National Security Service detains dozens of protesters in Juba

June 3, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s National Security Service has arrested dozens of protesters who took to streets in Juba on Wednesday after a nephew and son of President Salva Kiir Mayardit killed four members of one family. The killing took place this morning in Sherikat, a neighborhood few kilometers outside the country’s capital. Following the killing, protesters took […]

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Opinion: The ongoing intercommunal conflicts are direct result of leadership failure

A cattle camp in South Sudan (Photo credit: Polopolo Archive)

By Nhial Gatkuoth ChungĀ Ā  June 2, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudanese had foreseen the failure of the SPLM leadership just months after we hoisted our independence flag, the warning signs that emerged as a result of leadership crisis inside the SPLM party were the emergence of both political and military camps within the SPLM- leaders, all top military commanders and […]

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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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S. Sudan information minister denies president has COVID-19

May 22, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s information minister Michael Makuei Lueth has denied reports that President Salva Kiir Mayardit has tested positive for the deadly COVID-19. The denial by Makuei comes as South Sudan diplomats quoted by the South Sudan News Now (SSNN) said on Friday that the head of state has been flown to the Egyptian capital Cairo […]

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OPINION: Is Jieng Council of Elders (JCE) a problem of South Sudan?

Opinion, By Daniel Juol Nhomngek January 7th, 2020 (SSNN)—President Kiir flanked by members of the tribal Jieng Council of Elders (File photo) I think something has been grossly misunderstood. Many people have not yet understood that in every strategy in fighting the war, there must be delimitation of the problems. Otherwise, if a war is staged at all fronts, there […]

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Latest: ā€˜We’re re-evaluating our relationship with this unelected government’ – US

President Salva Kiir Mayardit, and US Ambassador to South Sudan, Ambassador Thomas J. Hushek

  Nov 29th, 2019 (SSNN)-As the diplomatic rift between South Sudan and its former ally, the United States, continues, the Trump administration said it had made every effort to ensure that the implementation of the peace agreement progresses, unfortunately, remained disappointed by South Sudan’s leaders due to their lack of commitment. ā€œWe have engaged with all parties, (both signatory and […]

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Gen. Buay praises Kiir following his dismissal from military service

  Nov 28th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan’s ex-army commander, Stephen Buay Rolnyang has expressed his appreciation to South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit a day after he was demoted and dismissed from the military service by the country’s military court. According to a letter addressed to the President, the former high-ranking officer, Buay praised Kiir for confirming the General Court Martial’s […]

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Pope plans to visit South Sudan amid uncertainty over peace deal

  Nov 10th, 2019 (SSNN)-The head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, Pope Francis has announced his intention to visit war-ravaged South Sudan in a bid to push for the full implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement signed in September last year by South Sudan’s parties. Speaking to congregations on Sunday at St. Peter’s Square, […]

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Liech Community in Kenya lauds Kiir and Machar for extending Pre-transitional Period by 100 days

    Nov 9th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Liech community in Kenya has welcomed and commended the extension of the Pre-transitional Period by 100 days by South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Chairman and Commander-in-Chief Dr. Riek Machar Teny on November 7th, in Entebbe, Uganda. ā€œThe Liech community Association in Kenya hereby express her special commendation to South Sudan President GEN. […]

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Breaking: South Sudan’s leaders extend Pre-transitional Period by 100 days- full Communique

Nov 7th, 2019 (SSNN)-Communique On The Occasion of The Tripartite Summit On The Revitalized Agreement On The Resolution Of The Conflict in The Republic Of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) Held In Uganda’s Entebbe On November 7th, 2019. At the invitation of H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South […]

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Kiir and his accompanying delegation leave for Addis Ababa

Oct 10, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his accompanying delegation left on Thursday morning for the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to meet IGAD leaders. ā€œThe President of the Republic, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit traveled to Addis Ababa this morning.ā€ According to presidential media, PPU, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit will hold meetings with IGAD heads of […]

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