December 24th, 2019 (SSNN)āSouth Sudan’s main opposition leader, and the First Vic-President-Designate, Dr. Riek Machar Teny sends a Christmas Message to the people of South Sudan and wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. āI’m writing this Christmas and New Year Message just on my return from Juba to Khartoum. I have spent two full weeks in […]
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December 23rd, 2019 (SSNN)-On Monday, the Joint Military Ceasefire Commission (JMCC) a body responsible for oversight and co-ordination of cantonment-related issues, dispatched around 10 teams on purpose to organize and transport government and opposition forces to their permanent cantonment areas. In a statement extended to SSNN, the Deputy Military Spokesperson of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-IO, Lam Paul Gabriel […]
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December, 22nd, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudanās ceasefire monitoring body (CTSAMVM) has been concerned about the slow progress in the cantonment process and Security Mechanisms to ensure that the funding released by the National Pre-Transitional Committee is used for its purpose. Speaking to participants last week, the CTSAMVM Chairperson, Maj. Gen. Desta Abiche Ageno reported that the cantonment process has been slow […]
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December 20th, 2019 (SSNN)-The South Sudan government has regretted the recent measures in which the US government imposed individual sanctions on its two senior officials. On Monday, the US Department of the Treasuryās Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed individual sanctions on two South Sudanese officials for their role in obstructing the implementation of the peace deal and reconciliation […]
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December 19, 2019 (SSNN)- The Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS), United States institute of Peace (USIP), Addis Ababa University (AAU) together with Oxfam held an expert meeting on South Sudan in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, from 16th to 18th 2019. Under the theme. āThe Future of South Sudan Peace Process- What Happens after the 100 Days?ā […]
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Dec 17th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, and the main opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar, have agreed, among other outstanding matters, to create a free political environment that would allow the dissemination of the R-ARCSS, as well as freedom of the press in various parts of the country. South Sudan’s leaders on Tuesday, in the presence of […]
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Opinion, By Paul Tethloach Dak December 15th, 2019 (SSNN)- When Rockefeller was asked to tell very briefly how people get rich, he replied āSome people find oil and some donātā. (Lallon Prasad, Understanding Oil and Gas Business, version: July 2013). The South Sudan Oil and Gas Power 2019 conference held on October 28-29, 2019 has brought to light and discussed […]
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Dec 10th, 2019 (SSNN)-Today, on International Human Rights Day, the U.S. Department of the Treasuryās Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has taken decisive action, imposing strict sanctions on five identified individuals responsible for their role in the kidnapping and killing of South Sudan’s opposition members, Aggrey Idri and Dong Samuel Luak, prominent human rights activists who were kidnapped […]
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Dec 10th, 2019 (SSNN)-The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UMMISS) has selected about 40 senior officers from the South Sudan Defence Forces (SSPDF), Sudan Peopleās Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-iO), and South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) to attend an interactive training on child protection policy. According to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, the forty officers expressed their […]
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Dec 10th, 2019 (SSNN)-Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has said that Sudan and neighboring South Sudan, which gained independence on July 9, 2011 after an overwhelming vote on secession, may be considered geographically as two separate states, but in reality, the two countries remain united as one nation. “We are two states, but one nation,” Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla […]
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Dec 8th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Provisional Military and Political Council (PMPC), a breakaway faction headed by Major General James Ochan Puot – has accused South Sudan’s main armed opposition forces, SPLA-(IO) forces of carrying out a series of attacks on the civilian population who were cultivating their farms along the Sobat River. In a statement extended to SSNN, the Deputy […]
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Opinion, By Dr. Gatluak Ter Thach Dec 7th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan has a population of 12.58 million (2017). This population represents approximately 64 ethnic groups that speak different languages or dialects, as well as practice varied cultural activities. Most of the population in South Sudan lives in the rural counties, depending heavily on farms and other basic means to survive. […]
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Dec 7th, 2019 (SSNN)-In order to end the impasse over the number of states and their boundaries, the South Sudanese government has proposed a nationwide referendum by all citizens, saying that way, the citizens themselves will decide how many states they need during the transitional period. āThe president shared his concern with the members of cabinet and all of […]
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Opinion,Ā By Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth Dec 7th, 2019 (SSNN)-The history of creating regions and states in South Sudan dated back to the era of presidency of Jaafar Mohamed El-Nimeiri as the President of the Republic of Sudan from 1969 to 1985. General Jaafar El-Nimeiri responded to a campaign of calling for regionalism by southerners in Juba. Some political elites in […]
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Dec 6th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Canadian Ambassador to South Sudan, Douglas Scott Poudfoot has condemned recent attacks on international aid workers in their compound in Maban County. On December 1, a group of armed men stormed the International Relief Compound in Bunj town, assaulted five humanitarian workers and got away with large sums of money. In a brief statement […]
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Dec 6th, 2019 (SSNN)-The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said on Friday that its staff were able to visit one of the flood-affected areas of Pibor and conduct risk assessments in an attempt to understand the level of flood damage. āThis week we visited Pibor to assess damage caused by flooding that has devastated the area since […]
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Dec 6th, 2019 (SSNN)-The global leading research and advocacy group, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P) is calling on the Kiir administration to desist from the ongoing recruitment and training of armed forces, and embark on promoting peace in the country. āThe government must immediately halt the forced recruitment of armed forces and deliver on the […]
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Dec 5th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Chinese government has announced to provide humanitarian assistance totaling 500,000 US dollars in cash and food aid worth 1.5 million dollars as part of in-kind support to flood-affected communities in South Sudan. “China will provide emergency humanitarian assistance to the affected people and help South Sudan to tide over the difficulty. China will provide 500,000 […]
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Dec 4th, 2019 (SSNN)-The South Sudan Civil Society Forum (SSCSF), a coalition of civil society groups, has unveiled a new approach to breaking the ongoing impasse over the number and boundaries of states, a key outstanding issue that has hampered the implementation of the peace deal. In a press release extended to SSNN, the civil society group recommended that if […]
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Dec 4th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG), one of the leading independent sources of conflict analysis, calls on the international community, particularly, the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC), to impose individual sanctions on South Sudan’s main opponents, President Salva Kiir Mayardit and opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar if they fail to come to a concrete […]
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Dec 4th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Troika countries, (the United States, the UK and Norway) in a joint statement at the 13th Ordinary Summit of IGAD Heads of State & Government, held recently – called on IGAD to ensure immediate release of South Sudan’s opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar Teny from long-term house arrest, so he can move freely and participate in […]
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Dec 4th, 2019 (SSNN)-The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is calling for an end to intercommunal violence that has reportedly claimed lives of more than 70 people and wounded an unspecified number of civilians between the Gak and Manuer communities. āThis fighting must stop. We are urging the communities involved and their leaders to put an end […]
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Dec 1st, 2019 (SSNN)-The rights advocacy body, Human Rights Watch (HRW) calls for immediate and unconditional release of the managing editor of The Dawnnewspaper, Emmanuel Monychol Akop- a journalist detained for weeks by the South Sudanese National Security Services over his remarks on Awut Deng Acuil’s indecent outfit. āSouth Sudanese authorities should immediately release a journalist who has been […]
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Dec 1st, 2019 (SSNN)-The US Embassy in the Republic of South Sudan, on its official social media page, refers to the system of government in South Sudan as “Kakistocracy” – an old English term derived from Greek and is used to define a system of government run by the worst and least qualified people. āThe word for the day […]
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Opinion, By Nhial Gatkuoth Chung Accra-Ghana Nov 30th, 2019 (SSNN)-The countryās main opposition (SPLM/A IO) leader Dr. Riek Machar has been in confinement for the last two years and half on the orders of the government of South Sudan with the connivance of the US in pretext that the war that erupted in 2013 following SPLM political power […]
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Nov 30th, 2019 (SSNN)-The European Union congratulates the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on his recent appointment as IGAD Chairperson. On 29, 2019, during the 13th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the regional bloc, IGAD picked Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok as its new Chairman. āThe Summit of the […]
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Nov 30th, 2019 (SSNN)-The 13th Ordinary Summit of the IGAD Heads of State and Government was held on 29 November 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the chairmanship of H.E. Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The meeting was attended by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda; H.E. […]
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Nov 29th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD during its 13th Ordinary Summit of Heads of States and Government held in Ethiopia- has elected the Republic of Sudan as its new chair, the regional bloc announced on Friday following the conclusion of the Summit. āThe 13th Ordinary IGAD Summit of Heads of States and Government has concluded in […]
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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. āWe have engaged with all parties, (both signatory and […]
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Nov 29th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his accompanying delegation left Juba on Friday to attend the 13th Ordinary Summit of IGAD Heads of State and Government currently being held in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. āThe President of the Republic, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit and his accompanying delegation left Juba for the Ethiopian Capital Addis […]
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Nov 28th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) has convened its 11th monthly plenary on Wednesday 27th November, 2019 in Juba, South Sudan. Speaking during the opening session of the plenary, RJMEC Interim Chairperson H.E. Ambassador Lt. Gen. Augostino Njoroge called for prudent management and utilization of funds meant for the implementation of the remaining critical […]
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Nov 27th, 2019 (SSNN)-The United Nations Panel of Experts has accused rival forces, the South Sudan Peopleās Defence Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan Peopleās Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) of making illicit profits from the country’s natural resources, by illegally harvesting teak trees and exporting them to Uganda for sale. āAs the Panel previously reported, the leadership of both […]
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Nov 27th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Trump administration has issued a fresh advisory statement, warning its citizens not to travel to South Sudan due to a spate of crimes and insecurity currently being faced in the country, the Department of State warned on Tuesday. “Do not travel to South Sudan due to crime, kidnapping and armed conflict,” the Department of State […]
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