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South Sudan: Rights group accuses South Sudan’s leaders of allowing war crimes to flourish with impunity

Breaking News, Civil War, News

Oct 7th, 2019 (SSNN)-Amnesty International, a human rights defender, has accused South Sudanese leaders of failing to prosecute and punish those responsible for serious war crimes and crimes against humanity – since the onset of the country’s civil war. In a new report released on Monday, the human rights group blamed government forces and the main armed opposition group, led […]

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South Sudan: SPLM/A(IO) Shames UN Special Envoy For Endorsing Formation of Transitional Government

Breaking News, Newsbeat, South Sudan, UN, UNMISS
David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan and Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), briefs the Security Council(UN Photo/Loey Felipe)

Oct 7, 2019(SSNN) ā€” South Sudan’s main armed Opposition, SPLM/A(IO), has responded to a recent statement issued by the UN Special Envoy to South Sudan, David Shearer, during a press conference in Juba. Disappointed, the SPLM(IO) said they will not be coerced to form another Transitional Government of National Unity that may caused more bloodshed as witnessed in 2016. “The […]

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Opinion: Violence is the business mode in South Sudan

Analyses, Civil War, Corruption, economy, Newsbeat, Opinions, Peace Building, South Sudan, The Sentry

By: George Clooney and John Prendergast, Anecdotes abound of corrupt, war-torn African dictatorships. South Sudan, the worldā€™s newest nation, is usually Exhibit A in those tales. But in the shadows of this narrative is another part of the story, usually untold. It is the story of transnational war profiteers who have come from all over the world to enrich themselves […]

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South Sudan’s Parties Graduate First Batch of Ā 1,000Ā Military Instructors

Breaking News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

Military Instructors Pose For A Group Picture During Their Graduation Ceremony (File/Supplied/SSNN) South Sudan’s Government has for the first time graduated a batch of military instructors. According to the Joint Defense Board (JBD), the 1,000 army trainers graduated at the Luri Military Training Center, will play an important role in training government forces and opposition armed groups before the formation […]

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Kiir orders Foreign Affairs Ministry to reduce its overseas diplomats

Newsbeat, South Sudan
South Sudan's incumbent President, Gen. Salva Kiir Mayar, points at his opponents in a battle to consolidate power (Photo: file)

South Sudanā€™s President Salva Kiir during a meeting with the country’s Heads of Mission Abroad, ā€“ has instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to reduce its diplomatic staff to a manageable size. According to state-run media, the Government of South Sudan admits that the number of its staff in foreign embassies is extremely huge compared to the […]

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ā€œWe will not form unity government by Novemberā€ 12 – SPLM-IO official

Breaking News, IGAD, South Sudan

The main armed opposition group, SPLM/A-IO, will not be part of a Transitional Government of National Unity expected to be formed on Nov. 12 – if all critical outstanding tasks are not fully implemented, said an opposition official on Saturday. ā€œWe are not ready to form a government on November 12th if the rest of the security arrangements & The […]

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BREAKING NEWS: South Sudan CDF Gabriel Jok Riak Accused Of Manipulating GCM Verdict On General Buay Rolnyang

Breaking News, Newsbeat, South Sudan
General Gabriel Jok Riak Makol taking oath of office at the state house on May 4th, 2018(Photo credit: file)

A time-sensitive battle in South Sudan’s General Court Martial this morning, Thursday, October 3rd, 2019 yet again puts the leadership of the Chief of South Sudan People Defense Forces, Gen. Gabriel Jok Riak, in the spotlight. According to reports emerging from the Court, the CDF ordered the General Court Martial(GCM) to announce a verdict that has been kept under the […]

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Opening Statement: ByĀ  Maj. Gen. Desta Abiche Ageno AtĀ The 15th CTSAMVM Technical Committee Meeting

CTSAMM, East Africa, IGAD, JMEC, Newsbeat
Maj. Gen. Desta Abiche Ageno, Chairman of CTSAMVM, speaking during a CTSAMM meeting in Juba, South Sudan(Photo credit: CTSAMM)

Palm Africa Hotel,Ā  JubaĀ  October 2, 2019Ā  CTC Members, Dear Colleagues,Ā  Representatives from our Partners and Board Members, Ladies and Gentlemen,Ā  I warmly welcome you all to the 15th meeting of the CTSAMVM Technical Committee.Ā  I would like to begin by welcoming CTSAMVM‘s new Deputy Chairperson, Major General Dafaalla Hamid Mohamed. Deputy Chairperson Dafaalla replaces our old friend and colleague […]

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Sudanā€™s Newly Appointed Minister Of Religious Affairs, Calls Upon non-Muslim communities to Return Home.Ā 

Newsbeat, Sudan
Nasr-Eddin Mofarah, Sudan's newly appointed Minister of Religious Affairs(Source: supplied)

Sunday, Sept 8, 2019, As Sudan begins to embrace diversity and foster democracy, the newly appointed Minister of Religious Affairs,Ā Nasr-Eddin Mofarah has calledĀ on non-Muslim communities, particularly Jews and Christians who had previously fled the country due to religious segregation, to return to the country and participate in nation-building. ā€œSudan is pluralistic in its thought, pluralistic in its culture, in its […]

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BREAKING: A Case of Corruption Scandal In The Ministry of Finance

Breaking News, Corruption, Newsbeat, South Sudan

Sept 4, 2019(Juba) ā€” Revealed in documents extended to South Sudan News Now, South Sudan Minister of Finance and Economic Planning released over 100 hundred thousand US Dollar in July to a phony company to clear “a car loan”. According to the transaction documents extended to South Sudan News Now, Mr. Garang Majak Bol Angok, the 1st Undersecretary of Finance […]

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RJMEC Calls on Warring Parties To Expedite the Cantonment Process in Sites and Barracks

Newsbeat, South Sudan
IGAD leaders during a consultative meeting in Addis Ababa, August 21, 2019(Photo: file)

August 21, 2019(SSNN) ā€” The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commision (RJMEC) has urged Parties to expediate the process of cantonment of troops arriving in verified Cantonment Sites and in Barracks. Speaking during the opening session of the consultative meeting of the Parties to the Agreement held in Addis Ababa on Wednesday, RJMEC Interim Chairperson Amb. Lt. General Augostino Njoroge […]

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“Vague Generalities Has Failed the People of South Sudan”, Kiir is a “Useful Idiot”

Newsbeat, South Sudan, World
Advisor on peacekeeping, mediation, international sanctions, & PoC. Former Coordinator of the Security Council Panel of Experts for South Sudan(Photo credit: Klem Ryan)

Sept 19th, 2019(SSNN) ā€” Calling spade a spade, an advisor on peacekeeping, mediation, international sanctions and PoC, Klem Ryan has dropped a honest criticism that is usually spoken behind “closed-doors” on his twitter account and urges his critics to admit that South Sudan’s struggling president is an idiot, who is being protected by regional leaders for their selfish interests. Dr. […]

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South Sudan First Vice President – Hopeless But Dangerous To a Lasting Peace!

Newsbeat, Politics, South Sudan

August 5, 2019(Juba) ā€” A political feud that continued to rage on between a breakaway faction of the SPLM/A in opposition, which was initially led by the current First Vice President, Stephen Taban Deng Gai, coupled with the return of political stability featuring Dr. Riek Machar Teny, is slowly consuming its leaders. South Sudan’s incumbent First Vice President, who has […]

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Sarah Nyanath and Others Call For Replacement of Riek Machar and Madam Angelina Teny

Breaking News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

July 30, 2019 A South Sudanese civil rights activist and a member of the SPLM/A in Opposition Sarah Nyanath Yong calls for replacement of the SPLM/A Chairman and Commander-in-Chief, Dr. Riek Machar Teny. Over the past two weeks, Miss Yong has been rallying disgruntled intellectuals on social media behind her back to support her call for replacement of Dr. Riek […]

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Sudanā€™s Women Demand Power in New GovernmentSudanā€™s Women Demand Power in New Government

East Africa, Newsbeat, Sudan
FILE - Sudanese women protesters are seen at a rally in the capital Khartoum, April 23, 2019.

JUBA , SOUTH SUDAN, July 16, 2019(SSNN) – Activists are calling on Sudan’s military and opposition leaders to open the countryā€™s political process to women when the sides begin to implement their recent power-sharing deal. For most of Sudan’s 63 years as an independent country, women were not allowed to get involved in politics due to cultural norms and other […]

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Al-Burhan meets the head of Umma Party

East Africa, Newsbeat, Sudan
The chairman of the Transitional Military Council (TMC), Lt .Gen Abdel Fatah AL Burhan Abdel Rahman meets the Head of Umma Party Mubarak AL Fadil on Tuesday in his office(Photo credit: supplied).

Transitional Military Council (TMC) Chairman Lt (Gen) Abdel Fatah AL Burhan Abdel Rahman met Tuesday at his office in the Republican Palace with the Head of Umma Party Mubarak AL Fadil. Following the meeting AL Fadil told reporters that the meeting focused on political situation development and the importance of speeding up the signatory of the agreement reached between TMC […]

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Sudan, South Sudan to address oil flow constraints

Newsbeat, South Sudan, Sudan
The Head of Sudanā€™s Transitional Military Council (TMC) Abdel Fattah al-Burhan during his recent visit to South Sudan on May 27th, 2019(Photo credit: supplied/SSNN)

July 16, 2019(SSNN) ā€” South Sudan and Sudan have agreed to jointly address issues limiting the export of Jubaā€™s oil through Khartoum ports, South Sudanā€™s local media reported citing petroleum minister as saying on Monday. Awow Daniel Chuang, South Sudanā€™s minister of petroleum and mining told state owned-radio South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SBBC) that the two countries agreed to set […]

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South Sudanā€™s Main Opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar will not travel to Juba ā€“ according to an opposition official.

Breaking News, Newsbeat, South Sudan
South Sudan's First Vice-president designate, Dr. Riek Machar, is pictured during an interview with Reuters in Rome, Italy, April 12, 2019. (Photo credit: REUTERS)

July 14, 2019(SSNN) ā€” The leadership of South Sudan’s main opposition group, SPLM-IO has categorically denied alleged reports that the Chairman of the SPLM(IO) Dr. Riek Machar is expectedĀ  to travel to Juba by the end of this month. Speaking to Nyamilepedia in an interview, Manassey Zindo, a member of the Political Bureau of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (IO) […]

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Full text: The Communique of the African Union High-Level Ad Hoc Committee for South Sudan (C5)

Newsbeat, Reports, South Sudan

July 10, 2019(SSNN) ā€”The African Union High-Level Ad Hoc Committee for South Sudan (C5) comprising its Members namely, South Africa, as Chair, Algeria, Chad, Nigeria and Rwanda, convened its meeting in Niamey, Niger, on 6 July 2019, at the ministerial level, on the margins of the inaugural African Union-Regional Economic Communities Coordination Summit. The meeting was in follow up to […]

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Liquid Telecom connects South Sudan to “One Africa” broadband network and the world

Business, East Africa, ITC & Telecom, South Sudan, Tech
From left to right; Hans Haerdtle (Liquid Telecom), Hon. Rebecca Joshua Okwaci - Minister of Roads and Bridges in South Sudan, Hon. Kuol Manyang Juuk - Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs in South Sudan, Sam Nkusi (Liquid Telecom), Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth - national Minister of ICT and Postal Services in South Sudan, Hon. Juma Stephen - Jubek State Minister of Information and Communication, Adil El Youssefi (Liquid Telecom), Hon. Justin Aleer De-Mayen - Undersecretary, Ministry of ICT and Postal Services(Photo credit: Liquid Telecom)

“Transformative infrastructure will create a foundation for digital innovation and prosperity, while supporting the South Sudan Governmentā€™s positive economic growth forecast over the next decade.” July 1st, 2019(SSNN) ā€” Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom will implement and operate South Sudanā€™s first fibre broadband network, connecting the country to the ā€œOne Africaā€Ā broadband network, which is approaching 70,000km across 13 African […]

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South Sudan Suspends All Pre-Sales Oil Contracts and Confiscate Property of Former Minister Over Alleged Corruption Scandals

Breaking News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

June 29, 2019(SSNN) ā€” While South Sudan’s former Minister of Petroleum, Amb. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, who is accused of corruption and mismanagement of oil industry, get investigated, South Sudan government has suspended all pre-sales oil contracts. In accordance to a presidential decree issued by the president, the former minister of petroleum cannot leave the country. His bank accounts and assets […]

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South Sudan MPs quit annual budget presentation over overdue public salaries.Ā 

Breaking News, Newsbeat, South Sudan
Hon. Salvatore Garang Mabiordit, Minister of Finance and Planning(Photo credit: Larco Lomayat/SSNN)

June 20th, 2019(SSNN) ā€” South Sudan lawmakers on Wednesday halted approval of the government’s next budget proposal totaling 1.7 billion Euros, in protests that military and public officials have not been paid for more than six months. Speaking at the parliament session, Elizabeth Adut, a member of parliament, disclosed that because of the late payment of salaries and the deterioration […]

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Resolution of the RJMEC: The 7th RJMEC Meeting

JMEC, Newsbeat, Press Releases
RJMEC Interim Chairperson H.E Ambassador Lt. Gen. Augostino Njoroge (Centre). With him are Chief of Staff Amb. Berhanu Kebede (right) and Deputy Chief of Staff (Strategy), Dr. Thomson Fontaine.(Photo credit: RJMEC/SSNN)

Palm Africa Hotel, 18th June 2019, Juba, South Sudan June 19th, 2019(SSNN) ā€” The 7th meeting of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) convened in Juba, South Sudan, on 18th June 2019 chaired by the Interim Chairperson of the RJMEC, Ambassador Lt. General Augostino S.K Njoroge (Rtd). In attendance were the representatives of all the Parties and stakeholders […]

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7thĀ RJMEC Plenary held in Juba

JMEC, Newsbeat, Peace Building, Press Releases
RJMEC Chairperson, Ambassador Berhanu Kebede speaks during a plenary meeting in Juba, South Sudan(Photo credit: JMEC/ssnewsnow)

June 18th, 2019(SSNN) ā€” The 7thĀ Monthly Plenary of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation CommissionĀ Ā (RJMEC) was held today, Tuesday June 18, 2019, in Juba, South Sudan. Speaking during the opening of the meeting, RJMEC Interim Chairperson H.E. Ambassador Lt. Gen. Augostino Njoroge gave an update on the status of implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict […]

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BREAKING: Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth Sacks Over Corruption and Mismanagement of South Sudan Oil Sector

Breaking News, Newsbeat, South Sudan
Amb. Lol Gatkuoth and President Salva Kiir sharing a short-lived jokes in the past(Photo credit: SSNN)

June 15th, 2019(SSNN) ā€” South Sudanā€™s Minister of Petroleum, Amb. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, has been fired just in less than three years over what has surfaced as a case of corruption and mismanagement of the Ministry of “Oil”, the lifeline to the worldā€™s youngest nation. According to confidential reports extended to South Sudan News Now, Hon. Gatkuoth was fired while […]

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LAFON COUNTY YOUTH RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR OF IMOTONG STATE OVER HIS STATEMENT ON LAND ISSUE

Press Releases, South Sudan
Lafon County Youth performing traditional dance in Pari town(Photo credit: SSNN)

TITLE: THE LAND ISSUE SHOULD NOT BE USED BY THE HON GOVERNOR TO DETRACT ATTENTION: RE: THE RESPONSE TO THE HON. GOVERNOR OF IMOTONG STATE, REGARDING HIS STATEMENT ON EYE RADIO ON LAND ISSUE. THE IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE BY THE LAFON COUNTY YOUTH. June 13, 2019(SSNN) ā€” Allow me respond to Toritā€™s Governor, Hon. Tobiolo Oromo regarding his statement on […]

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Twic and Gogrial States Governors Arrive in Bul-Nuer in Search of Stolen Cattle, Called for Compensetation and Rapariation For The Dead

Breaking News, Newsbeat, South Sudan
Dr. Joseph Nguen Monytuel, the Governor of Northern Liech State, receives Governor Atem Madut Yak Governor of Twic state and his counter part Governor of Gogrial state Hon Victor Atem Atem in MANKIEN airstrip - Bul South county(Photo credit: unknown)

June 9th, 2019(SSNN) ā€” On Thursday, June 6th, 2019, the Governor of Northern Liech State, Dr. Joseph Nguen Monytuel receives his special guests, the two governors of twin states of Twic Mayardit and Gogrial states in Mankien, Bul South County of Northern Liech State. “The arrival of Governor Atem Madut Yak Governor of Twic state and his counter part Governor […]

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Geneva Welcomes South Sudan’s Ratification of Vital Human Rights Treaties

Newsbeat, South Sudan, UN
South Sudan opening its Transitional Legislative National Assembly in 2019(Photo credit: unknown)

June 9, 2019(SSNN) ā€” On Friday, June 7th 2019, the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, announced that Geneva welcomes South Sudan’s unanimous ratification of two vital human rights treaties, passed by the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) on Monday this week. “We welcome the unanimous ratification, without reservations of two vital human rights treaties […]

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POSITION PAPER OF THE CHIEFS OF LOBONOK COUNTY ON THE CATTLE ISSUES

Newsbeat, Press Releases, South Sudan
A South Sudanese man guarding his cattle(Photo credit: unknown)

Republic of South Sudan Jubek State Lobonok County June 9th, 2019(SSNN) ā€” We, the chiefs of Lobonok county having met at the request of the cattle keepers; being aware of their presence at both sides of the river Nile. regardless of the meetings and presidential decrees issued in 2010 and 2015 respectively for the returned of cattle to their original […]

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Gen. Akol Koor Kuc Doesnā€™t Deserve Such Unwarranted Personal Attacks

Opinions, South Sudan
Lt. Gen. Akol Koor Kuc, Director of the South Sudanā€™s National Internal Security Services, speaking(Photo credit: supplied)

Opinion, By Andrew Nyuol Madut, June 2nd, 2019(SSNN) ā€” For last few days or even months, a group of individuals with malicious intentions have intensified personal attacks and character assassination against Gen. Akol Koor Kuc, his family and those perceived to be his closest friends or allies whether real or imagined. These personal attacks have reached unprecedented level for any […]

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ā€œWe need to move beyond mere tolerance and towards empathy to truly celebrate cultural diversity,ā€ says the Executive Director of the Geneva Centre

Newsbeat, Press Releases, UN

By Blerim Mustafa, Geneva, Tuesday, May 21. 2019(SSNN)Ā ā€“ On the occasion of the 2019 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, commemorated annually on 21 May, the Executive Director of the Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue, Ambassador Idriss Jazairy, calls for the celebration of cultural diversity which is both, the common heritage and the […]

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