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April 17th 2019 (Nyamilepedia) – Unity state students in neighboring Uganda have issued a statement of condolence after the departure of General Peter Gatdet Yaka who died on Monday in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Relatives and close aides to Gen. Gatdet confirmed in a statement quoted by the Nyamilepedia on Monday night that Gatdet died of heart attack at a […]

April 17th 2019 (Nyamilepedia) – Sudan’s longest serving president, Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, who was ousted last week by the country’s military has been moved to Khartoum’s notorious Kober prison, the Reuters reported quoting two family sources. The Reuters quoted an unnamed source at Kober prison as saying al-Bashir is being held under tight security in solitary confinement. Al-Bashir who […]

April 16th  2019 (SSNN) – The United Kingdom’s ambassador to Sudan has warned the Sudanese military which took power from long-time serving president Omar al-Bashir last week in a military coup of using violence against civilians. The warning came as Irfan Siddig, the British head of mission to the Republic of Sudan, meet the deputy head of Sudan’s Transitional Military […]

April 16th 2019 (Nyamilepedia) – The main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, led by the country’s First Vice President designate, Dr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon, has released a condolence message following the death of prominent rebel military commander and de facto leader of South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA). On Monday, relatives and close aides were quoted by Nyamilepedia as confirming the latest […]

April 16th 2019 (Nyamilepedia) – Prominent South Sudanese opposition leader and rebel commander, Gen. Peter Gatdet Yaka has passed away in the Sudanese capital Khartoum following a short illness, his aides and close relatives has confirmed. His former spokesman, Gatkuoth Mut Turoah was quoted by the Nyamilepedia as saying “Yes it’s true,  Gen. Gatdet died of heart attack in Khartoum […]

April 13th 2019 (SSNN) – The head of Sudan’s National Security and Intelligence Service  (NSIS), Salah Abdella Ahmed Gosh has resigned on Friday, state media reported. The state-owned Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported that the newly appointed head of military council Abdel Fatah Marohan accepted Gosh’s resignation. The Sudanese army announced on Thursday the ouster and arrest of President Omar […]

April 12th 2019 (SSNN)  – South Sudan’s First Vice-President designate, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, called on Friday for extension of the pre-transitional period to six months during an interview with Reuters. Machar, the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), in September last year signed a revitalized version of a 2015 peace agreement to end the ongoing […]

April 12th 2019 (SSNN) – Sudan’s Defense Minister and former First Vice-President, Awad Ibn Oauf has surprisingly resigned a day after taking oath as head of Sudan’s military council following the ouster of President Omar al-Bashir. “I – the head of the military council – announce I am giving up the post,” Ibn Auf said, adding he took the decision […]

April 12th 2019 (SSNN)  – International flights from and to Juba International Airport has been suspended after an imposition of closure of Sudan’s airspace following Thursday’s ouster of long-time serving President, Omar al-Bashir, sources have confirmed. On Thursday, Sudan’s defense minister, Gen. Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Oauf, who was also al-Bashir’s first deputy issued a statement announcing the ouster and […]

April 12th 2019 (SSNN)  – Sudan’s Military Council which ousted the country’s long-time serving President, Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, yesterday said on Friday that it will not hand over the former President to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Al-Bashir, who took power from a civilian government in a bloodless coup in 1989, is wanted by the ICC on charges of […]

April 11th 2019 (SSNN) – The Sudanese army has delayed issuing a statement it early said would be in the following movements, sources said. The delayment, one source said,  is attributed to disagreement within the army leadership over who can lead the military council until elections. “Now there are understandings over who can lead this transition. Some people within the […]

April 9th 2019 (SSNA) – An opposition official has claimed that Machar is free to go anywhere after he was allowed by the regional body, the IGAD,  to attend a spiritual meeting organized in the Vatican by Pope Francis. Machar’s is currently in the Sudanese capital Khartoum according to opposition officials closed to him saying they have not yet been […]