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May 11, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit on Monday replaced the country’s army chief, General Gabriel Jok Riak, with General Johnson Juma Okot who served – until Monday – as Jok’s deputy. So, who is General Johnson Okot? General Okot is a South Sudan army general who was born in the country’s Eastern Equatoria state in […]
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May 11, 2020 (SSNN) — Kenya has recalled the chairperson of South Sudan’s Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) Amb. Augustino Njoroge and said it was replacing him with another Kenyan military official. Njoroge was appointed by the regional body, IGAD, as deputy chairperson of JMEC shortly before the formation of the defunct Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) […]
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May 11, 2020 (SSNN) – The Sudanese government said on Saturday that it was giving public sector employees a 10-day leave as the country is coping with surge in COVID-19 cases. Omar Manis, the Sudanese cabinet minister said in a statement on Saturday that he has been directed by the government to offer civil servants a leave for ten (10) […]
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May 11, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan coronavirus cases have closed to 200 after the country’s ministry of health said this evening that eighteen more people tested positive for the deadly virus. Yesterday, the government announced that 36 people – most of them South Sudanese – tested positive for the virus. The surge in cases came after President Salva Kiir […]
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May 11, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, who is also the Commander-in-Chief of the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) has relieved General Gabriel Jok Riak as the country’s army chief. In an order read out on the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC), Kiir appointed General Johnson Juma Okot as the new army chief effective […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) – A traditional chief in South Sudan’s Warrap state has claimed that the South Sudan army loyal to President Salva Kiir Mayardit was forcefully recruiting youth into its file raising concerns over the government’s commitment to the revitalized peace agreement. Speaking to Nyamilepedia from Tonj South county this morning, the traditional chief said they have been […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny met, on Sunday, leaders of Other Opposition Parties (OPP) at his office in Juba to discuss the delayed formation of state governments, a spokesman said this morning. James Gatdet Dak, the Press Secretary at the Office of the First Vice President, said the opposition leaders who […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) –The International Criminal Court said on Saturday, that it was “still awaiting a formal commitment and a serious move” from the Sudanese authorities to ensure that former president Omar al-Bashir and four other members of his regime appear in the Hague-based court to face justice. Al-Bashir, who was overthrown by the military in 2019 after a […]
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May 10, 2020(SSNN) — The leadership of Greater-Bor communities of South Sudan rubbishes a call for Administrative Area that would curve another Administrative Area, comprising of Bor, Twic East and Duk Counties, from the current Jonglei State. The Chairpersons of the Greater Bor counties condemn the anonymous group in the strongest terms possible calling them as “lost souls” who do […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s national ministry of health on Sunday reported that 36 more people – most of whom are South Sudanese – tested positive for the novel coronavirus. This brings the overall number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 156. Speaking to reports on Sunday evening in Juba, Dr. Richard Lako, the Director General for Planning and […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) — The National Salvation Front (NAS) led by General Thomas Cirilo has said South Sudan army continues to carry out more atrocities in the country’s Central Equatoria state. According to NAS Press release, the army is conducting assaults on their positions. The holdout rebel group has accused the army and the SPLA-IO forces of launching offensives […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) — A high-level delegation of the African Union (AU) has urged South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, and first vice president, Dr. Riek Machar, to resolve the deadlock over the allocation of states. This came after the parties failed to agree on the matter following months-long talks to divide states governments which would allow for the appointment […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) – The United Nations has blamed South Sudan’s increased inter-communal violence on the delayed formation of state governments by the parties to revitalized peace agreement urging the country’s leaders to complete the outstanding tasks in the 2018 peace deal in order to bring lasting peace in the war-torn nation. The United Nations leadership in South Sudan […]
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May 9, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has been asked by a group of intellectuals from Jonglei state to create another administrative area there. This came after the presidency issued a communique in which it said Jonglei state, alongside Western Bahr el-Ghazal and Western Equatoria, will be allocated to the SPLM-IO as part of a provision […]
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May 9, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan President, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayatdit, has exhausted all his patience allowing his first deputy and SPLM-IO chairman, Dr. Riek Machar, make important decisions, a close aide to Kiir said Saturday. This comes a day after a plan by president Kiir to divide states between the parties to the revitalized peace agreement was rejected […]
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May 9, 2020 (SSNN) – A senior member of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Said Bandas, the deputy chairperson of the SPLM-IO Youth League, said in a video he posted on his Facebook timeline that he was among a group of 30 people who tested positive for the virus on […]
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May 9, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, meets a High Level Delegation from the Federal Republic of Ethiopia in South Sudan’s capital, Juba. According to Machar’s term long-term spokesman, James Gatdet Dak, the Ethiopian delegation was led by the Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Gedu Andergachew. “A high level delegation from the Federal […]
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May 9, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has hinted at accepting a plan by president Salva Kiir to divide the states, calls for compromises and reiterates his commitment to the revitalized peace agreement. On Thursday the Minister in the office of President Salva Kiir, Hon. Mayiik Ayii Deng, said that the parties had […]
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May 09, 2020(SSNN) — The Republic of South Sudan approved at least one million US Dollar to be contributed in kind to African Union and Africa Center for Disease Control. According to Resolution No. 3 on Financial Contribution of the presidency, the Republic of South Sudan will contribute $750, 000.00 to the African Union and $250, 000 USD to the […]
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May 9, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s Ministry of Finance and Planning approves 30 millions South Sudanese pound, which is more than 1 million US Dollar, for burial rite for the son of minister Hon. Salvatore Garang Mabior, The approval came within less than 24 hours following the death of the Minister’s son, leaving doubts on how much was spent on […]
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May 08, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s new minister of Finance and Planning, Hon. Salvatore Garang Mabiordit, orders for at least 4 million SSP to be paid for his “house service and emergency funds” every month; According to a leaked document extended to South Sudan News Now, the Minister orders the Undersecretary to put this request in their monthly bills and […]
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May 8, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan coronavirus cases on Friday jumped to 120 following the announcement by the ministry of health this afternoon that thirty (3) more people have tested positive for the virus. The latest development has raised fears of a rapid spread of the virus as President Salva Kiir Mayardit ordered on Thursday that measures put in […]
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May 8, 2020 (SSNN) – The UN Refugee Agency in South Sudan has said that it commends the unity government in the country for continuing to welcome people seeking refuge from the Democratic Republic of Congo and stands in solidarity with the South Sudanese government. UNHCR commends the Transitional Government of National Unity for its continued generosity to allow people […]
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May 8, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s National Democratic Movement (NDM) led by Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin has rejected a decision by president Salva Kiir’s office claiming that the parties have agreed to the allocation of states. The opposition group said it was surprised by the presidency statement because the matter was not resolved based on the revitalized peace agreement. […]
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May 8, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s SPLM-IO has condemned a decision by President Salva Kiir claiming that the parties collegially reached an agreement on the allocation of states as provided for in the revitalized peace agreement. The presidency issued a communiqué on Thursday saying Kiir and Machar had reached an agreement on the allocation of state governors. The statement […]
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May 7, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan Coronavirus cases has rose to 90 after the ministry of health said sixteen (16) people have tested positive for the virus. This is the third day a high rise is recorded in South Sudan fter 28 people, last week, and 16 yesterday, tested positive for the virus. In a statement, Machar’s office said […]
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May 7, 2020 (SSNN) — A South Sudan rights group has condemned the ongoing renewal of fighting in the country’s Central Equatoria state urging the parties to find a peaceful mean of resolving their disputes. This comes after reports that the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and SPLA-IO launched fresh attacks against holdout opposition groups in parts of Central […]
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May 7, 2020 (SSNN) — Members of the incumbent Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) from across South Sudan’s Greater Equatoria states on Thursday met the country’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar, his office said. James Gatdet Dak, the Press Secretary at Machar’s office said in a statement that the delegation discussed range of issues including the the implementation of […]
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May 7, 2020 (SSNN) — Four South Sudan government soldiers have been killed after rebel forces said a joint attack on their bases by the army and SPLA-IO was repulsed on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. Suba Samuel Manase NAS Spokesman accused the South Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’ s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA IO) of […]
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By Deng S. Elijah, May 5, 2020(SSNN) — This constructive analysis is meant to serve the best interest of Comrade James Gatdet Dak and many politicians in his position. In addition, it is written in the best interest of the SPLM/A in Opposition and that of the South Sudanese at large; however, the reasoning that is used in this article […]
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Press statement May 3, 2020(SSNN) — Despite the partial formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity(R-TGONU), the stalemate in implementing crucial elements of the National Government such as the formation of State governments, the Reconstitution of National Parliament and incorporation of the amended transitional constitution have significantly contributed to the intercommunal conflicts happening in Jonglei and the […]
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May 1, 2020 (SSNN) – The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has been urged to renew South Sudan’s arms embargo which was imposed on the world’s youngest nation in July 2018 months before a peace agreement to end the seven-year-old conflict could be signed. Deprose Muchena, the Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa said if the African Union […]
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May 1, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s coronavirus cases on Friday jumped to forty-five (45) after ten more people who had contact with a number of the 34 cases tested positive, according to the coronavirus taskforce. “Out of the 10 cases, two are truck drivers who were stopped at Nimule border. Two other cases are domestic travelers who were planning […]
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