By Akol Madut Ngong President Salva Kiir Mayardit urged the holdout rebel movements that are still locking horns with the government to embrace the spirit of the Revitalized Peace Agreement and desist from rebellions saying they no longer want rebels in the country. The President made the call to the[Read More…]
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Museveni urges S. Sudanese to work for national interest
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei The President of the Republic of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni urged South Sudanese to concentrate on looking at their interest and not their identity saying “we the progressive forces, we say look at the interest of the people not the identity”. The Ugandan President spoke during[Read More…]
Defend the flag: You are not Oyee or Viva soldiers
By William Madouk Garang A renowned civil society activist has urged the newly graduated unified forces to defend the Country’s flag but not political parties’ interest, citing that let politicians under Kiir’s SPLM chant Oyee and Riek’s SPLM-IO hymn their own Viva. The Executive Director of Community Empowerment for Progress[Read More…]
SPLA-IO lawmakers call off parliamentary boycott
By Taban Henry The members of parliament at the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA) under the docket of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) on Monday called off their boycott of the parliamentary sitting. This came after the President and the First Vice President Dr. Riek[Read More…]
Kiir, Machar mull over security bill
By William Madouk Garang President Salva Kiir and his deputy Dr. Riek Machar have mulled over National Security Bill that bestowed unfettered (autonomous) authority the rights to detain suspects without warrant of arrest. On Thursday, the two principals exchanged views on various topics regarding the implementation of the Revitalized Peace[Read More…]
Adil, Mayen vow to end disasters by enacting bill
By Bida Elly David Central Equatoria State in partnership with the National Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management have jointly promised to speed up the implementation of the disaster, risk management bill to remedy natural and man-made disasters that have almost caused turmoil to the County. This development arose[Read More…]
Riek ready to face Kiir over Parliamentary row
By Taban Henry South Sudan First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar and the Chair of the Governance Cluster in the unity government is ready to meet President Salva Kiir to resolve the discrepancies of the Opposition lawmakers over passing of the political parties Act (amendment) Bill 2022. Earlier last week[Read More…]
Kiir sends team to assess States’ conflicts
By Bida Elly David President Salva Kiir Mayardit has directed the leadership of the Council of States to carry a visitation exercise in conflict affected States and the three Administrative Areas to trace out causes of the skirmishes and catastrophes. Kiir made the order when he met with the[Read More…]
Gov’t to launch nationwide consultation on truth, reconciliation and healing
By Taban Henry The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs has on Thursday planned to launch the National Public Consultation as a way of establishing the Commission for Truth, Reconciliation and Healing as indicated in the chapter 5 of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic[Read More…]
R-JMEC enlightens Council of States on R-ARCSS
By Philip Buda Ladu The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) on Thursday convened an orientation workshop for the Members of Council of States on the Revitalized Peace Agreement, its status of implementation and the functions of the Council of States. Dr. Thomson Fontaine, the R-JMEC Chief of Staff-Strategy[Read More…]
Troika meets SPLM officials over sluggish peace implementation
By Adia Jildo Representatives of the Troika countries and members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party met on Thursday at the Party’s Secretariat in Juba to discuss challenges facing the implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement. Briefing journalists after the meeting, Bol Makueng, the SPLM Secretary for External[Read More…]
National Minister of Agriculture visits Western Equatoria
By Alex Digi The National Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries on Monday this week paid a visit to Western Equatoria state to assess the situation of the Agro-Complex in Nzara Speaking to the media on her arrival, Minister Josephine Joseph Lagu said the purpose of her visit was to assess[Read More…]
Committee meets military officers over Aneet incident
By Yien Gattuor Mead The fact finding Committee to investigate Aneet incidents under the leadership of the Vice President for Service Cluster, H.E. Hussein Abdelbagi Akol Ayii and Governor Lt Gen Dr Joseph Manytuil Wejang paid courtesy visit to Rumkor Military Baracks to assess and listen from the Joint Forces.[Read More…]
No insecurity alarm in Juba – Kiir
By Philip Buda Ladu President Salva Kiir Maryardit yesterday said there is no problem of insecurity in the capital city Juba, clearing the public’s dilemmas and fears of possible repeat of the 2016 J1 incident. Some media reported of security deployment around the streets of Presidential Palace J1 and the[Read More…]
Peace principals at loggerheads over army command
By Philip Buda Ladu President Salva Kiir and the First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar are portraying signs of strong disagreement over the unification of the Command of the yet to be graduated unified forces as the two key principals to the 2018 R-ARCSS differed on the ratio of forces’[Read More…]
Intense fight over position culminated into recent violence
The SPLA-IO Spokesperson Col. Lam Paul Gabriel/Courtesy photo By Taban Henry The Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition has blamed the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) for continues fight over position, a reason for the recent violence. This was revealed to the media on Thursday after fresh clashes hit[Read More…]
Almost 50% of security arrangement is dead
By Adia Jildo The SPLM-IO has cited attacks by the SPLM-IG and lack of commitment as reasons for their withdrawal from the peace and security arrangement. The chairperson and commander in chief of the SPLA-IO forces Dr. Riek Machar Teny made statement that they are not able to continue with[Read More…]
Washington IMF team checks financial reforms in Juba
By Philip Buda Ladu A visiting team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from Washington has completed a two weeks’ mission to Juba checking on the progress in the implementation of the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) and Public Finance Management Reforms agenda by the government. Chapter four of the Revitalized[Read More…]
Cabinet minister blasts Troika, R-JMEC
By Philip Buda Ladu The Minister of Cabinet Affairs in the R-TGoNU, Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro has bitterly expressed disappointment with the Troika countries (United States, United Kingdom and Norway) and R-JMEC saying they always dwell on reporting bad things about the Government of South Sudan. Dr. Lomuro, who represented[Read More…]
Blame games, fresh clashes rock military factions
Col. Lamp Paul SPLA-IO Major Gen. Lul Ruai [SSPDF] By Taban Henry/Kiden Stela Mandela Fresh clashes have hit the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition in Longechuk County in Upper Nile State on Thursday. Earlier this week, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/[Read More…]