S. Sudan female artist “harassed” by Juba traffic police – witnesses

Mary Boyoi Gola being grabbed by her hair at a Juba street by police (Photo credit: supplied)

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 […]

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Opinion: Women and the rule of law in South Sudan

Unity State Women Representative, Nyakuoth Yoah speaking During Unity State Leadership swearing- in in Nairobi(Photo credit: supplied/Nyamilepedia)

By Jackline Akuot Mangok June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – The rule of law is the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws’. In this case, the well-defined laws of South Sudan are; the Transitional Constitution, 2011, Islamic laws, Customary practices, and General international principles. Role of women in ensuring the functionality of […]

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SPLA-IO commander dies in Khartoum

SPLA-IO commander General Gatluak Nhial who passed way in Khartoum this week (Photo credit: Supplied)

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 […]

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S. Sudan says AU violated ‘principle of good faith’ for expelling diplomats

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit arrives for the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia January 29, 2018. (Photo credit: REUTERS)

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 […]

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South Sudan watchdog welcomes Kiir-Machar states agreement

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit meets Chairman of the SPLM-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny during a Consultative Meeting held in December 2019 (Photo credit: file)

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 […]

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Machar orders meeting of highest SPLM-IO organs

Dr. Riek Machar Teny, First Vice President and the Chairman of the SPLM/A-IO during an IGAD summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Photo Credit: Nyamilepedia.)

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 […]

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Dr. Lam meets Machar hours after welcoming states resolution

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)

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 […]

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S. Sudan minister of water resources meets German envoy to Juba

South Sudan minister of water resources and irrigation Manawa Peter Gatkuoth Gual (Photo credit: Minister of Water Resources)

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 […]

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S. Sudan holdout group condemns killing of innocent civilians in Eastern Equatoria

An Opposition leader, Dr. Hakim Dario, Chairman of PDM in Washington, DC(Photo: supplied)

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 […]

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S. Sudan diplomats kicked out of AU meeting over membership arrears

African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa (Photo credit: AU website)

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 […]

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Kiir may give Jonglei state to OPP if SSOA continue to reject deal

South Sudan's incumbent President, Gen. Salva Kiir Mayar, points at his opponents in a battle to consolidate power (Photo: file)

June 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit will reconsider his decision to give Jonglei state to the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) and will instead give it to Other Political Parties (OPP) led by Peter Mayen should SSOA leader continue to reject the state, a senior government official said. This comes after the opposition consortium said […]

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S. Sudan Opposition Alliance rejects latest consensus on states

Leaders of South Sudan Opposition Alliance [SSOA] posting for a photo in Juba in 2019 (Photo credit: Nyamilepedia)

June 18, 2020 (SSNN) – The South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) has rejected yesterday’s consensus by president Salva Kiir and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar on the allocation of states. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday in Juba, minister for presidential affairs Nhial Deng Nhial said the parties have reached an agreement and decided to allocate six states to the […]

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Kiir restructures peace oversight committee

South Sudan President Salva Kiirt Mayardit addressing the nation at State House J1 this evening (Photo credit: South Sudan News Now – SSNN)

June 17, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has this evening issued a republican order restructuring the peace oversight committee which he formed in late March this year. The National Transitional Committee had replaced a previously body, known as National Pre-transitional Committee (NPTC) Previously, membership of the National Transitional Committee that is headed by Tutkew Gatluak, the […]

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Gov’t soldier kills IDP in Juba

IDPs in South Sudan's capital Juba (Photo credit: UNMISS)

June 17, 2020 (SSNN) – A South Sudan government soldier has reportedly killed an internally displaced person who was returning to the UN protection of civilian’s site in the country’s capital Juba, an IDP told South Sudan News Now today. The incident, the IDP who requested not to be named said, occurred on Monday evening when the unidentified man was […]

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S. Sudan says civilians “more armed” than the government

South Sudan civilian fighters hold their weapons in an identified area in South Sudan on February 10, 2014. (Photo credit: REUTERS)

June 16, 2020 (SSNN) – A senior South Sudan government official has claimed that civilians in the world’s youngest country have more arms at their disposal more than the members of the organized forces. South Sudan’s deputy minister of foreign affairs Deng Dau blamed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) arms embargo for what he said is a shortage of […]

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VP Taban, spy chief Akol Koor dispatched to Kampala for secret meeting  

South Sudan Vice President Taban Deng Gai arrives at Bole International Airport ahead of the 29th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on July 2, 2017. (Photo credit: Getty Images)

June 16, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has reportedly dispatched a high-level delegation to the neighboring Uganda to meet the country’s president and its military chief. This comes after reports that President Salva Kiir Mayardit and main armed opposition leader and now First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny were invited to the Egyptian capital Cairo […]

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Opinion: Tribalism is political oil of marginalized masses!

A poster pointing to separate sections of a UN protection of civilian camp in Malakal for the Nuer and the Dinka (Photo credit: unknown)

By Deng Mangok Ayuel June 16, 2020 (SSNN) – Tribalism, understood as “groupness” or “group affiliation,” is rooted in human psychology. Everyone, everywhere, has tribal instincts and belongs to any tribe. However, these instincts don’t operate in the same way. When people talk of tribalism, they often think in binary terms—two groups, two tribes with different social and cultural norms. […]

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South Sudan army kills businessman Kerbino Wol in Lakes

June 15, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan army has reportedly killed businessman turned-rebel leader, Kerbino Wol, during clashes in the country’s Lakes state after a four-day-long battle between a handful of his forces – mostly civilians – and the army. Sources said from Yirol that Kerbino was exactly killed at Ayen Mayar[dit] village in Amukpiny in Rumbek East county after […]

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