July 3, 2020 (SSNN) – Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, the chairperson of the National Democratic Movement and Secretary-General of South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), has been on loggerheads with other members of the Alliance over how to share power within the opposition consortium. In an interview with South Sudan News Now on Friday, he explained what went wrong in the […]
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July 3, 2020 (SSNN) – The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN mission to South Sudan, David Shearer, has said that 57 UN personnel have tested positive for COVID-19. Shearer said the peacekeepers could have contracted the virus due to what he described as “continuous close interactions with the South Sudanese population.” “Forty-five of […]
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July 3, 2020 (SSNN) – The leader of the National Democratic Movement (NDM) and Secretary-General of South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, has said that the government of President Salva Kiir Mayardit is controlling the opposition consortium which is a signatory to the peace agreement. Akol made the remarks during an exclusive interview with South Sudan News […]
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July 3, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has reportedly asked the main armed opposition leader and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar to disarm the Lou-Nuer, according to a senior government official. The request by Kiir comes a few days after the South Sudan army launched disarmament in Tonj South County of Warrap state, after fears […]
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July 3, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has given an ultimatum to the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) to either nominate a governor by Saturday afternoon, or he choose someone of his choice, according to a senior government official has said. A deal between Kiir and Dr. Riek Machar Teny last week ended the four-month-old dispute […]
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July 2, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has accepted the appointment of General Johnson Olony as the governor of the oil-rich Upper Nile state, several opposition officials have said. The abrupt change of mind from the South Sudanese head of state comes a few days after refusing to appoint the former rebel general who has been […]
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July 2, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s minister for presidential affairs, Nhial Deng Nhial, has been invited to Cairo by the Egyptian foreign minister, Sameh Shoukry, according to a statement by the presidency this afternoon. The invitation was delivered by the Egyptian ambassador to South Sudan, Mohamed Mansur Kadah, who met the country’s minister for presidential affairs, at the statehouse […]
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July 1, 2020 (SSNN) – A United States passport belonging to South Sudan’s minister of higher education, Denay Jock Chagor, has surfaced exposing his hidden date of birth, making him an unlikely potential for Jonglei state governorship. Last week, Chagor claimed in an interview that his South Sudan national documents – where his birthdate is written as January 1, 1986 […]
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July 1, 2020 (SSNN) – Women are crucial contributors to their societies. They are the ones who cross-ethnic and religious borders and who see to the healthy development of their children. They are the ones to advocate for education, employment, and new opportunities for young people. Women had made enormous contributions to the liberation struggle. Their immense contributions to the […]
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By Wicmuon Geng Chan Kuany July 1, 2020 (SSNN) – Rubkona County is located in the Centre north of Unity State and covers an area of 3,597 Sq.km with a population estimated at 100,236,4. It borders Guit County to the east, Southern Kordofan State to the north, Abiemnhom County to the North West, Mayom County to the west, Koch County […]
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July 1, 2020 (SSNN) – A fierce fighting has erupted in South Sudan’s Greater Tonj area between the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) which is conducting forceful disarmament, and armed civilians there who have refused to surrender their guns, a senior state government official has said. Last week, the SSPDF’s intelligence chief announced that the army was preparing to […]
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July 1, 2020 (SSNN) – The newly appointed governors have been sworn in today at the state-house J1 in a ceremony administered by the chief justice Chan Reec Madut, a senior government official has told South Sudan News Now. Kiir on Monday appointed eight of the ten state governors and snubbed the appointment those for Upper Nile and Jonglei state. […]
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July 1, 2020 (SSNN) – UN Refugee Agency, the UNHCR, has welcomed what it said is a ‘generous contribution’ from the government of Japan saying the latest pledge by the Asian country would benefit hundreds of thousands across South Sudan. Japan, which donated around $17 million since 2016, last week pledged another $1 million for South Sudan’s displaced population through […]
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June 30, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan activists have said that they are disappointed by President Salva Kiir Mayardit but were happy with First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny over the representation of women in state governments. Yesterday, Kiir appointed eight state governors including six for himself and two – out of three – for SPLM-IO. Kiir did not […]
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June 30, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s prominent opposition leader Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin who is also the chairperson of the National Democratic Movement (NDM) has mocked Denay Jok Chagor for claiming that his age was written wrongly in his national documents. Yesterday, Chagor was quoted by a section of the media as saying that his age was written wrongly […]
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June 30, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan government has not paid its African Union membership (AU) fees as claimed by senior government officials in separate statements to the media last week, a South Sudan diplomat in Addis Ababa has said. Last week, the African Union sanctioned South Sudan for failure to pay membership fees for over three years which the […]
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June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – A senior government official in South Sudan’s Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA) has accused the national army in Juba of transporting weapons and ammunition to Dinka youth in Bor to attack the GPAA. Peter Lebelek, the secretary-general of the defunct Boma State, said some senior army generals in Juba have been spotted transporting arms and […]
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By Charles Bol Makuet June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – Yesterday, the public was surprised to see a very deadly attack on the most loyal Police General who has devoted his entire life to serving the government of South Sudan without running his tongue loosely on anyone. The article was allegedly written by certain Gabriel Akech Dhieu, a proxy name which […]
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June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan government said on Monday that Upper Nile state governor who is nominated by the SPLM-IO was not appointed because he was not in Juba where all his colleagues are. On Monday evening, President Salva Kiir Mayardit issued a number of republican decrees appointed governors for only eight states and for three chief administrators, […]
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June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – Agel Ring Machar, the former press secretary for ex-first vice president, and now vice-president, Taban Deng Gai, has expressed his disagreement with the ongoing disarmament campaign in Greater Tonj of Warrap state. This comes after the South Sudan army’s intelligence chief; Lt. Gen. Ring Tueny Mabor said a disarmament campaign has kicked off in Tonj […]
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June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s minister of foreign affairs has announced that the country will – for the first time – open an embassy in Japan, one of the Asian countries that have provided millions of dollars in funding. The announcement by South Sudan’s top diplomat came during a meeting between President Salva Kiir and the outgoing Japanese […]
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June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudanese employees of the Greater Pioneer Operating Company (GPOC) have condemned what they said is discrimination against national workers by the oil consortium, days after the company threatened to take “necessary” measures against them. Last week, the GPOC president, Mr. Gou Xinwen threatened to take necessary actions against the employees if they fail to […]
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June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – A senior South Sudan opposition official of the Federal Democratic Party/Army (FDP/A) led by Gabriel Changson Lew Chang has died following what the organization said was a ‘short illness,’ according to a statement. Hon. Dhel Gatluak Jourchol, the FDP/A’s head of legal affairs and human rights, dies on Sunday in the United States after battling […]
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June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – The Greater Pioneer Operating Company (GPOC) has threatened to take what it said would be necessary actions against its South Sudanese employees, according to a letter obtained by South Sudan News Now. This comes days after South Sudanese workers took out to protest against unfulfilled promises of better working conditions by the giant oil consortium […]
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By Beek Mabior June 29, 2020 (SSNN) – Our country has been notoriously exhibited again and again as one of the most successful war-like nations on earth. Our beloved South Sudan has regrettably and sadly earned a disgraceful and violent reputation for over half a century starting from 1956 when our former United Sudan gained her independence after a shameful […]
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June 27, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan former presidential affairs minister, Mayiik Ayii Deng has been denied a visa to return to the United States, where he holds citizenship, officials familiar with the matter told South Sudan News Now. The attempt by Mayiik to return to the United States comes weeks after his removal from the ministry by President Salva […]
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June 27, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has been urged by a local rights group to include church leaders in the committee which the head of state established last week to investigate the ongoing Jonglei ethnic violence. Kiir last week appointed James Wani Igga, the vice-president, as head of a committee for the investigation and finding […]
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June 27, 2020 (SSNN) – The National Democratic Movement (NDM) led by Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin has said that its candidate for governor of Jonglei state is unopposed within the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) denying reports that claims the group has given up on the race. This week, Dr. Lam Akol wrote to President Salva Kiir, asking him to […]
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June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – Members of South Sudan army’s military intelligence (MI) are detaining two siblings who transported victims of Jonglei ethnic violence to the country’s capital Juba, a family member has said. Aleer Deng Aleer, a brother to the two said in a statement on Thursday that the two men were arrested following their return from Panyagoor, Jonglei […]
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June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) has a plan B if President Salva Kiir Mayardit insists on allocating Jonglei state to the opposition consortium, a senior member of the Alliance has said. Wazir Michael Liah, the spokesman for the Federal Democratic Party (FDP) and a senior member of the SSOA, told South Sudan News Now that […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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