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Full Text: Machar’s remarks during the swearing in Ceremony of the Presidency

February 22, 2020 Newsbeat, Politics, South Sudan, Speeches

Opposition leader and the First Vice-president Dr. Riek Machar’s Repremarks during the swearing in Ceremony of the First Vice President and the Vice Presidents. Machar’s speech on February 22, 2020 during the swearing-in ceremony of the Presidency H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan; H.E. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, President of the Sudan Transitional Sovereign Council and […]

Latest: SPLM-IO issues press statement on the Tripartite Consultations on the Pending Critical Tasks

February 10, 2020 Press Releases

Press Release, SPLM/A-IO – IO National Committee for Information & Public Relations February 10th, 2020 (SSNN)—On the Tripartite Consultations on the Pending Critical Issues of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) – 9 February 2020, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia As per the resolution of the Communique of the 34th Extraordinary […]

Breaking: Makuei briefs the media on the outcome of the AU summit as parties fail to agree on states’ issue

February 9, 2020 Breaking News

February 9th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s Minister of Information, Communication and Broadcasting, Michael Makuei Lueth briefs the media on the outcome of the AU summit and the IGAD’s 70th Extraordinary Session of the IGAD Council of Ministers on the situation of South Sudan which discussed the status of the implementation of the peace agreement in South Sudan. Click on the video […]

Breaking: IGAD Council of Ministers approves 23 states in Addis Ababa

February 8, 2020 Breaking News

February 8, 2020 (SSNN)—To end the impasse over the number of states and their internal boundaries , the IGAD Council of Ministers has approved 23 states, one of the outstanding critical tasks, which has hindered the formation of the unity government. “IGAD Council of Ministers approved 23 states today in Addis Ababa. IGAD Heads of State and Government now in […]

S. Sudan leaders to hold talks on states issue as Kiir arrives in Ethiopia

February 8, 2020 Newsbeat

February 8th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and senior government officials have arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to attend a high-level summit of the African Union heads of state and government. “President Salva Kiir and his accompanying delegation arrived in Addis Ababa Ethiopia on Saturday morning for the 2020 African Union heads of state and […]

Machar leaves for Addis Ababa to attend AU High-level Meeting

February 7, 2020 AU, Newsbeat

February 7th, 2020 (SSNN)-Opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar left Sudan this morning heading to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to attend a high-level meeting of the African Union High-Level Ad Hoc Committee (AD-HOC) or (C5) for South Sudan, an opposition official announced. “The Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of the SPLM/SPLA (IO) and the First Vice President Designate of the the Republic […]

Five people feared dead, dozens injured as Murle armed men attack Lou Nuer in Akobo

January 17, 2020 Newsbeat

A South Sudanese man guarding his cattle(Photo credit: unknown)

January 17th, 2020 (SSNN)—Heavy clashes have been reported in Akobo after a group of armed men from the Murle community reportedly carried out a vicious attack on the Lou Nuer’s villages in Akoba and other surrounding areas, killing five people and wounding dozens, the Minister of Information for Bieh State, John Daniel Bol said on Friday. “Large scale attack launched […]

Kiir aide, South Africa’s President Ramaphosa discuss progress of the peace process

January 16, 2020 Newsbeat

January 16th, 2020 (SSNN)—The Minister in the office of the President, Mayiik Ayii Deng has discussed the progress made in the implementation of the peace deal with the South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, South Africa. “The Minister in the office of the President, Mayiik Ayii Deng as Special Envoy of President Salva Kiir met with President of the […]

ICG urges AU to impose sanctions on Kiir and Machar should they fail to implement peace deal

December 4, 2019 AU, Newsbeat

Former Vice-president and Chairman of the SPLM-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny and South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit (Photo:Supplied)

Dec 4th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG), one of the leading independent sources of conflict analysis, calls on the international community, particularly, the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC), to impose individual sanctions on South Sudan’s main opponents, President Salva Kiir Mayardit and opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar if they fail to come to a concrete […]

SPLM-IO blasts AU Ambassador, Jorom over his remarks on opposition officials’ accommodation

November 23, 2019 AU, IGAD, Newsbeat

Nov 23rd, 2019 (SSNN)-The main armed opposition group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), has strongly criticized the AU Ambassador to South Sudan, Prof. Jorom Mukama Biswaro, for his recent remarks in which he referred to opposition officials in a statement – blaming them for choosing to stay in expensive hotels and at the same time laying […]

Full text: African Union Ad Hoc Committee (C5) issues statement on South Sudan

November 23, 2019 Communiques, Newsbeat

Six School of thoughts undertaking about the Formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU), in May 12th, 2019: South Sudan

Statement, By the African Union Ad Hoc High-Level Committee for South Sudan (C5) Nov 23rd, 2019 (SSNN)-1. The African Union (AU) Ad Hoc High Level Committee for South Sudan (C5), comprising the Republics of South Africa (Chair), Algeria, Chad, Nigeria and Rwanda, at Ministerial level, underlines its continued support for the peace process in South Sudan. The C5 has […]

Full text: Statement by the AU Peace and Security Council on South Sudan

November 19, 2019 Communiques, Newsbeat

COMMUNIQUE, Adopted by the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) at its 894th meeting held on 14 November 2019, on the situation in the Republic of South Sudan, Nov 20th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Peace and Security Council, Recalling its previous communiqués and press statements on the situation in South Sudan, including Communique PSC/AHG/COMM(DCXXVI adopted at its […]

AU lauds IGAD for its tireless efforts, calls for inclusive peace in South Sudan

November 19, 2019 AU, East Africa, Ethiopia, IGAD, Kenya, News, Newsbeat, Uganda

Nov 19th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union at its 894th meeting held last week, welcomed efforts made by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and called for lasting and sustainable peace in South Sudan. “Acting under Article 7 of its Protocol, the Peace and Security Council: Welcomes the Communique emanating from the meeting […]