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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May 14, 2019(Tokyo) āĀ The Japanese government plans to extend the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces members to the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan until May 31 next year. The cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to approve the one-year extension later this month after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party endorsed the government plan last […]
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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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Opinion, By Gattuor Kier, Monday 13, 2019(SSNN) ā Compatriots, fellow students and youth of South Sudan, the waithood is over; everyone deserves equal and just rights. The faces who have been around for 15 years must leave. They massacred our aged parents, they raped our sisters and mothers, killed our youngsters and children would be the future of our great […]
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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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ByĀ Laura Nunu, May 11th, 2019(SSNN)Ā ā This is a very big question that provokes and brings us face to face with the question of our identity. It is a question that asks: āhow do we come to exist as diverse as we are?ā Depending on where you are seeking, science and religion/spirituality has different answers to this same simple question. […]
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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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CTSAMVM PRESS RELEASE Friday May 10th, 2019(SSNN) ā Your Excellency Ambassador Wais, Your Excellency Ambassador Lt Gen Augustino Njoroge, Chairpesons and Representatives of all mechanisms, Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank R-JMEC for organizing this crtical workshop. It is so important that all mechanisms sit together and discuss the way forward. I have the pleasure to brief you on the status […]
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Complaint against the parody of refugee election held in Kyangwali Refugee Camp of the Refugee Welfare Councils on April 17th, 2019.Ā We request you to nullify those elections and hold fresh ones. To; The Commissioner, Office of the Prime Minister, Department of Refugees, Sir Apollo Kaggwa Road, Kampala Uganda By Kulihoshi Musikami Pecos Executive Director, Dear Sir/ Madam, Friday, May […]
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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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Opening Remarks, By Maj. Gen. Desta Abiche Ageno, Chairperson of CTSAMVM, Excellences, Ambassadors, General Officer, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and gentlemen, Good morning and welcome to the 6th CTSAMVM Board Meeting. Thursday, May 9th, 2019(SSNN) ā Once again, I want to thank the Party representatives and Board members for their attendance at this very important meeting just before the beginning of […]
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2019(SSNN) ā The IGAD Council of Ministers held its 67thĀ Extra-Ordinary Session on 7thĀ May 2019 in Juba, South Sudan, under the chairmanship ofĀ H.E.Ā Gedu Andargachew, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to deliberate on the status of the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South […]
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Press Statement, For Immediate Release, By Dr. Hakim Dario, Chair, Peopleās Democratic Movement (PDM) May 5, 2019(SSNN) ā The Peopleās Democratic Movement is very saddened by the passing on of the world renown and veteran journalist, Hon Alfred Taban Logune. He died on 27th April 2019, after a long illness in Kampala Uganda. The people of South Sudan are indebted […]
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May 3, 2019(SSNN) ā The meeting of the leadership of the Parties to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 2 to 3 May 2019. At the meeting, the Parties took stock of the status of the implementation of the R-ARCSS, identified progress made, […]
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PRESS RELEASE, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2, 2019(SSNN) ā A meeting of the leadership of the parties to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) was convened today in Addis Ababa. “The meeting is of great significance at this time of the South Sudan peace process as the Pre-Transitional period of […]
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PRESS RELEASE, May 2nd, 2019(SSNN) ā The first day of a meeting of the Parties to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) took place on Thursday 2 May 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Addressing the participants (READ FULL STATEMENTĀ HERE), the Interim Chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission […]
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PRESS RELEASE, The Enough Project, Washington, DC. May 2, 2019 (SSNN) – Today’s news from Khartoum indicate a lowering of the tension in the standoff between the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Coalition of Freedom and Change, a coalition of professional and civil society organizations and opposition parties, and the major force behind the popular uprising in Sudan. This […]
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“Iāll fight this so-called agreement. Iāll not accept this, Iāll have to get myself killed in the process” By Deng Elijah, April 27th, 2019(SSNN) ā For more than half a million South Sudanese, who perished in the last six years and those who miraculously survived a predetermined death under the Atropos Salva Kiir Mayardit, death was not a wishful thinking […]
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April 27th 2019 (SSNN) – The ruling Sudanese Transitional Military Council (TMC) has denied reports that protests at coastal city of Port Sudan has affected the flow of South Sudan’s oil to the port. On Friday, local news outlets in Sudan reported that South Sudan’s oil flow has been affected by protests in Port Sudan with the protesters demanding its […]
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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 25th 2019 (SSNN) – The head of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) Abdel Fatah al-Burhan rejected on Thursday the resignation of three of the council members, a senior military source from Khartoum said. On Wednesday, the council spokesman, al-Kabashi said in a statement that three members of Sudanās Transitional Military Council have resigned. The resigning members includes Lieutenant General […]
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April 24th 2019 (SSNN) – The commander of Sudan’s main paramilitary militia group, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who is popularly known as Hemeti is planning to be the country’s number one man according to Western diplomats and opposition figures in Sudan quoted by Reuters. Once a right-hand man for ousted leader Omar al-Bashir, Dagalo was a central figure during the […]
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April 24th 2019 (SSNN) ā The African Union – meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo – on Tuesday issued a 60-day ultimatum to Sudanās ruling military junta, Transitional Military Council (TMC), to handover power to the people to form their own government. The Cairo meeting was called for by the Egyptian President, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi who took the African Union […]
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April 24th 2019 (SSNN) – Military judges in South Sudan trying detained army officer, Gen. Buay Rolnyang, for trying to rebel against the government and disobedience of orders from then SPLA General Headquarters, have found no evidence to back-up the charges, a South Sudan News Now journalist who witnessed the a sitting on Tuesday said. In a court sitting on […]
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Press Release, By Payinjiar Association of Canada April 23, 2019(SSNN) ā Human legends are scarce and high-quality. They live among men with humility, selflessness, courage, and brevity. Few know them well yet their work and selfless sacrifices are only brought to public decorum upon their death. This week, Nuer mourn two public figures, Gen. Peter Gatdet of SSUM and Gen. […]
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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 22nd 2019 (SSNN) ā Few South Sudanese participating in the ongoing Sudanese protest are calling for the reunification of the two countries almost eight years after then Southern Sudan obtained independence in a landslide referendum vote. This came almost two week after the Sudanese army ousted the country’s longest-serving leader, Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, following months of protests by […]
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April 22nd (SSNN) – The head of the governing Sudanese Military Transitional Council (MTC) – Abdel Fattah Burhan – on Sunday confirmed that ex-president Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir along with leading figures of his regime were all being detained at the notorious Kober prison in Khartoum. This came after a week-long reports by local and some international media outlets that […]
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April 22nd 2019 (SSNN) – Sudan’s protest organizer, the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA), on Sunday announced that it has suspended talks with the military over its failure to meet the protesters’ demands including handing over the government to the Sudanese people. Speaking during a rally at the centre of protest sit-in in front of the General Heaquaters of the Sudanese […]
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