May 23, 2020 (SSNN) â 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. âWhatever […]
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May 22, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has arrived in the Egyptian capital Cairo in a surprise trip, a South Sudan embassy staff in Cairo said this morning. “The President of the republic is here in Cairo. He arrived on Thursday and he will stay here for a number of days to discuss bilateral relations with […]
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May 21, 2020 (SSNN) â The Sudanese government has asked the government of South Sudan to supply it with crude oil in return for gasoline, a senior government official in Khartoum has said. The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Energy and Mining Hamid Suleiman said in an interview quoted by Sudan Tribune that the purpose of the proposed new deal […]
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May 19, 2020 (SSNN) â The former governor of the defunct Buma state Gen. David Yau Yau who met President Salva Kiir Mayardit last week is among 57 people whose COVID-19 test results came back positive yesterday, a government official who said he himself is COVID-19 positive has said. “General David Yau Yau has tested positive for coronavirus,” the official […]
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May 18, 2020 (SSNN) â 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) â 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) â 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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May 13, 2020 (SSNN) â The chairperson of South Sudanâs Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC), Amb. Augostino Njoroge, has sided with the SPLM-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar saying President Kiir violated the revitalized peace deal last week by deciding to distribute the states to the parties. Kiir who is a party to the 2018 over the weekend unilaterally […]
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May 13, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan coronavirus cases on Wednesday surpassed the 200 mark after the high-level Taskforce said nine (9) more people tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The high-level Taskforce said the latest positive tests were all of South Sudanese who were in contact with the people who tested positive for the virus […]
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May 13, 2020 (SSNN) â Days after easing measures, the high-level taskforce introduced to fight the coronavirus outbreak; South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit is now saying that he will impose total lockdown as cases in the worldâs youngest nation closes to 200. The South Sudanese head of state disclosed this during a meeting via teleconference with  leaders of the […]
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May 13, 2020 (SSNN) â A South Sudanese political analyst has urged peace parties to compromise in order to end the deadlock on states allocation, citing that delays threatens the accord. Ting Mayai, a researcher at Sudd Institute in Juba said on Monday that lack of authority on the ground is a security threat to the nation. âApart from the […]
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May 12, 2020 (SSNN) â South Sudan coronavirus cases have jumped to 194 on Tuesday after the ministry of health said in a statement this evening that eighteen more people tested positive for the virus. The undersecretary in the ministry of health, Dr. Makur Koryiom, told the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting (SSBC) this evening following a meeting of the high-level […]
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May 12, 2020 (SSNN) â Barely a month after senior members of the SPLM-IO declared that they were defecting to president Salva Kiirâs side, another group is saying that it has defected again accusing Dr. Riek Machar of nepotism and lost of vision. The group of nine little know members led by Gen. Joseph Ruot Nyieny, said their decision to […]
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May 11, 2020 (SSNN) â South Sudan government has announced that it has reopened its airports to international and regional flights after almost two months of closure imposed by the spread of coronavirus. In late March, the high-level taskforce announced the closure of South Sudanâs airports both in the states and the capital Juba. The closure was part of measures […]
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May 11, 2020 (SSNN) â A South Sudan army commander announced on Monday that he was defecting from the South Sudan Peopleâs Defense Forces (SSPDF) to join former army chief General Paul Malong Awan who leads the South Sudan United Front/Army (SSUF/A) Speaking to South Sudan News Now (SSNN) from northern Unity state on Tuesday morning, Maj. Gen. Monyjur Miakol […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) â A traditional chief in South Sudanâs Warrap state has claimed that the South Sudan army loyal to President Salva Kiir Mayardit was forcefully recruiting youth into its file raising concerns over the governmentâs commitment to the revitalized peace agreement. Speaking to Nyamilepedia from Tonj South county this morning, the traditional chief said they have been […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) â South Sudanâs First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny met, on Sunday, leaders of Other Opposition Parties (OPP) at his office in Juba to discuss the delayed formation of state governments, a spokesman said this morning. James Gatdet Dak, the Press Secretary at the Office of the First Vice President, said the opposition leaders who […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) — The National Salvation Front (NAS) led by General Thomas Cirilo has said South Sudan army continues to carry out more atrocities in the country’s Central Equatoria state. According to NAS Press release, the army is conducting assaults on their positions. The holdout rebel group has accused the army and the SPLA-IO forces of launching offensives […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) — A high-level delegation of the African Union (AU) has urged South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, and first vice president, Dr. Riek Machar, to resolve the deadlock over the allocation of states. This came after the parties failed to agree on the matter following months-long talks to divide states governments which would allow for the appointment […]
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May 10, 2020 (SSNN) – The United Nations has blamed South Sudan’s increased inter-communal violence on the delayed formation of state governments by the parties to revitalized peace agreement urging the country’s leaders to complete the outstanding tasks in the 2018 peace deal in order to bring lasting peace in the war-torn nation. The United Nations leadership in South Sudan […]
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May 9, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has hinted at accepting a plan by president Salva Kiir to divide the states, calls for compromises and reiterates his commitment to the revitalized peace agreement. On Thursday the Minister in the office of President Salva Kiir, Hon. Mayiik Ayii Deng, said that the parties had […]
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April 30, 2020 (SSNN) â A $40 million grant from the World Bankâs International Development Association will fund a two and half years Project to provide income support to nearly 430,000 low income South Sudanese. The Project will be implemented by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in South Sudan. UNOPS will deliver the South Sudan Safety Net […]
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April 16, 2020 (SSNN) — Senior members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny have declared their intention to abandon the movement and joined the SPLM-IG of President Salva Kiir. This comes after the defection of SPLA-IO deputy chief of staff General Koang Chuol Ranley in March to President […]
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April 12, 2020 (SSNN) — Fighting between South Sudan and the SPLA-IO has intensified in the country’s Upper Nile state with a dozens of soldiers being killed as result, a spokesman from the armed movement, now a part of the coalition government said. “The Office of the Military Spokesman for Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) would like to […]
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April 11, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has been warned by the regional body, Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which mediated the revitalized peace agreement, over unilateral actions which may derail the implementation of the revitalized peace deal. This comes weeks after the South Sudanese head of state appointed the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Petroleum, […]
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April 3, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan president on Thursday expressed his appreciation to the Chinese government and people for playing a central role in supporting other countries globally in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. President Salva Kiir emphasized that his government and people will continue to firmly support China’s efforts and effective measures to control the spread of […]
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Dec 16th, 2019 (SSNN)-The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed individual sanctions on two South Sudanese officials for their role in obstructing the implementation of the peace deal and reconciliation initiatives in South Sudan. âToday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two individuals pursuant to […]
Continue reading »Nov 8th, 2019 (SSNN)-The global advocacy group, Refugees International (IR) has welcomed the extension of the 100-day pre-transitional period, which is expected to begin on November 12, until February 2020 and urged the parties to commit themselves to the full implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement. Daniel P. Sullivan, Senior Advocate for Human Rights, Refugees International states that the recent […]
Continue reading »Nov 7th, 2019 (SSNN)-Now that the world is against any unilateral formation of government on 12 November. The parties are again at risk of further extension without results; Any blanket extension without auditing and accountability by the National Pre-Transitional Committee (NPTC) and implementation mechanisms for the last 14 months is a blank cheque, joke and a waste of time. NPTC […]
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Oct 14th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit discussed the progress made in the implementation of the R-ARCSS with the Interim Chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring & Evaluation Commission, H.E Amb. Lt. Gen. A. Njoroge at the State House on Sunday. According to an official source, President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the Chairman of the JMEC tried to […]
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Oct 10th, 2019 (SSNN)-A new analysis released recently by the Small Arms Surveyâs Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) has revealed the origins of the Mathiang Anyoor, a paramilitary group that emerged in 2013 following the outbreak of the country’s brutal conflict. The report identified the Muthiang Anyoor as mere armed cattle keepers, originally from Northern Bahr el Ghazal and whose […]
Continue reading »Oct 10th, 2019 (SSNN)- Refugees International Senior Advocate for Human Rights Daniel P. Sullivan delivered the following remarks during a Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission briefing on âThe Peace Process In South Sudanâ on October 9th 2019. Thank you to Chairman McGovern, Chairman Smith, and the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for this timely briefing. In just five weeks we […]
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