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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Opinion, By Peter Gatkuoth, London, UK April, 20th, 2019(SSNN) — The three big brothers and their sister Mama Nyadeng Mabiore went on for a retreat in Vatican, Rome, Italy on the 11-14th, April, 2019, an invitation called by Pope Francis to allow the leaders of the youngest country to have a self-reflect on forgiveness and peace as was once […]
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By Waverle Monroe, OMAHA, Nebraska, April 20, 2019(SSNN) — The Omaha Police Department has welcomed its first South Sudanese officer to the force. He graduated from the academy in March. “It was something that has always been in the back of my mind. My late father was a police officer back home in South Sudan,” said Muorter Majok. Majok followed […]
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April 20, 2019(SSNN) — Sudan’s public prosecutor has begun investigating ousted President Omar al-Bashir on charges of money laundering and possession of large sums of foreign currency without legal grounds, a judicial source said on Saturday. The source said that military intelligence had searched Bashir’s home and found suitcases loaded with more than $351,000 and six million euros, as well […]
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April 20, 2019(SSNN) — A new news report extended to South Sudan News Now by confidential sources within the Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) has revealed that the first meeting between a high level delegation from South Sudan and the new military leadership did not settle very well as reported earlier on. The insider said the close aides of the […]
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By Larco Lomayat Juba, South Sudan, April 20, 2019(SSNN) — The delegation of the Government of the Republic of South Sudan led by Hon. Salvatore Garang Mabiordit, Minister of Finance and Planning, comprising of senior officials from the Ministry of Finance and Planning and the Central Bank of South Sudan who arrived in the Washington DC, United States of America […]
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April 20, 2019(SSNN) — A South Sudanese government allied militia general, Major General Mathew Puljang, was finally brought before the General Court Martial on Thursday to testify as a witness in the case of Maj. Gen. Stephen Buay Rolnyang who is currently in prison in Juba facing charges that include treason. A General Court Martial, which was set in January […]
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Public Service Announcement, By Cpt. Mabior Garang de Mabior, April 19, 2019(SSNN) — As we continue to wage the struggle to bring about fundamental change in our country, we acknowledge that the current Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) is the least costly way we can restore peace and move our people into prosperity. […]
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April 17, 2019(SSNN) — Gen. Peter Gatdet Yaka, a well renowned South Sudanese commander and a fierce fighter, who fought vigorously in the two Sudans, died on April 15th in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Speaking upon his arrival in Khartoum from the Vatican City, the Chairman and Commander in Chief of the SPLM/A(IO) and the Designated First Vice President, Dr. […]
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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 […]
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April 17, 2019(SSNN) — A confidential report from South Sudanese capital, Juba, confirmed to South Sudanese News Now that a South Sudanese politician and Presidential advisor is currently housing the family of former Sudanese President, Omar Hassan El Bashir, who is currently being held behind bars at a Maximum Prison in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The high level official confirmed […]
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April 17th, 2019(SSNN) — South Sudan’s government under the leadership of President Salva Kiir Mayardit sends a high level delegation to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, to welcome the Sudan’s military regime and to pledge cordial bilateral relationship between the two countries. The South Sudanese delegation was led by Honorable Tut Gatluak Manime, Salva Kiir’s presidential Advisor for Security Affairs and […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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April 15th 2019 (SSNN) – The commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Force (RSF), Gen. Mohamded Hamdan Dagolo – also known as Hemeti – has reportedly issued a midday ultimatum to protesters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to vacate to enable what he reportedly said would be a “general cleaning.” One source told this website this morning from the Sudanese capital […]
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April 14, 2019(SSNN) — As the end of the pre-transitional period draws near on May 12, 2019, critical tasks in the implementation of the revitalized Agreement remain pending, the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) has said. Speaking during the 5th RJMEC Plenary in Juba on Friday, Interim Chairperson Ambassador Lt. Gen. Augostino Njoroge said in his opening statement, (attached) “Critical […]
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April 14, 2019(SSNN) — A faction of Lou-Nuer Youth, who are predominantly loyal to Gen. Taban Deng Gai, have kicked off campaigns this morning in the national capital, Juba, as they head off for elections later in the afternoon. According to Deng Gai Gatluak, a former SPLA-IO youth league chairman under Gen. Taban Deng Gai, who masterminds this reorganization, the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Enough Project and Don Cheadle Issue Warning About Sudan’s Coup, Washington, DC. April 12, 2019 (SSNN) – The Enough Project is gravely concerned by the nature of the coup d’etat that took place in Sudan overnight. President Omar al-Bashir’s First Vice-President and Minister of Defense, General Awad Ibn Auf, announced that he is taking power on behalf of the Supreme Security Committee, […]
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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 […]
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April 9th, 2019(SSNN) — The today’s general court martial of Maj. Gen. Stephen Buay Rolnyang was adjourned to Thursday after a few witnesses testified. Among those who testified in court today were army officers from Wau division. More testimonies are expecting on Thursday from Maj. Gen. Mathew Puljang and Maj. Gen. Joseph Manyuat, the two generals who carried out offensives […]
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, will be in the Vatican this week to lead a retreat for civil and ecclesiastical authorities of South Sudan. By Vatican News, April 9th, 2019(SSNN) — Pope Francis has approved the proposal presented by the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace Justin Welby, to organize a spiritual retreat to take place in the […]
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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 […]
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April 8th 2019 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s former First Vice President and leader of the main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny has left the Sudanese capital Khartoum this morning for the spiritual retreat in the Vatican aimed at confidence-building between him and President Salva Kiir Mayardiit, official have confirmed. Kiir in March visited the Vatican where he […]
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April 8th 2019 (SSNN) – The trial for Gen. Buay Rolnyang, who has been behind bars since May last year, will resume tomorrow, Tuesday, several sources told South Sudan News Now from the capital, Juba. One source told South Sudan News Now on the condition of anonymity that last week, Gen. Thoi Chany, a deputy chief of defense forces for […]
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April 7th, 2019(SSNN) — South Sudan rights advocacy groups and human rights activists call on David Shearer, the UN SPecial Representative, and UN organs in South Sudan to protect and provide for the internally displaced persons(IDPs), who were displaced from the UN Protection Sites by fellow IDPs last year. The groups identified as the South Sudan International Advocacy for Human […]
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April 7th, 2019(SSNN) — A South Sudanese Anyanya two veteran, Lt. Gen. Gordon Koang Chuol Kulang, defects and forms his own rebel movement. According to the latest press release, Lt. Gen. Koang Chol, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Democratic Party’s military wing, the South Sudan Armed Forces(SSAF), has tendered in his defection letter to Hon. Gabriel Changson, the Chairman […]
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