South Sudanese -Canadian Nova Stevens crowned Miss Universe Canada Oct 26, 2020(SSNN) — Nova Stevens, a 27-year-old South Sudanese-Canadian activist who is popularly known for co-organizing the Vancouver’s Freedom marches that saw thousands of people turning up to support the Black Lives Matter Movement in Summer this year, has been crowned Miss Universe Canada, a title she will carry on […]
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Oct 26, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, met the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, David Shearer, earlier today at his residence in the capital, Juba. Speaking to media after the meeting, the Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan said the two leaders discussed the need for him and Machar to […]
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MOSES PASI Oct 26, 2020(SSNN) — Eighteen South Sudanese women who have survived civil war, displacement and sexual violence build their skills every day at the UNMISS car washing bay where they ensure the mission’s vehicles are in top condition to reach remote communities across the world’s newest country. “With the money I earn working at the UNMISS car washing […]
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By Ambassador Richard Mills Deputy Permanent Representative U.S. Mission to the United Nations New York, New York October 22, 2020 AS DELIVERED Oct 22, 2020(SSNN) — Thank you, Madam President, for that warm welcome, and I am pleased to be here with my colleagues today. I’m very pleased, as the new Deputy Permanent Representative at the U.S. Mission, that my […]
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Oct 21, 2020(SSNN) — Minister of Cabinet Affairs Martin Elia Lomuro says elections will be conducted at the end of the interim period as per the agreement. It has been nine years since South Sudan got its independence but elections have never been held. South Sudan has been suffering from conflict and since then making it hard for the country […]
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Oct 21, 2020(SSNN) — Bangladeshi peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan have brought joy to cattle keepers in Wau by offering much-needed free veterinary services for their livestock. “I used to have more than 300 cows, but due to an acute shortage of medications I have lost about 70 of them, plus four goats, in recent […]
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Oct 20, 2020(SSNN) — The European Union Delegation has urged the government of South Sudan to increase its budget allocation to the education sector and ensure actual execution of such allocations. “The Ministry of General Education and Instruction has a crucial role. We are of aware of the scarce resources made available until now to meet the demands and the […]
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Oct 17, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s main armed Opposition, the Sudan People Liberation Movement in Opposition(SPLA-IO), fears that their leader, the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, could be under house arrest in the capital, Juba. For the third time, the military leadership of the SPLM/A(IO) is calling on the peace guarantors and the region to allow the First […]
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Oct 18, 2020(SSNN) — In the wake of an announcement that crippled the South Sudanese pound overnight, the Sudan government began to enforce a far-fetched military grounded policy that saw the currency appreciating within less than 48 hours following president Salva Kiir’s emergency meeting with the cabinet on Wednesday. The South Sudanese pound which depreciated from 510 SSP per dollar […]
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Oct 18, 2020(SSNN) — On Friday, the governor of Central Equatoria state, Emmanuel Adil Anthony Wani, banned the operations of illegal dealings in foreign currency operating without authorization from concerned authorities in Central Equatoria State. The illegal dealings are blaming for soaring prices and depreciation of South Sudan local currency, SSP. “I Emmanuel Adil Anthony Wani, Governor of equatorial state […]
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Oct 18, 2020(SSNN) — In attempt to stablize the economy, which is usually determined by the laws of supply and demand in many countries, South Sudan has issued a 72-hour warrant to traders and businesses in the country to reduce prices in the market with immediate effect. Speaking during a joint press conference organized by the Chamber of Commerce and […]
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October 11, 2020(SSNN) — Latest reportsd from The Synagogue, Lagos, alleges that South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has yet again invited the Nigerian Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, commonly referred to as T. B. Joshua, for a “prophetic mission”. The Prophet who has been hiding from Coronavirus in the mountains has revealed that he has been invited by the South […]
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October 11, 2020(SSNN) — The Governor of South Sudan’s Central Equatoria State, Hon.Emmanuel Adil Anthony, condemns in the strongest terms possible the recent extrajudicial killing of Lawrence Clement Wani Konga, a son to the former Governor of Central Equatoria State, Gen.Clement Wani Konga. The son of the former governor was killed at the outskirts of Juba on Monday in a […]
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Oct 4, 2020(SSNN) — The South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit has won an internationally facilitated peace prize for mediating the Sudanese peace agreement that was signed this afternoon in South Sudan capital, Juba. The least expected award was presented by the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) at Dr. John Garang mausoleum today, October 3, 2020, where the Sudanese leaders signed […]
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Oct 4, 2020(SSNN) — The South Sudan police service has arrested two officials that are identified as members of the main armed opposition, SPLM/A-IO, in the capital, Juba. The two members who were arrested on Saturday are identified Abraham Manyiel and William Manyiel Martin from Wulu County of Lakes State. According to eyewitnesses, they were arrested at Gure and they […]
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By Emmanuel Kele, Oct 3, 2020(SSNN)— Civil society and faith-based groups in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State have called for the speedy formation of a state government to strengthen peace and security and improve service delivery, not least the construction of roads and health facilities. “Forming a state government has delayed, and this has a big negative impact on everyone living here,” […]
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Oct 3, 2020(SSNN) — The Sudanese peace agreement, whose signing was delayed by rain this morning in the South Sudan capital, Juba, is officially signed by the government of Sudan and a coalition of armed oppositions under the banner of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (RSF), among others. The peace agreement has given Blue Nile, Southern Kordofan and Darfur self-autonomy during […]
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Oct 3, 2020(SSNN) — The office of President Salva Kiir has launched a new website to improve accessibility of presidency affairs, according to officials from the presidency. “The Office of the President has launched an official website for the Presidency on Friday the 2nd of October 2020, to make information regarding the activities of President Salva Kiir Mayardit easily accessible […]
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Oct 3, 2020(SSNN) — Mark Enei, a senior member of the ruling party SPLM has decided to quit his party in favour of the opposition party, SPLM/IO under the leadership of Dr. Riek Machar. In a letter seen by nyamilepedia, Mark Enei joined the opposition together with 48 others in favour of the revitalized peace agreement signed. “I Mark Anei […]
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Oct 3, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan cabinet of ministers has secured at least $88 millions in loans from the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), according to the government spokesman and the Minister of Information, Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth. Briefing the media after a cabinet ministers meeting in the capital, Juba, the Minister of Information said the Council of Ministers has agreed […]
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Sep 29, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, met the African Union(AU) Ambassador to South Sudan, Professor Joram Bisworo, today in his office in the capital, Juba. According to Dr. Machar’s press officials, Dr. Joram Bisworo commended the First Vice President and the SPLM/A-IO leadership for their commitment to peace in the country. “The African […]
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By JULIO BRATHWAITE Sep 29, 2020(SSNN) — “I’m very proud to be a part of UNMISS,” says Captain Chunadevi Paudel, a peacekeeper from Nepal, upon receiving the United Nations medal for her commitment to the cause of durable peace across South Sudan. “I think what I have been most struck by are the people of South Sudan. They have been […]
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Sep 29, 2020(SSNN) — Latest reports from Kajo-Keji allege that a senior military officer of the SPLA in Opposition who defected recently from Kajo-Keji and mobilized offensives against the SPLA-IO forces has narrowly survived during the offensives he commanded this morning. According to the SPLA-IO sources in Kajo-Keji, Maj. Gen. Moses Lokujo Gabriel led offensives this morning around 6am; however, […]
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MACH SAMUEL, Sep 24, 2020(SSNN) — The South Sudan National Police Services in Greater Jonglei have received ten motorbikes from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan to improve their mobility and hence ability to protect civilians. The vehicles were donated to the peacekeeping mission by the South Korean government. “I can hardly believe it that I will no longer […]
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By OKELLO JAMES, UNMISS Press Release Sep 24, 2020(SSNN) — The Civil Society Network in Eastern Equatoria State is developing new strategies to secure additional funding and improve collaboration with state authorities. Their goal? To increase the number of civic engagement centres for smoother coordination of local activities. A two-day forum to discuss such strategies, recently organized by the United […]
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Sep 23, 2020(SSNN) — Members of South Sudan’s Internally Displaced community, the IDPs, who are speaking out, believe that the United Nations Mission in South Sudan(UNMISS) is doctoring its mandates in favor of Salva Kiir government to be able to raise more funding and expand its mission. A group of international displaced persons interviewed by South Sudan News Now (SSNN) […]
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Sep 23, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan incumbent, H.E.President Salva Kiir, received officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at his office in Juba. According to officials from the office of the president, President Kiir was briefed by the UNHCR officials on the commissioner’s comprehensive solution for South Sudan refugees in the region. “H.E.President Salva Kiir, recieved a […]
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Sep 21, 2020(SSNN) — Joshua Dau diu has written a response to a letter that was apparently sent by Hon. Samson Oyay’s son purporting he had grabbed land. According to the Joshua Dau Diu, the letter that he had seen accused him of grabbing the Chollo land east of the Nile including Malakal town. In his response, he addressed several […]
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Sep 09, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir met the leaders of Sudan’s Revolutionary Front, representing Central, Eastern and Northern tracks in which each negotiation track tackles the grievances of a certain region in Sudan. Speaking to the media after the meeting, the representative of Central Sudan track, Dr. El Tom Haju said that they will sign a final […]
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September 4, 2020(SSNN) — An intra-ethnic fighting in South Sudan’s Unity State between the Bul-Nuer of Mayom county has left at least 12 people dead and more than 20 people wounded. Speaking on behalf of the South Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SSLM/A), Samuel Chan Mut Turoah, confirmed the report saying that the search for more casualties was ongoing at the time […]
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September 4, 2020(SSNN) — A high profile committee that was constituted by President Salva Kiir in June to investigate a shooting in Sherikat suburbs of South Sudan capital that led to killing of more than six people has released its findings today, Thursday September 3, 2020. The suspect behind the shooting that killed six unarmed civilians and wounded eight others […]
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September 3, 2020(SSNN) — A notorious South Sudanese militia commander, Major General Mathew Puljang, who has been commanding a parallel militia alongside South Sudan army under the command of President Salva Kiir has been arrested in the capital, Juba. According to the latest report from the Small Arms Survey, the Bul-Nuer politicians and generals are having their own internal power […]
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Opinion, By Aduol Majeeh Mayen, Sept 3, 2020(SSNN) — First of all, I would like to begin by making this introduction about the communities of Tonj North before diving into the new development that is currently happening in former Tonj State. Tonj has one of the largest communities in the country. The communities here are divided into three major divisions. […]
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