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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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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July 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, the SPLM-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has ruled out any intention to replace General Johnson Olony Thambo as the SPLM-IO nominee for Upper Nile state governorship. Machar had last month nominated Olony for the top state position, but President Salva Kiir refused to appoint […]
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June 3, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s National Salvation Front (NAS) led by General Thomas Cirilo has accused the SSDPF and SPLA-IO of killing fifteen (15) innocent civilians in the country’s Yei river county following an alleged offensive by the two peace partners. Suba Samuel Manase, the spokesman for the NAS, said the South Sudan army and the SPLA-IO have […]
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June 2, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, the SPLM/SPLA (IO) has denied any involvement in the ongoing intercommunal conflict in the country’s Jonglei state between the Murle and the Lour-Nuer. This afternoon, the National Democratic Movement (NDM) said in a statement that the SPLA-IO – alongside the Lou-Nuer’s White Army – was preparing to wage a […]
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June 1, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) and its peace partner, the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO), have launched fresh military offensives against holdout opposition group, National Salvation Front (NAS) led by General Thomas Cirilo Swaka in Central Equatoria state, an opposition spokesman said. Suba Samuel Manase, the spokesman for NAS said the former […]
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May 7, 2020 (SSNN) — A South Sudan rights group has condemned the ongoing renewal of fighting in the country’s Central Equatoria state urging the parties to find a peaceful mean of resolving their disputes. This comes after reports that the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and SPLA-IO launched fresh attacks against holdout opposition groups in parts of Central […]
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April 12, 2020 (SSNN) — Fighting between South Sudan and the SPLA-IO has intensified in the country’s Upper Nile state with a dozens of soldiers being killed as result, a spokesman from the armed movement, now a part of the coalition government said. “The Office of the Military Spokesman for Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) would like to […]
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April 11, 2020 (SSNN) — South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar yesterday clashed with army-allied militia group led by General Ochan Puot in eastern part of the country, the Nyamilepedia has learned. One resident said from Jiokow that fighting started after soldiers belonging to renegade General Ochan Puot attacked an SPLA-IO […]
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March 17th 2020 (SSNN) — Lieutenant General James Koang Chuol, one of the SPLA-IO’s top commanders, announced today during a press conference in Juba that he and three others had defected from the main armed opposition group led Dr. Riek Machar to join President Salva Kiir. “We are hereby announcing our resignation from the SPLA/M (10) with effect from 17/3/2020,” […]
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Jan 28, 2020 (SSNN—The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has said that plans are underway to arrange the transportation of different types of items for starving forces, reported to have gone for months without food, non-food items and medical supplies in cantonment areas. Last week, it was reported that two soldiers lost their lives at Owinykibul training centers due […]
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January 25th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s main armed opposition troops, SPLA-IO, and PMPC forces clashed on Friday in Yieth-Yier – a village located along the Sobat River, near Maiwut but no casualties have been reported so far on either side. Buom Gatdet Gach, PMPC’s Head of Information confirmed the clashes between the two rival forces in the area. “In reference […]
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January 11th, 2020 (SSNN)—Infants as young as three months and lactating mothers have been spotted at different cantonment sites in South Sudan, however, the main opposition group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-IO, justified their presence, noting that there are female soldiers who come along with their children in the cantonment areas. “Some soldiers are women with little kids that […]
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January 3rd, 2020 (SSNN)—The Provisional Military and Politcal Council (PMPC), a splinter faction led by Major General James Ochan Puot, has urged the Ethiopian government to beef up its border security and not allow the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-IO forces to use its territory as a launching pad for a military offensive against PMPC forces and the civilian population. In […]
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December 25th, 2019 (SSNN)—The Chairman and Commander-In-Chief of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny has ordered immediate transportation of all SPLA-IO forces to their designated cantonment areas in accordance with the implementation of the Transitional Security Arrangement. “Yesterday the 24/12/2019, the Commander In Chief of the SPLA-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon ordered the SPLA-IO forces to […]
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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 People’s 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 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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