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South Sudan’s Kiir prays and encourages his deputy Machar to fight the virus and get well soon

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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit meets Chairman of the SPLM-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny during a Consultative Meeting held in December 2019 (Photo credit: file)

May 20, 2020(SSNN) — In a friendly letter written and signed by South Sudan’s incumbent president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, to his all-time rival and current First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, who contracted COVID-19, president Kiir prays for Machar and other members of the former High-level Taskforce to get well soon. Despite political differences that have hindered the implementations […]

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All recent deaths in Juba are results of coronavirus – official

COVID-19 South Sudan, Health, News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

May 20, 2020 (SSNN) –  Many people who died recently in South Sudan’s capital Juba are victims of the the novel coronavirus, a senior government official said. Dr Angok Kuol Tiir, the coronavirus incident manager at the ministry of health told the Australia-based radio station SBS Dinka that many people who died recently have tested positive posthumously for coronavirus. Dr. […]

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Updates: Murle Youth Lost More Than 500 guns in Uror Attack

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A file of guns similar to guns captured from Murle Youth during the recent Murle attack in Uror(Photo credit: supplied)

May 20, 2020(SSNN) — Latest reports from South Sudan’s Uror county confirmed that the Murle youth, who attacked Lou-Nuer areas on Saturday, May 16, 2020, have incurred heavy losses in terms of lives, weapons and ammunitions. Speaking to South Sudan News Now correspondent in Pieri, South Sudan, James Mabor, a frontline journalist, confirmed that 748 dead bodies of Murle youth […]

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Makuei says all members of the taskforce including him have coronavirus

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May 19, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan information minister Michael Makuei has said that all members of the former high-level taskforce including himself have contracted the novel coronavrius. This comes after speculations on social media suggest that he and some members of the taskforce have contracted the virus. The deputy chair of the taskforce and First Vice President Dr. Riek […]

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Lomoro debunks rumors of COVID-19 positive test

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May 19, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan minister of cabinet affairs Martin Elia Lomoro has debunked this afternoon rumors that he has been found positive with COVID-19 after reports that he and some members of the high-level taskforce tested positive for the virus. Yesterday, South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny said all members of the coronavirus taskforce […]

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Makuei, Lomoro test positive for COVID-19

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May 19, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan information minister Michael Makuei Lueth and Cabinet affairs minister Martin Elia Lomoro have both tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, sources inside the high-level taskforce said. One source said Makuei had refused to give blood samples last month but was convinced earlier this month to do so and […]

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All members of high-level taskforce have coronavirus – Machar

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Dr. Riek Machar Teny, South Sudan First Vice President, announcing the first case of Coronavirus at Pyramid Hotel, Juba, on April 5th, 2020(Photo credit: SSNN/supplied)

May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar who tested positive for coronavirus today has said that all members of the high-level taskforce have tested positive for coronavirus with the exception of the health minister. Machar made the remarks during a briefing with the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) hours after he tested positive for […]

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South Sudan’s first vice president, wife test positive for coronavirus

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Dr. Riek Machar Teny, First Vice President and the Chairman of the SPLM/A-IO during an IGAD summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Photo Credit: Nyamilepedia.)

May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny and his wife Angelina Teny have both tested positive for COVID-19, his press secretary James Gatdet Dak said in a statement this evening. According to Gatdet, samples of Machar and his wife who is also the country’s minister of defense were taken last week and came […]

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South Sudan COVID-19 cases skyrocket to 347 as 57 more test positive

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President Salva Kiir, the head of COVID-19 Task Force and Dr. Riek Machar Teny, the deputy head of COVID-19 Task Force demonstrating the use of a mask to prevent Coronavirus(Photo credit: supplied)

May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan coronavirus cases have skyrocketed to 347 after the country’s ministry of health announced in the capital Juba this evening that 57 more people have tested positive for the deadly virus. The undersecretary in the ministry of health, Dr. Makur Koriom, said in a statement to the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) that […]

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South Sudan business mogul dies of coronavirus

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May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan businessman Athian Achiek Majok has died this afternoon in the country’s capital Juba after contracting the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, medical staff have said. “Yes it is true, Mr. Athian passed away this afternoon. He was brought here (Dr. John Garang Infectious Disease Center) for coronavirus. We don’t when […]

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Kiir’s press secretary calls Murle attacks on Lou-Nuer areas as “revenge”

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President Salva Kiir's Press Secretary Ateny Wek Ateny speaking to reporters in 2014 in Juba (Credit: Unknown)

May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – The Press Secretary for President Salva Kiir Mayardit has referred to the ongoing Murle attack against villages in Greater Akobo state as revenge and counter-revenge. Fighting has been ongoing in parts of Uror county of Jonglei state after heavily armed Murle Youth launched attacks against in several villages there. Dozens of civilians have been killed […]

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South Sudan’s envoy to South Africa dies of coronavirus in Juba

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May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s ambassador to South Africa has died of COVID-19 days after struggling with the sickness caused by the novel coronavirus, sources familiar with the development said. “Ambassador Paul Macuei Malok died on Sunday night at the Dr. John Garang Infectious Diseases Centre after contracting the novel coronavirus,” one source in Juba familiar with the […]

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Mayom youth rubishes claims of having been armed by presidential advisor

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May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – Youth from South Sudan’s Mayom county have rubbished claims by some Warrap politicians that they have been armed by president Salva Kiir’s security advisor Tut Gatluak, General Puljang and former Northern Liech state governor Nguen Manytuil. Last week, some Warrap state politicians called for the removal of Gatluak for allegedly arming Bul youth whom the […]

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S. Sudan minister blames Jonglei tribal fighting on absence governments in states

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May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – A senior South Sudan government official has blamed the absence of state governments of the ongoing fighting in the country’s Jonglei state. Manawa Peter Gatkuoth, the minister for irrigation and the deputy chairperson of SPLM-IO national committee for information and public relations said  absence of state governments has led to the civilians taking laws into […]

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Duk County Youth Association condemns attacks on Lou-nuer

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A group of Lou-nuer white army singing songs of war in Jonglei State. Lou-nuer has been attacked at least twice by Murle within the last one month(Photo credit: unknown/SSNN)

May 17, 2020(SSNN) — A South Sudanese youth group from the neighboring Duk county condemns the ongoing barbaric attacks in the neighboring Uror county and other Lou-nuer areas. The attacks, which have claimed many lives, burned down houses and abducted children and women, is believed to be carried out by Youth from Murle tribe of the recently established Greater Pibor […]

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Sudan inflation rise to 99%

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May 17, 2020 (SSNN) – Inflation in Sudan jumped to 99 percent because of rising food prices, official figures showed Saturday, more than a year after the country was rocked by protests sparked by bread price hikes. The inflation rate in April shot up from 82 percent the previous month due to increased prices of grains, meat, milk and bread, […]

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Medical experts in China share COVID-19 response experience with Uganda, South Sudan

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May 17, 2020 (SSNN) –  Chinese medical experts on Friday shared their experience of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic with their counterparts in Uganda and South Sudan. Speaking at the opening of the meeting held via Webinar, Aeneas Chuma, UNAIDS Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, said the world is facing one of the biggest challenges that is not […]

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Sudan rejects Ethiopian proposal on filling mega-dam

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May 17, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudan rejected Ethiopia’s proposal to sign an initial agreement on how to fill the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and now wants to resume U.S.-led negotiations on the project. According to a statement on Tuesday, Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok sent a letter to his Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed disapproving of an Addis Ababa […]

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South Sudan advocacy group condemns attack on Lou-Nuer areas

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Youth from Lou-nuer, a subtribe of the Nuer tribe of Jonglei State, receive treatment in Pieri after sustaining gunshots from fighting Murle, May 16, 2020(Photo credit: Nyamilepedia)

May 17, 2020 (SSNN) –  A South Sudan advocacy group has condemned yesterday’s attack by Murle armed youth against Lou-Nuer areas in Jonglei state’s Uror county in which dozens of civilians including women and children were killed. In a statement this morning, the Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA) said it was saddened by attack and accused the Greater Pibor […]

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South Sudan records over 50 COVID-19 cases in one single day

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President Salva Kiir, the head of COVID-19 Task Force and Dr. Riek Machar Teny, the deputy head of COVID-19 Task Force demonstrating the use of a mask to prevent Coronavirus(Photo credit: supplied)

May 16, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s high-level taskforce on coronavirus has announced that as much as over 50 people tested positive for COVID-19, the diseases caused by the novel coronavirus, the highest infection rate in one single day. The high-level taskforce said this evening that the ministry of health informed them that 54 people tested positive for COVID-19 today. […]

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Lou-nuer youth strongly condemns Attacks on Lou-nuer areas

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Youth from Lou-nuer, a subtribe of the Nuer tribe of Jonglei State, receive treatment in Pieri after sustaining gunshots from fighting Murle, May 16, 2020(Photo credit: Nyamilepedia)

May 16, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan youth from Lou-nuer, a sub-tribe of the second largest ethnic group in the country, in the neighboring Uganda condemns the recent attacks in Pieri, Pamai, Guanchat and other suburbs of Jonglei state’s Uror County. Speaking on behalf of Lou-nuer Student Association in Uganda, Pargol Reuben Gai Both, alleged that a heavily armed Murle youth […]

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South Sudan army suffered “heavily” during Central Equatoria fighting – rebels

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May 16, 2020 (SSNN) – The National Salvation Front (NAS) said on Friday that South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA) on Friday suffered heavy losses after the two launched attacks against different positions of the rebel group on Thursday. Suba Samuel Manase, the NAS spokesman, said a join attack by the […]

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S. Sudan’s Kiir to deploy troops to “fight” hunger and COVID-19

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South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, and his bodyguard, getty image...

May 16, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit said on Friday that members of South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) will be deployed to fight hunger and the novel coronavirus. The South Sudanese leader made the remark during a televised address on Friday as the country marks the 37th anniversary of the SPLM/SPLA, a rebel movement and […]

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UNHCR Donates Vehicles and Beddings to South Sudan Ministry of Health

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IRC Delegates pose in front of the newly donated ambulances during its official hand over on May 6, 2020. The five ambulances were donated by the UNHCR, South Sudan (Photo credit: Robert Elema)

May 16, 2020(SSNN) — In response to combat Coronavirus in South Sudan, the United Nations High Commissioner for the Refugees(UNHCR) has handed over at least three vehicles and beddings to South Sudan Ministry of Health. According to the Assistant External Relations Officer, Gift Friday Noah, of the UNHCR in South Sudan, the refugee agency in the world’s youngest nation has […]

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