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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By Deng Elijah, May 30, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — Looking at the overall political landscape and how the main armed opposition, the Sudan People Liberation Movement in Opposition(SPLM-IO), has handled negotiations and foreign relations from the onset in December 2013 or from the days of establishment of the SPLM/A-IO in April 2014, it won’t be surprising if the SPLM-IO compromises one or […]
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March 30, 2020(SSNN) — After holding a deadlock on the number and boundaries of states for 18 months following the signing of the Revitalized Agreement of the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan(R-ARCISS) on September 12, 2018 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, reverted the country back to 10 + States on February 14, 2020. […]
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March 29, 2020(SSNN) — Explaining the government account to media, South Sudan Minister of Information, who also doubles as the government spokesman, Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth, said the parties reached a deadlock on allocation of states because the oppositions want the states to be divided 50/50. “What is hampering the appointment is the dispute over the allocation of states. The […]
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March 28, 2020(SSNN) — At a time the world is locked down and worried by a global pandemic, South Sudanese have a bigger issue to worry about, and that is the formation of a unity government that would permanently silent the guns and ends a civil war that has killed over 400, 000 people in less than 7 years. According […]
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March 28, 2020(SSNN) — A confidential report extended to South Sudan News Now details how the First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, is under house arrest in the country’s capital, Juba. The official, who identified himself as a senior official in the recently reestablished presidency – that comprises of His Excellency the President of the Republic, Gen. Salva Kiir […]
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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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March 25, 2020(SSNN) — A newly appointed Minister of Health, Hon. Elizabeth Acuei Yol Kuol, has gone viral on social media, especially on Facebook and Twitter, for what she calls “Kolorona Biruth” instead of Coronavirus or COVID-19 also known as the “Chinese virus”. As she speaks, the newly appointed minister, shows very little confidence and inexperience in her new role […]
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March 23, 2020(SSNN) — On Sunday, South Sudan president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, tried to go to church in violation of an order he passed earlier on and ordered his subordinates to enforce it; however, the incident did not go unnoticed. While president Salva Kiir, who is the head of COVID-19 Task Force and deputized by his First Vice President, Dr. […]
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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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March 16th 2020 (SSNN) – The ministers of the Reconstituted Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) have been sworn in today, a senior government official said. Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth, the information minister and government spokesman told Nyamilepedia in an interview from Juba that the swearing in ceremony took place at the state house J1 this morning. “Yes the R-TGoNU […]
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March 16th 2020 (SSNN) – The Rwandan Ministry of Health said in a statement on Sunday that one of its citizens, who just returned to the country from South Sudan last week, has tested positive for coronavirus during airport screening. The Rwandan ministry of health said in the statement seen by South Sudan News Now (SSNN) that the patient is […]
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March 16th 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s ambassador to China, Andruga Duku, has expressed disappointments over the handling of coronavirus screening at the Juba airport. Amb. Andruga Duku said he saw the ministry of health staffs screening arrivals at Juba airport were not wearing masks which is risky according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “I found those working at […]
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March 16th 2020 (SSNN) – A foreigner in South Sudan’s capital Juba, who has been rushed to Juba Teaching Hospital on suspicion of coronavirus, has tested negative, sources with direct knowledge said. On Saturday, the unnamed foreigner who had coronavirus-like symptoms was rushed to Juba hospital and a health ministry official quoted by Nyamilepedia said this morning that he was […]
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March 16th 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has urged all citizens to exercise precautions such as avoiding handshakes and hugging each other as a protective measure against coronavirus. He encouraged non-physical contact but said that citizens could opt for elbow and foot bumps as greetings if they have to make physical contact. President Kiir spoke in […]
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March 16th 2020 (SSNN) – The son of SPLM founder and senior member of the SPLM-IO has threatened to resign from the country’s revitalized unity government if security arrangements are not completed within the next eight months. Mabior Garang de’Mabior, who has been appointed deputy minister of interior during last week’s formation of the unity government, said in a statement […]
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March 15th 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Ethiopia’s chief of the national defense forces has warned that his army will defend and retaliate any possible attacks targeting a mega dam being built on the Blue Nile. Gen. Adem Mohammed made the remarks on Thursday as he led the country’s top military officers on a conducted tour of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam […]
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March 15th 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners are jointly appealing for US$1.3 billion this year to address the vast humanitarian needs of refugees fleeing seven years of unrest and conflict in South Sudan. “We welcome the formation of the Transitional Government of National Unity of South Sudan. However, many challenges remain […]
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March 15th 2020 (SSNN) – The Canadian government has welcomed the formation of South Sudan’s long-awaited transitional government. President Salva Kiir on Thursday formed the long-awaited unity government starting 36-month transitional period. “Canada welcomes the announcement of a Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity in South Sudan,” the Canadian Global Affairs said in a statement seen by South Sudan News […]
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March 13th 2020 (SSNN) — A suspected coronavirus case has been reported in South Sudan’s capital Juba a day after neighboring Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya reported their first cases of the deadly virus. According to an eye witness, an ambulance rushed to Hai Thawra near Juba University where the sick person was picked up. The government in Juba is yet […]
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