South Sudan presidency denies plot to kill Peter Biar

South Sudanese government spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny shows bullet holes on a wall in front of the presidential palace compound on July 14, 2016, after intense gun battle between rival forces. (Photo credit Getty Images)

July 24, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan presidency denied on Friday claims by renowned economist and former National Security Service (NSS) detainee, Peter Biar Ajak, that President Salva Kiir had sent a security team to slaughter him in Kenya. Peter Biar, who was in Kenya, fled – along with his family – to the US on Thursday and later said […]

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Kiir’s press secretary calls Murle attacks on Lou-Nuer areas as “revenge”

President Salva Kiir's Press Secretary Ateny Wek Ateny speaking to reporters in 2014 in Juba (Credit: Unknown)

May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – The Press Secretary for President Salva Kiir Mayardit has referred to the ongoing Murle attack against villages in Greater Akobo state as revenge and counter-revenge. Fighting has been ongoing in parts of Uror county of Jonglei state after heavily armed Murle Youth launched attacks against in several villages there. Dozens of civilians have been killed […]

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