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok as its new Chairman. “The Summit of the […]
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Nov 30th, 2019 (SSNN)-The 13th Ordinary Summit of the IGAD Heads of State and Government was held on 29 November 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the chairmanship of H.E. Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The meeting was attended by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda; H.E. […]
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Nov 27th, 2019 (SSNN)-The United Nations Panel of Experts has accused rival forces, the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) of making illicit profits from the country’s natural resources, by illegally harvesting teak trees and exporting them to Uganda for sale. “As the Panel previously reported, the leadership of both […]
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Nov 19th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union at its 894th meeting held last week, welcomed efforts made by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and called for lasting and sustainable peace in South Sudan. “Acting under Article 7 of its Protocol, the Peace and Security Council: Welcomes the Communique emanating from the meeting […]
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Nov 15th, 2019 (SSNN) —The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, David Shearer, during a press conference on Thursday before the African Union Peace and Security Council on the situation in South Sudan, urged South Sudanese leaders to put an immediate end to the conflict that has claimed more than 400,000 lives and forced million from their homes. “The […]
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Nov 9th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Liech community in Kenya has welcomed and commended the extension of the Pre-transitional Period by 100 days by South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Chairman and Commander-in-Chief Dr. Riek Machar Teny on November 7th, in Entebbe, Uganda. “The Liech community Association in Kenya hereby express her special commendation to South Sudan President GEN. […]
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Complaint against the parody of refugee election held in Kyangwali Refugee Camp of the Refugee Welfare Councils on April 17th, 2019. We request you to nullify those elections and hold fresh ones. To; The Commissioner, Office of the Prime Minister, Department of Refugees, Sir Apollo Kaggwa Road, Kampala Uganda By Kulihoshi Musikami Pecos Executive Director, Dear Sir/ Madam, Friday, May […]
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Sunday March 3, 2019 By CHARLES M. MPAGI, Uganda’s political train is running full speed ahead of the election in 2021. Perennial rivals incumbent President Yoweri Museveni and Kizza Besigye, seeking to keep their traditional advantage over opponents, set in motion their campaigns at two separate events within days of each other. President Museveni, 74, who will be seeking his […]
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