June 12, 2020(SSNN) — Within less than a week following a fatal shooting at the Shirkaat-Bor park in the capital, Juba, which claimed seven lives and left dozen others wounded, the Bor youth who ran amok for days in Jonglei State capital have revealed hundreds of arsenals as the angry youth chant war songs and slogans against unidentified enemies. For […]
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June 11, 2020(SSNN) — As China finds herself on the weaker side of bilateral relationships following unsuccessful renegotiations of the multi-billion dollar Juba-Bhar el Ghazal highway project, the Chinese government made an u-turn in her bid to win the heart of South Sudan’s Republican Palace, J1. This morning, June 11, 2020, the Chinese ambassador to South Sudan, Hua Ning, handed […]
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June 11, 2020 (SSNN) — Petitioning South Sudan presidency to establish State and Local governments, Unity State Community in Kenya demands that their governor must be appointed now without further delay. “We want our governor now, so that together we can embark on unity and reconciliation drive in earnest. Should this logical demand be ignored and delayed than it will […]
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June 11, 2020 (SSNN) – Fighting has erupted in South Sudan’s Lakes state after a tribal commander declared his intention to join Kerbino Wol, a former national security detainee who formed a new rebel group last week. The fighting, residents said in Yirol, took place at Amokpiny, a village in Rumbek East County. One resident said the fighting erupted after […]
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June 11, 2020 (SSNN) – The paramount chief of Bor County, Alier Aluong, has died in the South Sudan capital Juba, relatives and close friends have told South Sudan News Now this afternoon. “This is to inform you that the Paramount Chief of Bor County, Alier Aluong has died in Juba this afternoon. He has been sick for the previous […]
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June 11, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan lawmaker, Angok Arthur Akuien, who resigned last week from the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA), has reversed his decision saying it was rejected by the Vice President Taban Deng Gai. On June 1, 2020, Akuien said he was resigning from the parliament and was heading to his home without stating what had triggered […]
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June 11, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan army said on Wednesday that it has postponed the graduation of the necessary unified forces, which is provided for in the revitalized peace agreement, over shortage of funds. Major. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang, the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) spokesman said the Joint Defense Board (JDB), the body created by the revitalized […]
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June 11, 2020 (SSNN) – The European Union has blamed the escalation of intercommunal violence in the country on the delayment of the formation state governments which has been a sticking point in the negotiation between parties seeking to fully form the revitalized unity government. In recent months, intercommunal conflicts have dramatically increased in several parts of the country with […]
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June 11, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan government has suspended the construction of the Juba-Bahr el- Ghazal high-way after rains washed away parts of it last month sparking criticism by social media activities, vice president has said. “The suspension does not mean the construction has stopped, but is to review the design of the road. So I call on the […]
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June 9, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has been warned by a group of Bul intellectuals against plans to remove presidential advisor on security, Tutkew Gatluak Manime. This comes after reports that the president was planning to remove Tutkew after a group of community leaders from Bahr el-Ghazal and Warrap in particular complained that Tutkew was […]
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June 10, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit has removed the undersecretary of the ministry of health Makur Koriom, according to a decree read out on the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation. The reasons behind the sacking were not however mentioned but disagreements between the undersecretary and minister of health have grown in recent weeks leading up […]
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June 10, 2020 (SSNN) – The US embassy in South Sudan has urged the country’s transitional government of national unity to work in order to de-escalate ongoing intercommunal conflicts in several parts of the country. The US call comes as several South Sudan states in both Upper Nile and Bahr el-Ghazal flung into intercommunal fighting most of which is caused […]
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June 10, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s first vice president and SPLM-IO chairman Dr. Riek Machar Teny has formed a fact-finding committee to investigate the circumstances in which a senior opposition commander was killed last week in Jonglei state. Last week, Brigadier General Mawich Bol was killed by a group of unknown armed civilians in Fangak county where he was […]
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June 10, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s former army chief General Gabriel Jok Riak has reportedly been put under house arrest in connection with last week’s Sherikat incident in which a relative of President Salva Kiir Mayardit killed at least five innocent civilians, a senior national security officer has said. “The former Chief of Defense Forces General Gabriel Jok has […]
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June 10, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s national security chief, Gen. Akol Koor Kuc, has opened a private airport in a remote village in Tonj of the country’s Warrap state, sources with direct knowledge told South Sudan News Now. One security official who spoke from Juba said the construction of the airport begun in January this year and was complete […]
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June 10, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudanese militia commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abdel-Rahman, who is commonly known as Ali Kushayb, has surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) from the Central African Republic and has been transferred to The Hague where he is being detained and awaits trial. Kushayb is a senior Janjaweed commander who supported the Sudanese government against Darfur rebel groups during the Omar […]
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June 9, 2020 (SSNN) – Burundi’s outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza has died, the government of the central African nation announced in a statement posted on Twitter. “The government of the Republic of Burundi announced with great sadness … the unexpected death of his Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi,” the government said in a tweeted statement, adding he had died […]
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June 9, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s ambassador to Brussels, Belgium, has died in Juba, a family member has said. He died at 64. Ambassador Jwokgwen Severio Yukwan Ayik reportedly died of COVID-19 in Juba where he has been stranded because of COVID-198 lockdown preventing him to return to his work destination. “It is true, ambassador Severio has died today. […]
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June 9, 2020 (SSNN) – The Troika Countries (United States, Britain and Norway) on Tuesday urged South Sudan parties to the revitalized peace agreement to form the state governments which it said has become a new challenge in the implementation of the revitalized peace deal. President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar Teny in February formed the long-awaited […]
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June 9, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan police has on Monday identified the killer of Captain Manyang Chol Manyang, a member of the presidential guards who was killed as results of last week’s fighting in Sherikat, and that preparation were being made to charge him, a police source said this afternoon. Manyang is a member of the South Sudan’s Presidential […]
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June 9, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar Teny has dispatched a team of aides to the UN protection of civilians site in Juba to de-escalate tensions following fighting inside the base over the weekend. The fighting over unknown reasons on Friday and Saturday left over 170 people injured. Speaking to South Sudan News […]
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June 9, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan information minister and government spokesman Michael Makuei Lueth has finally returned to office after a battle with COVID-19 ended in his favor, the ministry of information said in a statement this afternoon. “The National Minister of Information, Communication Technology and Postal Services, Michael Makuei Lueth resumed his official duty on Tuesday,” it said […]
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June 9, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s First Vice President and leader of the Sudans People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) Dr. Riek Machar will – this week – name a new deputy minister of interior after his aide Mabior Garang de’Mabior resigned. Mabior who is also the SPLM-IO chairperson of national committee for information and public relations resigned last […]
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June 9, 2020 (SSNN) – A Chinese diplomat has blamed what he said is a lack of proper drainage system for the destruction of Juba-Rumbek high-way two weeks after rains destroyed parts of the road which is being constructed. A Chinese company which is constructing the highway has been criticized for failing to deliver lasting service on the construction of […]
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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 8, 2020(SSNN) — A South Sudanese medical doctor, Dr. Hakim, who identified himself as one of the doctors who worked on the autopsy of the late Lt. Col. Laul Akook Wol Kiir, claims that a laboratory analysis of a DNA sample confirms that late Lual Marine is a biological son of president Salva Kiir. According to Dr. Hakim, he […]
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June 8, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit is reportedly planning to replace his long-time ally, presidential advisor on security, Tut Gatluak Manime, after a group of Greater Bahr El-Ghazal community leaders accused him of being behind attacks by armed Youth from Unity state on Warrap state. Gatluak was appointed in 2016 as the country’s presidential advisor […]
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June 8, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s ministry of health said on Tuesday that six high profile government officials including the country’s first vice president Dr. Riek Machar Teny have recovered from coronavirus. Dr. Makur Koriom, the undersecretary of the minister of health, said in a statement on Sunday that the officials – beside Machar – include the minister of […]
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June 8, 2020 (SSNN) – The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has urged the government of South Sudan to enact national IDP protection laws which it said would boost the protection for internally displaced persons. South Sudan this week is marking the first anniversary of its accession to the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced […]
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June 8, 2020 (SSNN) – A South Sudan lawyer, Wani Santino Jada, is determined to pursue lawsuits against the government of South Sudan and oil companies operating in the country over the negative effect of oil exploitation which has led to pollution killing many people. Each of these lawsuits has the potential to greatly improve the lives of the people […]
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June 8, 2020 (SSNN) – A new study by the Hong kong based firm has found that South Sudan is the most dangerous place to live during the coronavirus pandemic which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan last year. “Its overall healthcare infrastructure and efficiency, as well as sanitation levels, are markedly lower, and generally has a much lower […]
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June 8, 2020 (SSNN) – A South Sudanese lawmaker was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in the northern part of the neighboring Uganda. Jacob Kuwinsuk Gale, an MP for the defunct Yei River State died of his wounds while being taken to hospital, officials said. In a written statement, Alfred Kenneth Duku, the Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and […]
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June 7, 2020(SSNN) — Reports from South Sudan’s Bul-nuer youth leadership alleged that the Presidential Advisor on National Security, Hon. Tutkew Gatluak Manime, has been kidnapping, torturing and arresting youth who are accused to have criticized him on social media. According to the chairman of Bul Youth Council in Juba, South Sudan, the arrests and kidnapping can be done anywhere […]
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