June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – The leader of South Sudan’s National Democratic Movement (NDM) and Secretary-General of South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, has urged President Salva Kiir to accept his nominee for Jonglei state governor. This comes as different emerge in the opposition consortium over which state should be allocated to the eight-member alliance after President […]
Continue reading »
June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – The African Union’s Executive Council will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the dispute between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a diplomatic source told Ahram Online on Thursday. The source said that AU Executive Council members and representatives of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will attend the video […]
Continue reading »
June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has urged the continent’s leaders to work for the development and distribution of an African-made vaccine for the deadly COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus. Ramaphosa who is also the chairperson of the African Union said in remarks on Wednesday that the vaccine’s development in Africa would […]
Continue reading »
June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s organized forces are taking sides in the ongoing intercommunal violence which has been rising with an alarming rate in the country, the UN mission said. David Shearer, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said in a briefing to the United Nations Security […]
Continue reading »
June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan parties to the revitalized peace agreement have come to another deadlock over when the state governments are formed, the South Sudan News Now has learned. President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny agreed last week to the allocation of states with Kiir’s group taking six states of Unity, Warrap, […]
Continue reading »
June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – The United States is working to remove Sudan from the list of state sponsor of terrorism, a top US diplomat said Wednesday. Michael Pompeo, the US secretary of state said during a press conference in Washington on Wednesday that a team of US diplomats was working along-side Sudan to remove the country from the designation […]
Continue reading »
June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan female artist, Mary Boyoi Gola, has been harassed by members of the country’s traffic police after a policeman asked Boyoi to pay an amount of SSP10, 000 for alleged violations of traffic police directives, two witnesses told South Sudan News Now. The first witness who identified himself as Juma said the incident took […]
Continue reading »
June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan government has reportedly cleared its over $9 million membership arrears at the African Union (AU) which the world’s youngest country has not paid for the last three years. Earlier this month, the AU sanctioned the country for failing to pay its membership arrears for a duration of three years. The South Sudan ambassador […]
Continue reading »
June 24, 2020 (SSNN) – A senior member of South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM/SPLA (IO), has died in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, relatives and friends have told South Sudan News Now. Brigadier General Gatluak Nhial Tut died in the Sudanese capital this week following a long sickness, according to a relative. “General Gatluak Nhial passed away in Khartoum […]
Continue reading »
June 24, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, Manawa Peter Gatkuoth Gual, has – on Tuesday – met a senior official of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) at his office in Juba, according to his office. Mr. Guang Cong, the United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General paid a visit to […]
Continue reading »
Juba 24, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan government has asked the Chinese government for a $12 million fee to settle membership fees because of which it was sanctioned by the African Union, a senior government official has said. Last week, the South Sudan ambassador to Addis Ababa and the country’s head of mission to the African Union, James Morgan, said […]
Continue reading »
June 24, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit has on Monday formed a fact-finding committee to probe the ongoing inter-communal violence in the country’s restive Jonglei state. The action by Kiir comes after months of revenge attacks between the Lou-Nuer and Murle community which has killed hundreds of people from both sides. In a decree readout on […]
Continue reading »
June 23, 2020 (SSNN) – The National Democratic Movement (NDM) led by Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin has said in a brief state this afternoon that it has nominated its secretary-general, Mahjuob Biel Turuk for the governorship of Jonglei state. The decision by the NDM follows a decision by President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar to divide […]
Continue reading »![South Sudan First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny [right] meeting Vice President Hussein Abdelbaggi [left] in his office today (Photo credit: OFVP)](https://i1.wp.com/ssnewsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/104942252_139021461130096_4882499949626548597_o.jpg?resize=900%2C280&ssl=1)
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 […]
Continue reading »
The History of the Crisis, By Matai Muon, June 22, 2020(SSNN) — The ongoing diplomatic row between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile waters is, to a certain magnitude, the legacy of the colonial rule in Africa. In the late 20’s, Egypt was the regional giant along the Nile Valley owing to her superior technology, military might etc. comparatively speaking. […]
Continue reading »
June 22, 2020 (SSNN) – The United States Ambassador to South Sudan, Thomas Hushek, has urged for the immediate reconstitution of the South Sudan parliament The call by the outgoing US envoy comes a few days after President Salva Kiir Mayardit and SPLM-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar Teny agreed to end the states deadlock which has been ongoing for a […]
Continue reading »
June 21, 2020(SSNN) — The white army spokesman calls on the Dinka Bor community to return the cattle, compensate the dead and apologize to the Nuer community before the white army finishes their ongoing operation in Murle. “We are fighting the Murle, not Bor people. We are recovering our cattle, women and children from Murle and we urge the Bor […]
Continue reading »
June 21, 2020(SSNN) — Reports from Bor town, Jonglei State, alleged that Bor youth have ambushed a platoon of Nuer white army, who were returning with recovered cattle from Murle, killed one of them and took all their cattle. Speaking to South Sudan News Now, the spokesman of the white army, said that 29 of their members whom they sent […]
Continue reading »
June 21, 2020(SSNN) — For nearly two weeks, over ten thousands youth from the Nuer subs tribes of Lou, Gawaar and Jikany, and Dinka youth comprising of Nyarweng, Hol, Tui and Bor have invaded the tiny Murleland in a revenge attack they called a “peace mission”. “This is a peace mission. We are only going to recover our cattle, children […]
Continue reading »
June 20, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan government has said that the African Union acted in violation of what it said is ‘principle of good faith,’ when it expelled a number of the country’s diplomats from a meeting in Addis Ababa earlier this week. On Monday, South Sudan diplomats at the AU were expelled from a meeting of the continental […]
Continue reading »
June 20, 2020 (SSNN) – A South Sudan rights organization has welcomed the agreement between President Salva Kiir Mayardit and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny to bring to an end the issue of the states allocation which has been a sticking point in the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement. In a statement extended to South Sudan News […]
Continue reading »
June 19, 2020(SSNN) — Latest reports from South Sudan’s northern Upper Nile reveal that officers of the Egyptians army are in South Sudan, something the government in Juba has been denying. According to South Sudan News Now investigative journalists, who visited Paloch oil fields, near the Ethiopian borders, to verify earlier reports, there is an Egyptian platoon in Paloch pictured […]
Continue reading »
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 […]
Continue reading »![Secretary-General of South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) and chairperson of the National Democratic Movement (NDM) Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin [left] meeting First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny [right] at his office in Juba (Photo credit: OFVP)](https://i1.wp.com/ssnewsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/105311141_137824971249745_5379805144606188333_o.jpg?resize=591%2C256&ssl=1)
June 19, 2020 (SSNN) – Prominent South Sudan opposition leader and secretary-general of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin this evening met the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny hours after welcoming a deal on the states reached by Machar and President Salva Kiir Mayardit. This afternoon, Dr. Lam who is also the chairperson of […]
Continue reading »
June 19, 2020 (SSNN) – Two senior members of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) have welcomed the decision by President Salva Kiir Mayardit and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny to bring the states deadlock to an end. On Wednesday, Kiir and Machar met in J1 and resolved to end the four-month-old deadlock to an end by allocating […]
Continue reading »
June 19, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s minister of water resources and irrigation, Manawa Peter Gatkuoth, has this afternoon met the German ambassador to Juba, Manuel Muller, and the two discussed development in the field of water resources in the country, the ministry said in a statement. “The Minister Of Water Resources And Irrigation Hon. Manawa Peter Gatkuoth Met Today […]
Continue reading »
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 […]
Continue reading »
June 19, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, is saying that an attack by South Sudan’s army on its base in Western Equatoria state has left a senior officer and at least ten (10) soldiers dead. The attack, one SPLA-IO officer said, took place on Wednesday in Tambura County after a joint attack by the South […]
Continue reading »
June 19, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit will appoint state governors next week as parties are now preparing to submit names of respective nominees, a senior government official said today. Information minister Michael Makuei Lueth told South Sudan News Now from Juba this morning that President Salva Kiir Mayardit is waiting for the list of SPLM-IO […]
Continue reading »
June 19, 2020 (SSNN) – A South Sudan holdout opposition group has condemned the killing of civilians by unknown armed men in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state in an ambush which has so far said to have killed around six people. The People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) led by Dr. Hakim Dario said in a statement extended to South Sudan News […]
Continue reading »
June 18, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s ex-governors of the defunct controversial 32 states plus Abyei have publicly declared this morning that they are no longer demanding for their $60,000 compensation package as demanded two weeks ago. A group of angry ex-governors stormed the Ministry of Finance two weeks ago and threatened that they will defect from the government if they […]
Continue reading »
June 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan diplomats have been kicked out of an African Union (AU) meeting over failure by the world’s youngest country to pay membership fees to the continental body for three consecutive years, the South Sudan mission to the AU said. The South Sudan embassy in Addis Ababa and the country’s mission to the African Union […]
Continue reading »
June 18, 2020 (SSNN) – Kenya has won the UN Security Council seat after beating Djibouti in a second round of voting Thursday. The contest between Kenya and Djibouti headed to the second round of voting Thursday after the first phase saw Nairobi’s victory insufficient to win the UN seat. With 191 of 193 countries voting, Kenya scored 129 votes, beating […]
Continue reading »