To: Lt Gen (Rtd) Augustino S. K. Njoroge, Interim Chair of RJMEC By: Dr Lam Akol, Chairman of NDM. Dear Sir, March 28, 2020(SSNN) — Reference to your invitation dated 26/3/2020 for the Parties to the Agreement to discuss the allocation of the States as a result of the deadlock between the two main principals, please, find below […]
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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) — Latest reports from South Sudan’s main hospital, the Juba Teaching Hospital, confirmed that doctors and nurses are striking leaving patients without medical attention. Speaking to patients as doctors and nurses are nowhere to be seen, they believe that the doctors and nurses are striking due to lack of protective kits that would protect them from the […]
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“I would like to strongly remind H.E. the President of what he knows: this RARCISS abrogation is only possible when you have decided to leave power to others. It is the snare that has ensnared you with all the parties and put your neck to the noose.” By Bol Agau*, March 28, 2020(SSNN) — In July, 2016, after the […]
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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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H.E. DR. RIEK MACHAR TENY (PhD) FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN AND CHAIRMAN AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF SPLM/SPLA DEAR EXECELLENCY, March 28, 2020(SSNN) — I am writing with grave concerns over the changes introduced by ITGoNU (a party to the Agreement) into the Constitution Amendment Bill (2020). The NCAC pursuant to Article 1.18 has incorporated the Agreement into […]
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By Yom Deng, Manhattan, New York, U.S., March 27, 2020(Nyamilepedia) – I acknowledge the rising cases of the catastrophe Coronavirus Pandemic in the USA. It first started in China and spread rapidly to the rest of the world. In the recent week and half, the Virus took its toll and has especially become much worse in New York, Connecticut, […]
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By Chang Bithow, Gambella, Ethiopia March 27, 2020(SSNN) — After the formation of the South Sudan new cabinet of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGONU) on March 12, 2020, the appointment of Madam Angelina Teny as ministry of defense and veteran affair has been heavy criticized by SPLM-IO supporters and has become the central debate on the social […]
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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 25, 2020(SSNN) — Sudanese Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Jamal El Deen Omar, died this morning in South Sudan’s capital, Juba. According to latest reports from Juba, Lt. Gen. Jamal died of heart attack on Wednesday morning, March 25, 2020. The Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen. Jamal,traveled to Juba as part of a transitional government delegation to participate in […]
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March 20, 2020(SSNN) — Latest reports from family members and aids of South Sudan Chief Justice, Chan Reech Madut, revealed that the Chief Justice could be among the first cases of Coronavirus in the world’s youngest nation. Speaking to South Sudan News Now correspondents, who reached out to family members in attempt to investigate earlier reports that the Chief Justice […]
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By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS(SSNN) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Monday for an immediate cease-fire in conflicts around the world to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The U.N. chief said: “It is time to put armed conflict on lock-down and focus together on the true fight of our lives.” Guterres said the world faces “a common enemy — COVID-19” […]
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March 23, 2020(SSNN) — Radha Stirling, who has assisted more than 12,000 individuals over the past 12 years operating organisation “Detained in Dubai”, warned Indians to leave the United Arab Emirates in a statement issued today: “The coronavirus crisis is likely to hurt businesses even more severely than the crash of 2009 and the consequences for expats will potentially be […]
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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 23, 2020(SSNN) — For new models, Paris Fashion Week can be a trial by fire, but Agi Akur took it all in stride. The 23-year-old beauty was on a roll during the fall/winter 2020 collections, racking up some of the biggest shows on the calendar. A commanding presence at Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Valentino, and Saint Laurent, Akur emerged as […]
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Nyakim Gatwech, a 24-year old model affectionally known as Queen of the Dark, is turning heads everywhere with her fierce determination and her beautiful flawless dark skin tone. She is out to prove to everyone that she is very confident with her skin color, and inspires others to be the same way. Gatwech, a South Sudanese born in Ethiopia, […]
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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 20, 2020(SSNN) — With deepest sympathy, we regret to inform the Nuer Community worldwide that the Nuer International Conference that was organized to be held in multiple locations including Calgary, Canada and Melbourne, Australia has been postponed for this year due to the outbreak of coronavirus that necessitated lockdown and state of emergencies in over 140 countries around the […]
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By Radha Stirling, CEO of Detained in Dubai The repercussions for expats in the UAE from the country’s lockdown to prevent the spread of Coronavirus are expected to be severe and could impact their lives for years to come. “From direct loss of employment due to government restrictions and indefinite closures of businesses, to the inevitability of bounced cheques resulting […]
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Press Release by the Greater Pigi Community in Diaspora. March 20, 2020(SSNN) — Fellow innocents Citizen of Upper Nile State and the Jonglei State of ROSS. The people of Greater Pigi County in Diaspora are overwhelmed by the productive and profound decision made last February 2019 to reverse 32 States back to the 10 States for the price of peace […]
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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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