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10/06/2023

The United Nations Security Council should take stronger steps to reverse the rapidly deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan, Human Rights Watch said today.

During the Security Council discussion on June 2, 2023 to renew the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), all council members, including the three African members, should support increased human rights monitoring, targeted sanctions, and an arms embargo against the warring parties.

For Immediate Release Nairobi, June 10, 2023(SSNN) – The United Nations Security Council should take stronger steps to reverse the rapidly deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in S…

10/06/2023

The funds come at a critical time when Africa is witnessing rapid advancements in gas and renewable energy, presenting immense opportunities for economic growth and environmental sustainability. Recognizing the importance of harnessing these opportunities and equipping the next generation with the necessary knowledge and skills, we are committed to providing financial aid and educational resources to talented African students from South Africa to Egypt, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Namibia and across Africa pursuing studies in energy-related fields.

The African Energy Chamber launches its annual Energy Scholarship Award under efforts to expand the participation of youth in energy JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 9, 2023/ — We are thrille…

10/06/2023

Tut fled the South Sudanese capital since his warrant became public and has since never returned to South Sudan.

Accordingly, South Sudanese authorities call on the neighboring countries to apprehend the fugitive bishop and depot him back to South Sudan once arrested.

April 1, 2023(SSNN) — A prominent South Sudanese Bishop of the Anglican Church of South Sudan(ACSS), Rt. Bishop Thomas Tut Gany of the Ayod Dioceses, has fled an arrest warrant from the South Sudan…

12/01/2022

ayment to be made in four instalments starting January. Abuja, Nigeria, January 11, 2022: The Federal Republic of Nigeria has pledged to pay the full capital arrear of US$28.7m in Shelter Afrique, Nigeria’s Finance Minister Dr. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed disclosed at a meeting with Shelter Afrique Group Managing Director and CEO Mr. Andrew Chimphondah in Abuja. The Minister further disclosed that the payment will be made in four instalments starting January 2022....

https://ssnewsnow.com/nigeria-commits-to-pay-off-us28-7m-capital-arrears-in-shelter-afrique/

ayment to be made in four instalments starting January. Abuja, Nigeria, January 11, 2022: The Federal Republic of Nigeria has pledged to pay the full capital arrear of US$28.7m in Shelter Afrique, …

04/10/2021

By OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON, Oct 3, 2021 (SSNN) — The United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway (the Troika) commend the Sudanese people as they celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of Juba Peace Agreement (JPA) on October 3, 2020. This historic agreement responds to the Sudanese people’s calls for freedom, peace, and justice, especially from those affected by conflict across Sudan....

https://ssnewsnow.com/troika-statement-on-the-anniversary-of-the-juba-peace-agreement/

By OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON, Oct 3, 2021 (SSNN) — The United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway (the Troika) commend the Sudanese people as they celebrate the first anniversary of the signing…

25/09/2021

Sep 24, 2021(SSNN) — South Sudan’s three-year-old peace deal is doomed to collapse unless the parties can settle disputes and create a unified army, the main opposition faction said on Wednesday. The accord signed in September 2018 calls for the reunification of all fighters involved in the civil conflict, but the process has been marred by delays. The peace deal signed in August 2015 collapsed following renewed violence in the capital, Juba, in July 2016....

https://ssnewsnow.com/south-sudan-revitalized-peace-deal-at-a-crossroad-to-collapse/

Sep 24, 2021(SSNN) — South Sudan’s three-year-old peace deal is doomed to collapse unless the parties can settle disputes and create a unified army, the main opposition faction said on Wednesday. T…

25/09/2021

Juba, South Sudan September 24,2021---Engaged in a street fight in the capital Juba, Honorable James Lony Kang Hoth, a former Minister of Information in the Defunct Fangak State and a former town mayor of Ayod town, has bit off a big chunk of a young fellow's ear in his recent fist fight.

Speaking to South Sudan News Now, the young fellow who identified himself as an activist, Wuor Buony Ruot, said he was attacked by Hon. Lony Kang Hoth and an attempt to fight back in self-defense didn’t prove sufficient enough to protect both ears from the former Minister of Information.

https://ssnewsnow.com/south-sudan-former-state-minister-takes-a-deep-bite-on-a-young-activists-ear/

Juba, South Sudan September 24,2021—Engaged in a street fight in the capital Juba, Honorable James Lony Kang Hoth, a former Minister of Information in the Defunct Fangak State and a former to…

20/09/2021

Sep 19, 2021 — South Sudanese international, Koang Deng Kun Koang, popularly known by his stage name as K-Denk has released an emotional song, "Peter Gatdet" in memory of heroes who fought for the liberation of the Republic of South Sudan. The song, which was premiered on Youtube on September 16, was shot and launched in Alberta, Canada but K-Denk has been actively producing, singing and launching albums across Canada since his arrival in 2019....

https://ssnewsnow.com/k-denk-releases-a-viral-song-peter-gatdet-in-his-latest-album-hope/

Sep 19, 2021 — South Sudanese international, Koang Deng Kun Koang, popularly known by his stage name as K-Denk has released an emotional song, “Peter Gatdet” in memory of heroes who fou…

20/09/2021

By Wiek Bol Reath, Edited by Deng Elijah, Sep 18, 2021 — South Sudan’s politics is a cancer that can distort one’s mental health if closely monitored because everything ranging from the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement to how the parties run their internal affairs and political differences or how the government is actually run, just to say the least, is disgusting and more complicated than treating a cancer!...

https://ssnewsnow.com/opinion-peace-is-not-merely-the-absence-of-war/

By Wiek Bol Reath, Edited by Deng Elijah, Sep 18, 2021 — South Sudan’s politics is a cancer that can distort one’s mental health if closely monitored because everything ranging from the implementat…

20/09/2021

The 77 participants were drawn from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and DR Congo. Mombasa, Kenya, Sep 19, 2021(SSNN) — Kenya Ports Authority held its second East Africa Maritime Awards EAMA 2020 ON September 17, 2021 in Kenya’s coastal City of Mombasa to recognize industry’s outstanding practices for Excellence, Sustainability, Training, Technology, Initiative, Personality and Leadership from the eastern Africa region....

https://ssnewsnow.com/kenya-ports-authority-awards-regional-port-users/

The 77 participants were drawn from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and DR Congo. Mombasa, Kenya, Sep 19, 2021(SSNN) — Kenya Ports Authority held its second East Africa Maritime Awards EAMA 2020 …

10/07/2021

Juba, South Sudan July 9,2021 — While commemorating the 10th independence anniversary of South Sudan, religious leaders regret how the euphoria, hope, optimism and reign of sustainable peace with prosperity have been watered down the drain by a senseless violent conflict in just 10 years. According to a statement issued by the South Sudan Council of Churches and read out by the head of the Pentecostal Church, Bishop Isaiah Majok Dau, on behalf of South Sudan Council of Churches, there was much jubilation among the South Sudanese both at home and also in the Diaspora when South Sudan attained her independence on July 9th, 2011....

https://ssnewsnow.com/south-sudan-council-of-churches-regrets-a-waste-decade-on-the-10th-anniversary/

Juba, South Sudan July 9,2021 — While commemorating the 10th independence anniversary of South Sudan, religious leaders regret how the euphoria, hope, optimism and reign of sustainable peace with p…

08/06/2021

Juba, South Sudan, June 7th, 2021(SSNN) — The Jagei community association in Juba, South Sudan, has allegedly backtracked from its recent elections that installed Hon. Malual Tap Die, the Unity state minister of Finance, calling it illegal. In a statement received by our editorial team, the Jagei Community leadership calls on Jagei members in diaspora and South Sudanese at large to disregard the election that attempted to install Hon....

https://ssnewsnow.com/jagei-community-leader-denounces-election-of-hon-malual-tap/

Juba, South Sudan, June 7th, 2021(SSNN) — The Jagei community association in Juba, South Sudan, has allegedly backtracked from its recent elections that installed Hon. Malual Tap Die, the Unity st…

06/06/2021

June 5, 2021(SSNN) — The Nigerian popular pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as Prophet TB Joshua has died this evening in Lago, Nigeria at the age of 57. TB. Joshua, who was the founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) and Emmanuel TV station, died on Saturday evening shortly after finishing a church program with Emmanuel TV Partners....

https://ssnewsnow.com/breaking-nigerian-pastor-tb-joshua-has-died/

June 5, 2021(SSNN) — The Nigerian popular pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as Prophet TB Joshua has died this evening in Lago, Nigeria at the age of 57. TB. Joshua, who was the found…

02/06/2021

June 1, 2021(SSNN) — South Sudan News Now reached out to the president of Gawaar Global Community, Deng Elijah, to speak to the ongoing insecurity in Jonglei State and specifically the current tension between Ayod County and Pibor Administrative Area. The interview was as follow: Begin the interview...... Question: Mr. Deng Elijah, good morning, good afternoon or good evening: what time is it in your time zone and can you tell us a bit about yourself?...

https://ssnewsnow.com/full-interview-president-of-gawaar-global-community-speaks-on-insecurity-in-jonglei-state-and-greater-pibor/

June 1, 2021(SSNN) — South Sudan News Now reached out to the president of Gawaar Global Community, Deng Elijah, to speak to the ongoing insecurity in Jonglei State and specifically the current tens…

02/06/2021

By Dr. Robert Portada, June 1, 2021 (SSNN) — Simon Dau felt a calm come over him when he listened to the Japanese flute music. At night his cellmates would wind down and prepare for sleep while the music played softly on one of the phones they kept hidden in Juba Central Prison. The flutes seemed to carry nature’s song. Simon would listen and think of his childhood, and the quiet moments he remembered as a small boy walking through the forest and taking care of the goats....

https://ssnewsnow.com/the-legacy-of-simon-dau/

By Dr. Robert Portada, June 1, 2021 (SSNN) — Simon Dau felt a calm come over him when he listened to the Japanese flute music. At night his cellmates would wind down and prepare for sleep while the…

02/06/2021

By Mak Banguot Gok (Makjohnson), June 1, 2021 (SSNN) — The ideal implementation of R-ARCSS is what almost all South Sudanese are understanding to be an implementation by the warring parties in Juba. Faithful commitment to the agreement by those well-known schemers of ethnocentrisms hardly exists, even when citizens are hearing the mere pronouncements, and the half-done installation of R-TGoNU from Juba down to the county's levels....

https://ssnewsnow.com/opinion-the-r-arcss-is-collapsing-but-splm-io-is-winning/

By Mak Banguot Gok (Makjohnson), June 1, 2021 (SSNN) — The ideal implementation of R-ARCSS is what almost all South Sudanese are understanding to be an implementation by the warring parties in Juba…

29/05/2021

Juba, South Sudan, May 27th, 2021 — South Sudan’s President H.E Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit issued a presidential decree two days ago appointing an ad hoc committee to engage in talks with Sudanese Transitional Government over the status of contested Abyei Administrative Area. The formation of the committee comes a week after armed militia from Sudan's Messiriya tribe allegedly backed by a Sudanese army carried out an atrocities that left 12 civilians killed and injured several others in Abyei....

https://ssnewsnow.com/sudan-government-welcomes-the-initiative-over-the-final-status-of-abyei/

Juba, South Sudan, May 27th, 2021 — South Sudan’s President H.E Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit issued a presidential decree two days ago appointing an ad hoc committee to engage in talks with Sudanese Tr…

18/05/2021

May 17, 2021(SSNN) — Lifting the UN arms embargo on South Sudan could have dire consequences for human rights, Amnesty International warned today, ahead of a UN Security Council vote on 27 May to decide the future of the embargo. The Security Council must ensure a range of human rights benchmarks are met before the embargo can be lifted. These include an end to crimes under international law, reform of the National Security Service (NSS), and the establishment of a Hybrid Court to ensure accountability....

https://ssnewsnow.com/un-security-council-must-not-lift-south-sudan-arms-embargo-until-human-rights-benchmarks-are-met/

May 17, 2021(SSNN) — Lifting the UN arms embargo on South Sudan could have dire consequences for human rights, Amnesty International warned today, ahead of a UN Security Council vote on 27 May to d…

18/05/2021

May 17, 2021(SSNN) — At least 12 people have been killed and seven left struggling for life after Misseriya, an armed militia group fired assault rifles at civilians in Abyei according to Kon Manyiet Matiok, the Chief Administrator of the area. Manyiet says the incident started at 11:00 am on 14th May 2021 after the armed group supported by the Sudan Armed Forces based in Kec/Diffra brutally killed Manuon Akot Manuon, a 75-year-old civilian from Warrap State....

https://ssnewsnow.com/dozen-killed-seven-wounded-as-armed-militia-terrorize-abyei/

May 17, 2021(SSNN) — At least 12 people have been killed and seven left struggling for life after Misseriya, an armed militia group fired assault rifles at civilians in Abyei according to Kon Manyi…

15/05/2021

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Saturday, 15th May 2021

Israeli air raid flattens building that houses Al Jazeera and other international media outlets in Gaza City.

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07/05/2021

May 6, 2021(SSNN) — Indian Battalion based at Malakal in UNMISS effectively carried out 02 days veterinary aid camp and animal health awareness campaign to livestock owners at Kodok in South Sudan from 16 April to 17 April, 2021. Kodok, formally known as Shilluk Kingdom, is located at Western Nile in Upper Nile State. According to Lt. Col. Philip Varghese, the Indian Veterinary, a total of 508 animals were treated and wormed....

https://ssnewsnow.com/indian-battalion-organizes-veterinary-camp-in-kodok-upper-nile-state/

May 6, 2021(SSNN) — Indian Battalion based at Malakal in UNMISS effectively carried out 02 days veterinary aid camp and animal health awareness campaign to livestock owners at Kodok in South Sudan …

07/05/2021

By Juol Nhomngek Gec Juba, South Sudan, May 06, 2021(SSNN) — Since the war broke out in 2013, South Sudanese citizens have never found peace inside and outside South Sudan. As human rights bodies such as Amnesty international, the UN High Commission for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch have been reporting, South Sudanese citizens are constantly subjected to arbitrarily arrest, unlawful detention, torture and all kinds of ill-treatments in different towns in South Sudan. ...

https://ssnewsnow.com/opinion-what-the-government-of-south-sudan-should-know-about-its-responsibilities-towards-the-citizens/

By Juol Nhomngek Gec Juba, South Sudan, May 06, 2021(SSNN) — Since the war broke out in 2013, South Sudanese citizens have never found peace inside and outside South Sudan. As human rights bodies s…

20/04/2021

By Samira Y Salifu, April 19, 2021(UNMISS) — 20 United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) workers were rescued by Rwandan peacekeepers and United Nations Mission Observers from UNMISS, after being ambushed in Longiro, an area some 58 kilometres north of Torit, Eastern Equatoria. They were part of a team from G4S Global contracted by UNMAS. “We found them shaken and terrified; some of them had suffered injuries from the attack....

https://ssnewsnow.com/unmiss-peacekeepers-rescue-unmas-contractors-following-an-armed-ambush-in-eastern-equatoria/

By Samira Y Salifu, April 19, 2021(UNMISS) — 20 United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) workers were rescued by Rwandan peacekeepers and United Nations Mission Observers from UNMISS, after being…

31/03/2021

March 30, 2021(SSNN) — The Eastern Equatoria State governor, Louis Lobong Lojore’s envoy was on Monday ambushed by a group of armed youth in Budi County as they were leaving the area after a peace mission. The governor narrowly survived the attack that left one of his bodyguards and a wife to the Division Commander killed in the ambush while two other people sustained injuries....

https://ssnewsnow.com/ees-governor-gen-louis-lobong-lojores-envoy-attacked-in-budi-county/

March 30, 2021(SSNN) — The Eastern Equatoria State governor, Louis Lobong Lojore’s envoy was on Monday ambushed by a group of armed youth in Budi County as they were leaving the area after a peace …

28/03/2021

March 27, 2021(SSNN) — South Sudan's incumbent president, General Salva Kiir Mayardit, who has led his country through a brutal civil war for the last seven, has received an African Peace Award for this year 2021. According to the office of the president, His Excellency President Salva Kiir won the peace medal for his tireless efforts to bring peace and stability to both Sudan and South Sudan....

https://ssnewsnow.com/south-sudan-president-receives-african-peace-award-2021/

March 27, 2021(SSNN) — South Sudan’s incumbent president, General Salva Kiir Mayardit, who has led his country through a brutal civil war for the last seven, has received an African Peace Awa…

27/03/2021

March 27, 2021(SSNN) — The Sudan's Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Buhran, has arrived in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, to meet with the leaders of the holdout oppositions. According to president Salva Kiir's office, Gen. Fattah was received in the airport by President Salva Kiir this morning, March 27, 2021. "27th March 2021, H.E. President Salva Kiir Mayardit this morning, has recieved H.E....

https://ssnewsnow.com/sudans-al-buhran-arrives-in-juba-for-peace-talks-with-holdout-oppositions/

March 27, 2021(SSNN) — The Sudan’s Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Buhran, has arrived in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, to meet with the leaders of t…

17/03/2021

March 17, 2021(SSNN) — The Tanzania's President, John Pombe Magufuli, has died of heart complications this evening in Dar es Salam, vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on TV. Speaking on a live broadcast, the Tanzanian Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed that President Magufuli died this evening, March 17, 2021 at 6pm. Hassan confirmed that president Magufuli was hospitalized at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute on March 6 and died this evening, Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 6pm.

https://ssnewsnow.com/breaking-news-tanzanian-president-john-magufuli-has-died/

March 17, 2021(SSNN) — The Tanzania’s President, John Pombe Magufuli, has died of heart complications this evening in Dar es Salam, vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on TV. Speakin…

17/03/2021

Juba, South Sudan, March 16, 2021(SSNN)– The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), UNHCR, the Refugee Agency and partners, applaud progress toward lasting solutions for forcibly displaced persons as national consultations took place last week in Juba, South Sudan. The two day event successfully marked another milestone for South Sudan’s implementation of the Sudan and South Sudan Solutions Initiative, under the auspices of IGAD, following the establishment of the Inter-Ministerial National Technical Committee (NTC) and hosting the second High-Level technical meeting in Juba in early January....

https://ssnewsnow.com/progress-and-momentum-as-national-consultations-on-solutions-initiative-get-underway-in-south-sudan/

Juba, South Sudan, March 16, 2021(SSNN)– The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), UNHCR, the Refugee Agency and partners, applaud progress toward lasting solutions for forcibly displa…

09/03/2021

March 8, 2021(SSNN) — As the world celebrates International Women’s Day with the theme ‘Choose to Challenge’, South Sudan women chose to challenge the issues facing women in leadership especially in the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on Conflict Resolution in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). These women focused on the clause on a clause that demands 35 percent representation of women across all government institutions....

https://ssnewsnow.com/women-celebrate-iwd2021-by-calling-for-35-representation-in-the-government/

March 8, 2021(SSNN) — As the world celebrates International Women’s Day with the theme ‘Choose to Challenge’, South Sudan women chose to challenge the issues facing women in leadership especially i…

09/03/2021

To Gen. Oyay Deng Ajak Dear Comrade Gen. Oyay, By Taban Deng G*i, March 8, 2021(SSNN) — I am writing in response to your recent queries to update you that SPLM/IO in government is working to create a new political party. We have made some progress and I thought it wise to bring this to your attention. SPLM/IO in government has managed to cement a new political coalition with the Dinka Malual of Northern Bahr El Ghazal state through prominent politician Hon....

https://ssnewsnow.com/taban-dengs-letter-to-oyai-deng-ajak-splm-io-new-coalition-with-dinka-malual-of-northern-bahr-el-ghazal/

To Gen. Oyay Deng Ajak Dear Comrade Gen. Oyay, By Taban Deng G*i, March 8, 2021(SSNN) — I am writing in response to your recent queries to update you that SPLM/IO in government is working to create…