South Sudan’s leaders

“The cabinet will be announced soon,” Kiir, Vice-Presidents assure citizens

February 26, 2020 Newsbeat

President Salva Kiir Mayardit and opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar and the rest of the newly appointed Vice-Presidents at the State House, in Juba (Photo credit: PPU)

February 26, 2020 (SSNN)–The President of South Sudan, Salva Mayardit and the newly appointed Vice Presidents on Tuesday urged members of the public to remain optimistic, saying that there is a committee charged with allocating ministerial portfolios and that the new Cabinet Ministers of the coalition government will be announced in due course. “The Presidency also wants to inform the […]

Advocacy group urges IGAD to review 100 days before formation of unity government

February 2, 2020 Newsbeat

February 4, 2020 (SSNN)—A Juba-based human rights organization, the Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA) has called on the Intergovernmental Authority on Development to evaluate the progress made in the implementation in the course of the extended100-day period before the formation of a national unity government this month. “Now that the 50th day of the 100 days’ extension has elapsed […]

‘We’re sick and fed up with serving your people’ – US tells S. Sudan leaders

January 28, 2020 Newsbeat

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit meets Chairman of the SPLM-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny during a Consultative Meeting held in December 2019 (Photo credit: file)

January 29th, 2020 (SSNN)—The US Assistant Secretary for Bureau of African Affairs, Tibor Nagy calls on South Sudan’s government and opposition groups to make concessions on the number of states and their boundaries and form a unity government next month. Nagy urged the country’s leaders to shift focus from the number of states and their borders and embark on achieving […]

Rights groups urge South Sudan leaders to resolve pending issues, form unity gov’t on time

December 19, 2019 East Africa, Ethiopia, IGAD, Kenya, Newsbeat

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. ‘The Future of South Sudan Peace Process- What Happens after the 100 Days?’ […]

Full text: Security Council Press Statement on South Sudan

November 22, 2019 Newsbeat, UN

Members of the UN Security Council’s statement on South Sudan, Members of the UN Security Council vote in support of South Sudan’s resolution (Photo:UN) Nov 23rd, 2019 (SSNN)-The members of the Security Council took note of the agreement by parties to the “Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan” (the Agreement) to extend […]

‘Exert diplomatic pressure on South Sudan’s leaders’, global watchdog urges world leaders

November 16, 2019 News, Newsbeat, Reports

Nov 17th, 2019 (SSNN) — In its bimonthly bulletin report released on Friday, the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect urges the international community and the region to exert sustained diplomatic pressure on South Sudan’s government and all opposition groups to implement all critical pending components of the peace agreement. The global R2P’s watchdog highlighted that despite the signing […]

Latest: US reiterates its disappointment over 100-days extension, vows to ‘re-evaluate’ its ties with South Sudan

November 13, 2019 Breaking News, News, Newsbeat, USA

Nov 14th, 2019 (SSNN)-The US government has issued a strong-worded statement, expressing its “deep disappointment” with the recent extension of the 100-day pre-transitional period, by South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar Teny, during a Tripartite Summit organized by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) under the auspices of Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. “The […]

Full Communique of the 69th Extra-ordinary Session of IGAD Council of Ministers

November 11, 2019 Communiques

COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 69TH EXTRA-ORDINARY SESSION OF IGAD COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ON THE SITUATION IN SOUTH SUDAN 10th November 2019 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Nov 11th, 2019 (SSNN)-The IGAD Council of Ministers held its 69th Extra-Ordinary Session on the 10th November 2019 in Addis Ababa, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, under the chairmanship of H.E. Gedu Andargachew, Minister […]

Troika disappointed by recent extension of pre-transitional period, calls on the parties to implement outstanding tasks

November 11, 2019 News, Newsbeat

President Yoweri Museveni, Prime Minister Abdalftah Alburhan of Sudan, President Salva Kiir, Dr. Riek Machar Teny and, His Excellency Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, Kenya's Special Envoy on South Sudan posting for a picture after the Summit in Entebbe(Photo credit: State House/Uganda)

Nov 11th, 2019 (SSNN)-The members of the TROIKA (The United Kingdom, the United States and Norway) at the 69th extraordinary session of the IGAD Council of Minister’s meeting have issued a joint statement, expressing their disappointment over the 100-Days Extension of the pre-transitional period by South Sudan’s leaders. In a statement, the Troika representatives welcomed the third round […]

Breaking: SSOA agrees to 100 days extension, calling for peace to remain a priority

November 9, 2019 Newsbeat

Nov 9th, 2019 (SSNN)-The South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), a coalition group of signatory parties to the R-ARCSS, during the IGAD’s Ministerial Consultative Meeting with Leadership of Parties to the Revitalized Agreement – has accepted the extension of the pre-transitional period by 100 days as agreed by South Sudan’s government and the main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO at […]

Global advocacy group welcomes 100-Days-Extension, calls for full implementation of R-ARCSS

November 8, 2019 News, Newsbeat

Nov 8th, 2019 (SSNN)-The global advocacy group, Refugees International (IR) has welcomed the extension of the 100-day pre-transitional period, which is expected to begin on November 12, until February 2020 and urged the parties to commit themselves to the full implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement. Daniel P. Sullivan, Senior Advocate for Human Rights, Refugees International states that the recent […]