June 8, 2020(SSNN) — Speaking to media today in Juba, South Sudan, the Minister of Information and Postal Services, Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth, who has been battling Coronavirus for the last three weeks has been finally declared COVID-19 negative but Makuei could not admit the verbal results until he sees it written on a piece of paper. The Minister wants […]
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June, 4, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan information minister Michael Makuei Lueth has said that he is returning to work following a fourteen-day isolation after testing positive – last month – for COVID-19. Speaking to South Sudan News Now (SSNN) this afternoon, the information minister said doctors were conducting what he said may be the last test before he would […]
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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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February 9th, 2020 (SSNN)—The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, who also doubles up as the government’s spokesperson, Michael Makuei Lueth has ruled out that the national transitional government will be formed on February 22nd and shall never be extended, no matter what. “The government will be formed whether IGAD like it or not,” Makuei said. The Inter-Governmental Authority on […]
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Nov 11th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan’s Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Michael Makuei Lueth in an unprecedented statement has announced that plans are underway to end the accommodation of all opposition members currently being accommodated in paid hotels in Juba, saying the government is no longer responsible for them and their continuation in the bush. “They [opposition officials] are only […]
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Nov 1st, 2019 (SSNN)-The Editors of the South Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) face the possibility of being suspended or even dismissed over repeated spelling and grammatical errors – a source at the Ministry Information and communications technology (ICT) and Postal Services has disclosed to South Sudan News Now. “The issue is so sensitive that it cannot be discussed brother, […]
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