South Sudan’s government

Machar issues press release, rejecting Kiir’s call for consultative meetings

February 13, 2020 Newsbeat

Former Vice-president and Chairman of the SPLM-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny and South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit (Photo:Supplied)

February 14, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s main opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar has released a press statement, rejecting the government’s call for consultations on the issue of the number of states and their boundaries, a pending task that has become an obstacle to the formation of the unity government. “The SPLM/SPLA(I0) would like to make the following comments in regards to […]

Government at fault for the 100-Days-Extension -SPLM-IO

December 9, 2019 Newsbeat

Dec 9th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan’s main opposition group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO) in a statement issued this morning, blamed the South Sudanese government for the 100-days extension of the Pre-transitional Period. Mabior Garang De Mabior, Chairman of the SPLM-IO National Committee for Information and Publicity said that the government should be blamed for its refusal and reluctance […]

S. Sudan Parties Hold Consultative Meeting on number of States their Boundaries

December 2, 2019 JMEC, Newsbeat, South Sudan

Dec 2nd, 2019 (SSNN)-The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has brought together Parties to the R-ARCSS for a two-day consultative meeting on the number of States and their Boundaries, a critical pending task that has stalled the implementation of the peace agreement. The Consultative Meeting of the Parties to the R-ARCSS on the number of States and their Boundaries […]

UNMISS Chief calls on South Sudan’s leaders to give peace a chance

November 15, 2019 Civil War, East Africa, Ethiopia, IGAD, JMEC, Kenya, News, Newsbeat, South Sudan, Uganda, UN

Nov 15th, 2019 (SSNN) —The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, David Shearer, during a press conference on Thursday before the African Union Peace and Security Council on the situation in South Sudan, urged South Sudanese leaders to put an immediate end to the conflict that has claimed more than 400,000 lives and forced million from their homes. “The […]

Opinion: Kiir’s government is despotic, and forming a unity government would be a recipe for another massacre

November 13, 2019 Newsbeat

Opinion, By Gatwech Deng Wal Melbourne, Australia Nov 14th, 2019 (SSNN)-Salva Kiir Mayardit’s government is despotic; it has no checks, balances, laws and proper institutions in place. In truth, it is not good at anything else but killing, employing cruel treatment and causing a tremendous amount of suffering to innocent South Sudanese. Given that Salva Kiir Mayardit’s government is […]