SPLA-IO accuses army of provocation, violation of peace deal
August 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, led by the country’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has accused...
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Dr. Lam removes his military chief
August 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Prominent opposition and National Democratic Movement (NDM) leader Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin has removed his military chief, General Nicodemus Deng...
Ex-SSBC journalist reveals why he was forced to flee South Sudan
August 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A South Sudan journalist who previously worked for the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) as a news anchor and...
Armed youth from Parieng kills 3 people in Tonja
August 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – At least three people have been killed and five others wounded when armed youth from Ruweng Administrative Area’s Parieng attacked...
South Sudan advocacy group urges justice for slain kids
August 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Juba-based advocacy group, the Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA) has said that it has been shocked by the gruesome...
Fire guts Bentiu POC, millions-worth goods destroyed
August 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Fire has swept through much of Bentiu’s protection of civilians site which is manned by the United Nations Mission in...
COVID-19 taskforce to dispatch technical teams to states
August 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s National Taskforce on coronavirus has said that it will send technical teams to the ten states and the...
South Sudan president’s son spotted in luxurious car in Nairobi
August 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir’s Son, Manut Salva Kiir, who sexually assaulted his sister in 2014, has been spotted driving...
Gov’t soldiers from Ruweng attack oil workers in Unity state
August 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Tensions are high at Unity oilfields in Unity state after armed soldiers from neighboring Ruweng Administrative Area attacked oil workers...
S. Sudan says relations improved with Sudan since toppling of al-Bashir
August 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan government has said that relations have improved with the government of Sudan since the removal of President Omar...
South Sudan: World Bank approves $45 million for local service delivery improvement
August 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The World Bank approved a $45 million International Development Association (IDA) grant for South Sudan to continue to improve access...
Opinion: Ateny Wek: The man who taxes president Kiir’s press team per trip
By Chol Duang August 3, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – In one of our casual conversations with a J1 reporter sometime in 2015, he told me how...
Kiir reportedly closed private airport belonging to Akol Koor
August 3, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has reportedly ordered the closure of a private airport opened in June by National...
General Thomas Cirilo’s group condemns killing of children in Juba
August 3, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s holdout opposition group, National Salvation Front (NAS), led by General Thomas Cirilo Swaka, has condemned Saturday’s killing of...
S. Sudan: US urges “urgent” de-escalation of tensions
August 3, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The United States Embassy in South Sudan has called on the parties to the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity...
“No arrest has been made” – police spokesman
August 3, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan police spokesman has denied reports that the culprit responsible for the murder of three kids has been arrested,...
SSPDF says detained SPLA-IO officer is a “high-way” criminal
August 2, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan army has said that detained SPLA-IO military officer, Brigadier General Gabriel Bol Wek, is a highway robber and...
Analysis: Why peace agreements in South Sudan intensify the war economy
By Joshua Craze August 2, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Since becoming an independent country in 2011, a military elite has strengthened its hold on power in...
South Sudan spy chief working to replace Kiir – source
August 2, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s head of internal security bureau at the country’s national security service General Akol Koor Kuc is reportedly working...
Northern Bahr el Ghazal official urges youth to join Machar
August 1, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A senior opposition official in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state has urged the youth in the area to...
Kiir’s press secretary refutes rape claims at national security facility
August 1, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir’s press secretary Ateny Wek Ateny has refuted claims that political detainees at the national security...