South Sudan military threatens to disarm civilians by force

South Sudan military intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Ring Tueny Mabor (Photo credit: SSBC)

June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan army has threatened to use force against civilians if they don’t surrender guns which the military says have been the reason behind increased inter-communal fighting in the country’s Lakes state. Lt. Gen. Ring Tueny Mabior, the South Sudan military intelligence chief, said on Sunday that civilians ink Lakes state must hand over their […]

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SPLA-IO denies involvement in Jonglei inter-communal conflict

June 2, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, the SPLM/SPLA (IO) has denied any involvement in the ongoing intercommunal conflict in the country’s Jonglei state between the Murle and the Lour-Nuer. This afternoon, the National Democratic Movement (NDM) said in a statement that the SPLA-IO – alongside the Lou-Nuer’s White Army – was preparing to wage a […]

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Israeli spy agency training Kiir’s private militia in Warrap – local official

A U.S. Special Forces trainer supervises a military assault drill for a unit within the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) conducted in Nzara on the outskirts of Yambio November 29, 2013. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: MILITARY) (Newscom TagID: rtrlsix165172.jpg) [Photo via Newscom]

June 1, 2020 (SSNN) – Members of Israeli intelligence agency are training a private militia group belonging to President Salva Kiir Mayardit in an area in South Sudan’s Warrap state, a local official said on Monday. One official told South Sudan News Now (SSNN) that Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, had in February dispatched 23 non-commissioned officers to South Sudan […]

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South Sudan army, SPLA-IO launch fresh attacks against NAS – spokesman  

June 1, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) and its peace partner, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO), have launched fresh military offensives against holdout opposition group, National Salvation Front (NAS) led by General Thomas Cirilo Swaka in Central Equatoria state, an opposition spokesman said. Suba Samuel Manase, the spokesman for NAS said the former […]

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Fighting between SPLA-IO and South Sudan army intensifies in Upper Nile state

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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