GOOD MORNING! 1. It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to the SPLM/SPLA (10) 6th National Conference. I must thank all of you, especially those who travelled long distances from states and counties despite the many challenges including lack of transport, bad roads, insecurity, poor weather and floods that have affected our country to attend this historic Conference. […]
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Oct 17, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s main armed Opposition, the Sudan People Liberation Movement in Opposition(SPLA-IO), fears that their leader, the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, could be under house arrest in the capital, Juba. For the third time, the military leadership of the SPLM/A(IO) is calling on the peace guarantors and the region to allow the First […]
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August 5, 2020(SSNN) — Today, August 5, 2020, South Sudan’s First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, met with the Minister of Cabinet Affairs, Hon. Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro, to determine how best the two could push other members of the governance cluster to come to the table to draft roles and responsibilities. Speaking after meeting Dr. Machar, the Minister […]
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By Polit Gok Waar July 22, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Countries can change for better. But outsiders cannot fix stat failure. Insiders are largely as responsible for their recovery as for their decline, since it is local politics, customs and rules that overwhelmingly shape their choices and thus their destiny. South Sudan is, at first glance, such a Potemkin State, with […]
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By Amir Idris July 16, 2020 (SSNN) – Last week marked the 9th anniversary of the independence of South Sudan. Ideally, it is a moment for remembrance of past sacrifices and a celebration of present accomplishments. Unfortunately, the anniversary likely has only reminded the people of South Sudan of the sad state of affairs in their country. The wobbling peace agreement, […]
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July 3, 2020 (SSNN) – Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, the chairperson of the National Democratic Movement and Secretary-General of South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), has been on loggerheads with other members of the Alliance over how to share power within the opposition consortium. In an interview with South Sudan News Now on Friday, he explained what went wrong in the […]
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July 2, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has accepted the appointment of General Johnson Olony as the governor of the oil-rich Upper Nile state, several opposition officials have said. The abrupt change of mind from the South Sudanese head of state comes a few days after refusing to appoint the former rebel general who has been […]
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July 1, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has demanded an administrative area for Apadang community of Upper Nile state, a senior opposition official who attended yesterday’s meeting between Kiir and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar said. The latest demand by the South Sudanese leader comes after he refused to appoint SPLM-IO nominee, General Johnson Olony, […]
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June 30, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President and leader of the country’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, is on his way to J1 to meet President Salva Kiir Mayardit on the issue of Upper Nile state governor, a senior opposition official has said. The expected meeting between Kiir and Machar which is set […]
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June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – The main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has said General Johnson Olony, the group’s nominee for Upper Nile state governor, was not appointed on Monday due tribal mindset and objection by the Apadang community. This comes after information minister Michael Makuei Lueth said the appointment was not […]
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By Beek Mabior June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – Our country has been notoriously exhibited again and again as one of the most successful war-like nations on earth. Our beloved South Sudan has regrettably and sadly earned a disgraceful and violent reputation for over half a century starting from 1956 when our former United Sudan gained her independence after a shameful […]
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June 23, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi has this afternoon meet First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny following his return from Northern Bahr el Ghazal where he accompanied the body of his father who passed away last week. In a statement, Machar’s office said the two men, who also just recovered from COVID-19, the respiratory […]
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June 19, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President and the leader of the SPLM-IO has ordered for the meeting of the organization’s two highest organs, the Political Bureau (PB) and the National Liberation Council (NLC). “The Chairman and Commander-in-Chief of SPLM/A-IO, Dr. Rick Machar Teny-Dhurgon would like to invite the members of SPLM/A-IO Political Bureau, National Liberation Council […]
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June 19, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s SPLM-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny said they only negotiated with President Salva Kiir, over the state dispute to only secure their share. This comes after the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) which is led by Josephine Lagu criticized the two main signatories of the revitalized peace agreement of […]
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June 15, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has today, Monday, returned to work after one month since he announced that he has been infected with COVID-19, his office said this morning. In mid May, Machar announced that he and his wife Angelina Teny, who is also the country’s minister of defense, were tested […]
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June 13, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, will not accept graduation of the necessary unified forces until the deadlock over the distribution of states is resolved, a senior government official has said Saturday. Kiir’s SPLM-IG and other armed groups – including the main armed opposition SPLM-IO led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny – […]
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By Gatkuoth Kutei Chany June 11, 2020 (SSNN) – The fact that SPLM has two houses, the ‘owners and servants’ is likely scenario indisputable to deny given the situation to which the government is formed in South Sudan. Those who own the SPLM “take it all” and those who are servants continue to wash dishes and gets home with peanut; taking the […]
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June 6, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President and SPLM-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar Teny and his wife, Angelina Jany Kuma Khan (or Angelina Teny) – who is also the minister of defense – have today celebrated their 39th marriage anniversary which also coincides with Teny’s 60th birthday. The two met in Khartoum, Sudan in late 1970s and […]
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June 4, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has asked Deng Alor Kuol, the leader of former political detainees (SPLM-FDs), to nominate a person to replace late John Luk Jok as the country’s minister for East African Affairs, a aide said. This comes exactly two days after Luk – who in the past served as South Sudan’s […]
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June 3, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s National Salvation Front (NAS) led by General Thomas Cirilo has accused the SSDPF and SPLA-IO of killing fifteen (15) innocent civilians in the country’s Yei river county following an alleged offensive by the two peace partners. Suba Samuel Manase, the spokesman for the NAS, said the South Sudan army and the SPLA-IO have […]
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June 2, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has finally recovered from COVID-19, senior SPLM-IO officials said today. Machar who is also the chairperson of the main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, said late last month that he and his wife Angelina Teny who is also the minister of defense tested positive for respiratory disease […]
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May 26, 2020 (SSNN) – Has South Sudan reached the stage of anarchy?? That is a question, I know many South Sudanese are struggling to answer, personally I am not finding any better terminology to describe this stage, where our country find itself today.When the authorities in a country can not grantee the safety and security of the Citizens under […]
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May 26, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, has denied rumors on social media that First Vice President and SPLM-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar has dismissed the SPLA-IO chief of staff Gen. Simon Gatwech Dual. A letter circulating on social media announced the dismissal of Gen. Gatwech Dual and that he has been replaced with Gen. […]
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May 25, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit will tour Juba tomorrow, Tuesday, to dispel rumours that he has been admitted to a Cairo hospital after he has allegedly be diagnosed with COVID-19, a presidency spokesman said. “The president is very healthy and doing his work normally. I want to assure the public that the president is […]
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May 23, 2020(SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President and leader of the SPLM-IO Dr. Riek Machar Teny has said this morning that he and his wife Angelina Teny were recovering from COVID-19 one week since they were found positive for the virus. Speaking via teleconference from Juba to worshipers in Khartoum today, Machar said he and Mrs. Teny who […]
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May 23, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan presidency said on Saturday that plans were being made to relocate President Salva Kiir Mayardit to Luri which has been described by the presidency as “lest congested.” Ateny Wek Ateny, president Kiir’s spokesman also denied this morning that president Salva Kiir has been evacuated to Egypt for treatment after social media reports. “Whatever […]
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May 22, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny is discharging his duties as First Vice President and also as SPLM-IO leader from his home where he is quarantined, his media official said. Machar last week tested positive for COVID-19, the respiratory sickness caused by the novel coronavirus, along his wife Angelina Teny who is […]
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May 20, 2020(SSNN) — In a friendly letter written and signed by South Sudan’s incumbent president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, to his all-time rival and current First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, who contracted COVID-19, president Kiir prays for Machar and other members of the former High-level Taskforce to get well soon. Despite political differences that have hindered the implementations […]
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May 19, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan information minister Michael Makuei has said that all members of the former high-level taskforce including himself have contracted the novel coronavrius. This comes after speculations on social media suggest that he and some members of the taskforce have contracted the virus. The deputy chair of the taskforce and First Vice President Dr. Riek […]
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May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar who tested positive for coronavirus today has said that all members of the high-level taskforce have tested positive for coronavirus with the exception of the health minister. Machar made the remarks during a briefing with the South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) hours after he tested positive for […]
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May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny and his wife Angelina Teny have both tested positive for COVID-19, his press secretary James Gatdet Dak said in a statement this evening. According to Gatdet, samples of Machar and his wife who is also the country’s minister of defense were taken last week and came […]
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May 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan businessman Athian Achiek Majok has died this afternoon in the country’s capital Juba after contracting the COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, medical staff have said. “Yes it is true, Mr. Athian passed away this afternoon. He was brought here (Dr. John Garang Infectious Disease Center) for coronavirus. We don’t when […]
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May 16, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit said on Friday that members of South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) will be deployed to fight hunger and the novel coronavirus. The South Sudanese leader made the remark during a televised address on Friday as the country marks the 37th anniversary of the SPLM/SPLA, a rebel movement and […]
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