Sept 4, 2019(Juba) ā Revealed in documents extended to South Sudan News Now, South Sudan Minister of Finance and Economic Planning released over 100 hundred thousand US Dollar in July to a phony company to clear “a car loan”. According to the transaction documents extended to South Sudan News Now, Mr. Garang Majak Bol Angok, the 1st Undersecretary of Finance […]
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August 17, 2019(SSNN) ā A Kenyan Forensic Ballistics Expert and Chairman of the National Gun Owners Association (NGOA), Anthony Wahome, urges South Sudan’s military leadership to demote and expel a youngman, who was identified as colonel Angui, over a misleading demo that military experts believe was fake. Last month, an army colonel identified as Angui Karbino Kuanyin, posted a viral […]
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July 30, 2019 A South Sudanese civil rights activist and a member of the SPLM/A in Opposition Sarah Nyanath Yong calls for replacement of the SPLM/A Chairman and Commander-in-Chief, Dr. Riek Machar Teny. Over the past two weeks, Miss Yong has been rallying disgruntled intellectuals on social media behind her back to support her call for replacement of Dr. Riek […]
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July 14, 2019(SSNN) ā The leadership of South Sudan’s main opposition group, SPLM-IO has categorically denied alleged reports that the Chairman of the SPLM(IO) Dr. Riek Machar is expectedĀ to travel to Juba by the end of this month. Speaking to Nyamilepedia in an interview, Manassey Zindo, a member of the Political Bureau of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (IO) […]
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July 5, 2019(SSNN) ā The administration of the Turkey’s national hospital, The Istanbul Hospital, breaks its silence over the corpse of the late Akobo Governor, Lt. Gen. Johnson Gony Bilieu. According to an admin who spoke to South Sudan News Now in condition of anonymity, the late governor, Lt. Gen. Gony Bilieu died after a brain surgery failed last Friday, […]
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July 1st, 2019(SSNN) ā Speaking at the State House in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday after the meeting,Ā President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that his Government had decided to set aside 10 acres of land located at the Inland Container Depot in Naivasha Industrial Complex. “To further ease the movement of goods consigned to South Sudan, the Kenyan Government has set aside […]
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June 29, 2019(SSNN) ā While South Sudan’s former Minister of Petroleum, Amb. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, who is accused of corruption and mismanagement of oil industry, get investigated, South Sudan government has suspended all pre-sales oil contracts. In accordance to a presidential decree issued by the president, the former minister of petroleum cannot leave the country. His bank accounts and assets […]
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June 20th, 2019(SSNN) ā South Sudan lawmakers on Wednesday halted approval of the government’s next budget proposal totaling 1.7 billion Euros, in protests that military and public officials have not been paid for more than six months. Speaking at the parliament session, Elizabeth Adut, a member of parliament, disclosed that because of the late payment of salaries and the deterioration […]
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June 15th, 2019(SSNN) ā South Sudanās Minister of Petroleum, Amb. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, has been fired just in less than three years over what has surfaced as a case of corruption and mismanagement of the Ministry of “Oil”, the lifeline to the worldās youngest nation. According to confidential reports extended to South Sudan News Now, Hon. Gatkuoth was fired while […]
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June 9th, 2019(SSNN) ā On Thursday, June 6th, 2019, the Governor of Northern Liech State, Dr. Joseph Nguen Monytuel receives his special guests, the two governors of twin states of Twic Mayardit and Gogrial states in Mankien, Bul South County of Northern Liech State. “The arrival of Governor Atem Madut Yak Governor of Twic state and his counter part Governor […]
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June 9th, 2019(SSNN) ā Condemning attacks on his home states of Twice East and Gogrial States earlier this week, South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, mourns the death of civilians, who were killed by cattle raiders, and urge them not to revenge but assures that he “must make sure peace prevails”. How president Kiir will ensure peace prevails overnight after […]
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June 3rd, 2019(SSNN) ā The Sudanese protests, which have been running for more than half a year now and have ousted President Omar Hassan el Bashir, have seen a sharp turn this morning, June 3rd, 2019 as the armed groups began firing live bullets on civilians killing dozzens in attempt to disperse a sit-in at the military headquarters of the […]
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May 15, 2019(SSNN) ā South Sudan’s General Court Martial, which is currently running trials of Maj. Gen. Stephen Buay Rolnyang, was again adjourned this morning as more none-material witnesses are expected to come from Mayom to testify. Among those who were expected to testify today include Brig. Kerbino Deng Thong, the officer who was ordered by Maj. Gen. Mathew Puljang […]
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019(SSNN) ā South Sudan’s Deputy Chief of Defense Forces for Administration, Lt. Gen. Santino Deng Wol, condemns the Director General of South Sudan National Security Services, Lt. Gen. Akol Kor Kuch, over what is now confirmed to be an extrajudicial execution of Aweil sons and daughters who were arrested in May 2017 following Gen. Malong, the former […]
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Monday, May 13, 2019(SSNN) ā Speaking during an international meeting of religious nuns in the Vatican on Friday, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis reiterates his closeness and wishes to visit South Sudan, one of the most fragile states in the world. Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope in the history […]
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Monday May 13, 2019(SSNN) ā Reports emerging from South Sudan’s Leer County confirm that more than 50 people have been hospitalized or affected in Leer County of Unity State after eating contaminated food that was recently distributed through the World Food Program. Blaming both the government of Salva Kiir and the World Food Program, residents from Leer, who spoke to […]
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May 11th, 2019(SSNN) ā For the last two weeks, South Sudan capital has witnessed rising tension between the army and the national security amids warnings of youth uprising that may oust the first and only president of the world’s newest state, Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit, but according to the latest findings, President Kiir fears his Director General of National Security […]
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May 11, 2019(SSNN) ā South Sudan’s main opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, the First Vice President Designate, may travel and reside in any country of his choices within the region but he remains under house arrest until further notice. During the recent 67th Extra-Ordinary Session of the The IGAD Council of Ministers, which was held in South Sudan capital […]
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Friday May 10th, 2019(SSNN) ā South Sudan’s long serving Minister of Health, Dr. Riek Gai Kok, has allegedly submitted his “resignation letter” to the president, Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit. According to Press Secretariat of South Sudan’s President, who confirmed to have seen the alleged resignation letter, Dr. Riek Gai submitted his resignation letter citing the extrajudicial execution of his nephew, […]
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Friday, May 10th, 2019(SSNN) ā The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) and the office of the IGAD Special Envoy for South Sudan, have on Friday May 10, 2019 commenced a two-day workshop for the Joint Security Mechanisms in Juba. The convening of the workshop follows a recommendation made in Addis Ababa by the Parties to the Revitalized Agreement […]
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May 9th, 2019(SSNN) ā South Sudan’s most powerful head of National Security, Gen. Akol Kor, is under house arrest in the capital Juba as the army prepares to dismantle the National Security intelligence. Following the report of the UN Experts on South Sudan, the relationship between president Kiir and his most trusted man, the Chief of National Security, soared to […]
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April 25th, 2019(SSNN) ā South Sudan’s president, General Salva Kiir Mayardit, paid a courtesy visit and held a moment of silence to late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan during his recent official visit to the United Arab Emirates. The visit to the mausoleum of late Sheikh is considered to be a wise decision to promote culture of tolerance, peaceful […]
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April 22, 2019(SSNN) āĀ Despite that former President Omar Hassan El Bashir has been overthrown and Sudan remains at crossroad, the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, still looks up to Sudan and partners to make peace a reality. Responding to President Salva Kiir, who is being accused of being intransigence to form a unilateral Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity […]
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April 20, 2019(SSNN) āĀ A new news report extended to South Sudan News Now by confidential sources within the Sudanās Transitional Military Council (TMC) has revealed that the first meeting between a high level delegation from South Sudan and the new military leadership did not settle very well as reported earlier on. The insider said the close aides of the […]
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April 20, 2019(SSNN) ā A South Sudanese government allied militia general, Major General Mathew Puljang, was finally brought before the General Court Martial on Thursday to testify as a witness in the case of Maj. Gen. Stephen Buay Rolnyang who is currently in prison in Juba facing charges that include treason. A General Court Martial, which was set in January […]
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April 17, 2019(SSNN) ā Gen. Peter Gatdet Yaka, a well renowned South Sudanese commander and a fierce fighter, who fought vigorously in the two Sudans, died on April 15th in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Speaking upon his arrival in Khartoum from the Vatican City, the Chairman and Commander in Chief of the SPLM/A(IO) and the Designated First Vice President, Dr. […]
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April 9th, 2019(SSNN) ā The today’s general court martial of Maj. Gen. Stephen Buay Rolnyang was adjourned to Thursday after a few witnesses testified. Among those who testified in court today were army officers from Wau division. More testimonies are expecting on Thursday from Maj. Gen. Mathew Puljang and Maj. Gen. Joseph Manyuat, the two generals who carried out offensives […]
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April 8th 2019 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s former First Vice President and leader of the main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny has left the Sudanese capital Khartoum this morning for the spiritual retreat in the Vatican aimed at confidence-building between him and President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, official have confirmed. Kiir in March visited the Vatican where he […]
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April 7th, 2019(SSNN) ā South Sudan rights advocacy groups and human rights activists call on David Shearer, the UN SPecial Representative, and UN organs in South Sudan to protect and provide for the internally displaced persons(IDPs), who were displaced from the UN Protection Sites by fellow IDPs last year. The groups identified as the South Sudan International Advocacy for Human […]
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April 7th, 2019(SSNN) ā A South Sudanese Anyanya two veteran, Lt. Gen. Gordon Koang Chuol Kulang, defects and forms his own rebel movement. According to the latest press release, Lt. Gen. Koang Chol, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Democratic Party’s military wing, the South Sudan Armed Forces(SSAF), has tendered in his defection letter to Hon. Gabriel Changson, the Chairman […]
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March 24, 2019(SSNN) ā Adau Mornyang, a South Sudanese-Australian model, is facing upto 21 years in jail for slapping a United Airline steward and for kicking an air marshal because they couldn’t supply her alcohol during her flight from Melbourne to Los Angeles in January this year. Although the 24 years-old model has denied the attack claiming that she couldn’t […]
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Sunday February 24, 2019(SSNN) ā Before Sunday, most general fans of high school running knew the name Athing Mu. After Sunday, the world better take notice. In the women’s 600 meter final at the USA Track and Field Indoor Championships, she put up an otherworldly performance, amazing those in attendance at the Ocean Breeze Facility in Staten Island, New York, […]
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Feb 10, 2019(SSNN) —– At least 9 cattle camps were raided at Maloathni cattle camp by armed youth from Tonj earlier this week on Tuesday, according to reports aired to South Sudan News Now(SSNN). According to the residents of Bul-Mayom county, the raid was carried out at around 6pm when cattle were returning home in the evening, on February 6th, […]
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