July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan presidency denied on Friday claims by renowned economist and former National Security Service (NSS) detainee, Peter Biar Ajak, that President Salva Kiir had sent a security team to slaughter him in Kenya. Peter Biar, who was in Kenya, fled – along with his family – to the US on Thursday and later said […]
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July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – United States President Donald J. Trump has given South Sudan economist and former National Security Service (NSS) detainee, Peter Biar Ajak, a refuge in the United States after fears that Kiir’s NSS operatives were looking for him in Nairobi. “Thank you President @realDonaldTrump for saving my family+me & giving us refuge in the USA after […]
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July 23, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan presidential advisor on minority affairs, Akot Lual, has been released without charges after almost one week under national security service detention in the capital Juba, sources close to him said. Lual was arrested on Saturday in Juba by the National Security Service (NSS) after local communities in Bor allegedly told a committee set […]
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July 23, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s chief of defense forces, general Johnson Juma Akot has said that his country does not have external threats urging members of the unified forces to work to bring permanent peace in the war-torn country. The top South Sudan army official was speaking during a visit to Maridi training camp for the unified forces […]
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July 22, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok on Wednesday announced the replacement of the military governors of its states by civilians. Addressing a news conference in the capital Khartoum, Hamdok said that Abdul Fattah Alburhan, the head of the Sovereign Council, has approved the appointment of the 18 civilian rulers of the states in the country, including […]
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July 22, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan president’s advisor on minority affairs, Akot Lual, has been arrested by National Security Service in the country’s capital Juba, after a section of the Bor community accused him of arming Murle community. Sources speaking to South Sudan News Now said from Juba that Akot was arrested on Saturday night in central Juba and […]
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July 21, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudan’s former long-serving President Omar al-Bashir faces trial starting Tuesday in Khartoum over the military coup that brought him to power in 1989. Al-Bashir is already behind bars for corruption, but AFP reports that he could face the death penalty if convicted in the new charge. The 76-year-old is accused alongside 16 others. The trial […]
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July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – Weeks into speculation that Egypt might intervene in Libya, Egypt’s Parliament has approved that troops be sent to its western neighbor in a bid to ward off Government of National Accord (GNA) fighters aiming to capture Sirte. The decision, which is based on a constitutional stipulation that military intervention be carried out externally to Egypt based […]
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July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has urged the South Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF) to release detained SPLA-IO commander. Over the weekend, General Gabriel Bol Wek, a senior SPLA-IO commander in Western Bahr el Ghazal state’s Jur River was arrested by government forces, reportedly […]
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July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has said that he rejected to be dictated on who should be appointed as governor of any state in South Sudan, and as such some of the nomination by other parties. Kiir made the remarks during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed governors of Jonglei and Western Bahr […]
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July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan oil production has dropped to 170,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 185,000 bpd due to disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemic, a senior official has said. Awow Daniel Chuang, the undersecretary in the ministry of petroleum, disclosed that the drop in production is the result of global economic slowdown due to COVID-19 that has […]
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July 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Fierce fighting has broken out between South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) and Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) in Mapel, one of the training centers for the unified forces, sources have said. The fighting, one source said, occurred on Sunday morning; a day after the SSPDF abducted the deputy commander of SPLA-IO Nahr […]
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July 17, 2020 (SSNN) – Authorities in South Sudan’s capital Juba have arrested a Ugandan national who has been accused by local residents of selling meet, according to police spokesman Maj. General Daniel Justine. The arrest – Justine told journalists – took place on Thursday when the police in Juba’s northern police station were alerted by local residents of suspicious […]
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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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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 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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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 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) – 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 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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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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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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July 4, 2020 (SSNN) – A South Sudan diplomat has confirmed reports that the government in Juba has not paid the membership fees that it owes to the continental body, the African Union (AU). In an interview, James Pitia Morgan, South Soudan Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the African Union said the government has not […]
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July 3, 2020 (SSNN) – The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN mission to South Sudan, David Shearer, has said that 57 UN personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. Shearer said the peacekeepers could have contracted the virus due to what he described as “continuous close interactions with the South Sudanese population.” “Forty-five of […]
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July 3, 2020 (SSNN) – The leader of the National Democratic Movement (NDM) and Secretary-General of South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, has said that the government of President Salva Kiir Mayardit is controlling the opposition consortium which is a signatory to the peace agreement. Akol made the remarks during an exclusive interview with South Sudan News […]
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July 3, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has reportedly asked the main armed opposition leader and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar to disarm the Lou-Nuer, according to a senior government official. The request by Kiir comes a few days after the South Sudan army launched disarmament in Tonj South County of Warrap state, after fears […]
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July 3, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has given an ultimatum to the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) to either nominate a governor by Saturday afternoon, or he choose someone of his choice, according to a senior government official has said. A deal between Kiir and Dr. Riek Machar Teny last week ended the four-month-old dispute […]
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July 2, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has accepted the appointment of General Johnson Olony as the governor of the oil-rich Upper Nile state, several opposition officials have said. The abrupt change of mind from the South Sudanese head of state comes a few days after refusing to appoint the former rebel general who has been […]
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July 2, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s minister for presidential affairs, Nhial Deng Nhial, has been invited to Cairo by the Egyptian foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry, according to a statement by the presidency this afternoon. The invitation was delivered by the Egyptian ambassador to South Sudan, Mohamed Mansur Kadah, who met the country’s minister for presidential affairs, at the statehouse […]
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