July 7, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, has debunked claims by senior government officials that General Johnson Olony owns a different opposition faction and as such he should not be appointed as governor of Upper Nile state. The SPLM-IO had last week nominated Olony for governor of Upper Nile state which has been allocated to […]
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July 7, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan information minister Michael Makuei Lueth has said the country – for the fifth time – will not conduct independence celebrations in both the country’s capital Juba and the state capitals. Makuei, in an interview with South Sudan News Now, said the country was lacking money that is needed to conduct an independence celebration […]
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July 6, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s former army general Maj. Gen. Stephen Buay Rolnyang and former commander of Special Forces in Unity state, General Matthew Puljang Top, have reconciled after years of differences, according to a statement. The differences between Buay and Puljang came to light in May 2018 when General Buay was arrested by forces loyal to Puljang […]
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July 6, 2020 (SSNN) – Members of the Ugandan People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) have kidnapped – inside South Sudan territory – two South Sudan army soldiers after claiming that they had crossed into Ugandan territory, residents in Nimule have said. “Yesterday night, fifteen soldiers from Uganda crossed to South Sudan territory and they kidnapped two soldiers. They were telling us […]
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By Beek Mabior, Nairobi, Kenya July 6, 2020 (SSNN) – Hi citizenry of my country, kindly allow me to spell out and read this magnificent analysis why South Sudan; a nation with billions natural resources have millions of her people living below the disgraceful poverty line and chronic hunger yet there’re billions of natural resources that the country is endowed […]
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July 4, 2020 (SSNN) – A South Sudan diplomat has confirmed reports that the government in Juba has not paid the membership fees that it owes to the continental body, the African Union (AU). In an interview, James Pitia Morgan, South Soudan Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the African Union said the government has not […]
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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 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) – The Secretary-General of South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) and leader of the National Democratic Movement (NDM), Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin has demanded an explanation why President Salva Kiir Mayardit has not appointed his candidate for Jonglei state governor. This comes days after the President appointed eight out of the ten state governors which saw candidates […]
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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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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) – The Bentiu community in Kenya is urging all its members to rally behind Governor Joseph Nguen Manytuil Wijang, who has been reappointed into the gubernatorial position on Monday by President Salva Kiir. Kiir on Monday evening issued two republican decrees appointing governors for eight South Sudanese states including Unity, and three Greater Administrative Areas, but […]
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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) – South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir Mayardit has this evening, appointed eight state governors, leaving two opposition-allocated states without governors, according to decrees read out on the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation. Kiir in the decree appointed governors for Lakes, unity, Warrap, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Western Equatoria, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Central Equatoria and Eastern […]
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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) – 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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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) – Homosexuality is devilish and it is not part and parcel of South Sudan’s culture and I’d like to break my silence and express my condemnation, total rejection, and dissatisfaction on this very controversial subject in the world. As you’re all aware that South Sudan is a member of the UN and has […]
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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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