By: George Clooney and John Prendergast, Anecdotes abound of corrupt, war-torn African dictatorships. South Sudan, the world’s newest nation, is usually Exhibit A in those tales. But in the shadows of this narrative is another part of the story, usually untold. It is the story of transnational war profiteers who have come from all over the world to enrich themselves […]
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Military Instructors Pose For A Group Picture During Their Graduation Ceremony (File/Supplied/SSNN) South Sudan’s Government has for the first time graduated a batch of military instructors. According to the Joint Defense Board (JBD), the 1,000 army trainers graduated at the Luri Military Training Center, will play an important role in training government forces and opposition armed groups before the formation […]
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South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir during a meeting with the country’s Heads of Mission Abroad, – has instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to reduce its diplomatic staff to a manageable size. According to state-run media, the Government of South Sudan admits that the number of its staff in foreign embassies is extremely huge compared to the […]
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The main armed opposition group, SPLM/A-IO, will not be part of a Transitional Government of National Unity expected to be formed on Nov. 12 – if all critical outstanding tasks are not fully implemented, said an opposition official on Saturday. “We are not ready to form a government on November 12th if the rest of the security arrangements & The […]
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A time-sensitive battle in South Sudan’s General Court Martial this morning, Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 yet again puts the leadership of the Chief of South Sudan People Defense Forces, Gen. Gabriel Jok Riak, in the spotlight. According to reports emerging from the Court, the CDF ordered the General Court Martial(GCM) to announce a verdict that has been kept under the […]
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Confidential Report; In the first five to six years, millions of civilians have been displaced and thousands others killed. Political will remains challenging for the leaders to converge and iron-out their differences to ease political tension between themselves. Recent developments revealed a classified information and a deadly deal between the current Director of the Internal Security and Hon. Changson Lew […]
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Palm Africa Hotel, Juba October 2, 2019 CTC Members, Dear Colleagues, Representatives from our Partners and Board Members, Ladies and Gentlemen, I warmly welcome you all to the 15th meeting of the CTSAMVM Technical Committee. I would like to begin by welcoming CTSAMVM‘s new Deputy Chairperson, Major General Dafaalla Hamid Mohamed. Deputy Chairperson Dafaalla replaces our old friend and colleague […]
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The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation (RJMEC) in collaboration with Hold the Child Organization have convened a two-day workshop aimed at orientating primary and secondary school teachers on the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS). While officially opening the workshop in Juba on Thursday, RJMEC Deputy of Staff in charge of […]
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By Isidoros Karderinis, Sept 28th, 2019(SSNN) —Three years ago, with the referendum of June 23, 2016, the British people decided with a percentage of almost 52% and with 71.8% participation the exit of Great Britain from the European Union. This great result was undoubtedly the first major, painful defeat for the under German-controlled European Union of banks and multinationals. However, […]
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By Mark Gleeson Football Writer, South Africa, South Sudan have again turned to their sizeable Australian-based contingent in naming an expansive 32-man squad for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. A total of 12 have been named for the matches as they look to boost their chances with more players from the refugee community. Two Australian under-23 internationals and […]
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Sunday, Sept 8, 2019, As Sudan begins to embrace diversity and foster democracy, the newly appointed Minister of Religious Affairs, Nasr-Eddin Mofarah has called on non-Muslim communities, particularly Jews and Christians who had previously fled the country due to religious segregation, to return to the country and participate in nation-building. “Sudan is pluralistic in its thought, pluralistic in its culture, in its […]
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South Sudan’s family of President Kiir held a colorful wedding at the country’s presidential palace on Sunday evening, September 1st, 2019. The wedding, which brings together the family of Salva Kiir and his in-laws was between Lual Marine Akook, a nephew to president Kiir, and bride Mia Ayen Gregory, a niece to president’s wife Mary Ayen. The colorful wedding was […]
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Sept 4, 2019(Juba) — 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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21st August 2019 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , August 22, 2019(SSNN) — The IGAD Council of Ministers convened a consultation meeting of the Parties to the R-ARCSS on the 21st August 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the chairmanship of H.E. Gedu Andargachew, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Chairperson of the IGAD Council […]
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August 22, 2019: — Due to lack of structures and accountability, South Sudanese generals and politicians are stockpiling not only wealth but also ranks to ensure that power revolves around them or their immediate blood line. Starting with president Kiir who recently promoted his wife, Mary Ayen, to rank off Brigadier General and his brother-in-law, Gregory Vasili Dimitry, who doubles as […]
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August 21, 2019(SSNN) — The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commision (RJMEC) has urged Parties to expediate the process of cantonment of troops arriving in verified Cantonment Sites and in Barracks. Speaking during the opening session of the consultative meeting of the Parties to the Agreement held in Addis Ababa on Wednesday, RJMEC Interim Chairperson Amb. Lt. General Augostino Njoroge […]
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Sept 19th, 2019(SSNN) — Calling spade a spade, an advisor on peacekeeping, mediation, international sanctions and PoC, Klem Ryan has dropped a honest criticism that is usually spoken behind “closed-doors” on his twitter account and urges his critics to admit that South Sudan’s struggling president is an idiot, who is being protected by regional leaders for their selfish interests. Dr. […]
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August 17, 2019(SSNN) — 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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August 5, 2019(Juba) — A political feud that continued to rage on between a breakaway faction of the SPLM/A in opposition, which was initially led by the current First Vice President, Stephen Taban Deng Gai, coupled with the return of political stability featuring Dr. Riek Machar Teny, is slowly consuming its leaders. South Sudan’s incumbent First Vice President, who has […]
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Thursday, August 1, 2019(Juba) — At the RJMEC monthly meeting, held in Juba on Thursday, 1 August 2019, Ambassador Lt. Gen. Njoroge, the Interim Chairperson of the Reconsituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC), updated the particpants on the progress of cantonment. He said: “CTSAMVM has reported that the majority of the designated sites and barracks have been verified. The […]
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019(Torit): – South Sudan’s Lafon Community condemns an attack alleged to have occured on Saturday, July 27, at around 7:00 pm in Lafon County. According to details submitted to South Sudan News Now two young men, identified as Achake and Lilur, were shot in Pacidi Payam of lafon County. “Achake died on the spot while Lilur sustained […]
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Press Statement, For immediate release: 31 July 2019 Wednesday, July 31st, 2019(Juba) — The South Sudan Civil Society Consortium(SSCSC) members have seen an article dated 28 July 2019, written by Sarah Nyanath in which she called for removal of Dr Riek Machar Teny from being the Chairman and Commander-In-Chief of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement and Army-In Opposition(SPLM/A-IO). Sarah Nyanath’s […]
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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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JUBA , SOUTH SUDAN, July 16, 2019(SSNN) – Activists are calling on Sudan’s military and opposition leaders to open the country’s political process to women when the sides begin to implement their recent power-sharing deal. For most of Sudan’s 63 years as an independent country, women were not allowed to get involved in politics due to cultural norms and other […]
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Transitional Military Council (TMC) Chairman Lt (Gen) Abdel Fatah AL Burhan Abdel Rahman met Tuesday at his office in the Republican Palace with the Head of Umma Party Mubarak AL Fadil. Following the meeting AL Fadil told reporters that the meeting focused on political situation development and the importance of speeding up the signatory of the agreement reached between TMC […]
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July 16, 2019(SSNN) — South Sudan and Sudan have agreed to jointly address issues limiting the export of Juba’s oil through Khartoum ports, South Sudan’s local media reported citing petroleum minister as saying on Monday. Awow Daniel Chuang, South Sudan’s minister of petroleum and mining told state owned-radio South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SBBC) that the two countries agreed to set […]
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July 14, 2019(SSNN) — 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 expected 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 10, 2019(SSNN) —The African Union High-Level Ad Hoc Committee for South Sudan (C5) comprising its Members namely, South Africa, as Chair, Algeria, Chad, Nigeria and Rwanda, convened its meeting in Niamey, Niger, on 6 July 2019, at the ministerial level, on the margins of the inaugural African Union-Regional Economic Communities Coordination Summit. The meeting was in follow up to […]
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July 5, 2019(SSNN) — 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) — Speaking at the State House in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday after the meeting, 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) — 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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Geneva, June 27th, 2019(SSNN) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has facilitated the release of 15 persons detained in relation to the conflict in South Sudan. The operation marks the second release of prisoners supervised by the ICRC since the signing of the latest peace agreement – the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in […]
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June 23rd 2019 (SSNN) – The Pan-African Legal Group has intensified its efforts to launch a pilot training programme aimed at improving oil sector by training South Sudan’s government officials on transparency and responsible governance. NJ Ayuk, the Chief Executive Officer of Centurion Legal Group, emphasized the importance of promoting transparency and responsible governance in the Ministry of Petroleum, noting […]
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