Update: Transport minister arrives at scene of air crash
August 22, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s minister of transport Madut Biar has arrived at the scene of today’s air crash in the capital Juba,...
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After rumors of increasing rifts, General Akol Koor meets Kiir
August 22, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – After weeks of speculations of a souring relationship between President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the country’s intelligence chief General Akol...
Opinion: The R- ARCSS was dead on arrival and it’s slowly but surely heading to its final destination- the grave!
By Peter Pal Chuol August 22, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – It is an open secret to the South Sudanese and the international community that, the peace...
S. Sudan: renewed ethnic violence in Jonglei kills over 100 people
August 22, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Renewed intercommunal violence in the country’s Greater Jonglei has killed over 100 people in recent days, according to the international...
Plane crash in South Sudan’s capital kills dozens
August 21, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A plane that has crashed in South Sudan after takeoff from Juba airport this morning has reportedly killed almost all...
Central Bank denies reports it run out of currency
August 21, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan Central Bank has denied in a statement this afternoon that it has run out of hard currency saying...
S. Sudan parties agree on allocation of positions in states – Makuei
August 21, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan parties to the revitalized peace agreement have finally agreed to the allocation of the positions in the states...
SPLM-IO says Sudanese gov’t mediating over Olony
August 21, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, is mediating between it and the SPLM-IO led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit...
Kiir to replace finance minister, Central Bank governor Â
August 21, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit is set to replace the country’s finance minister and the governor of the embattled...
Western Bahr el Ghazal governor calls for reconciliation
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The newly appointed governor of South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal state, Ms. Sarah Cleto Rial has urged unity between...
South Sudan army increasing militarization of Juba
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) is increasing its militarization of the country’s capital Juba, a document obtained by Nyamilepedia...
SPLA-IO general detained by SSPDF in Tonj released
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Senior SPLA-IO general who has been detained since late last month by the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) in...
S. Sudan VP’s guards killed in clash with unknown gunmen near Juba
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Six bodyguards of South Sudan’s vice-president for economic cluster James Wani Igga have been killed after unknown armed men attacked...
China sends medical experts to South Sudan to help fight coronavirus
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A team of Chinese medical experts arrived in South Sudan on Wednesday to strengthen the east African nation’s fight against...
SSPDF personnel who killed 2 people in Juba this morning arrested – police
August 19, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A member of South Sudan People’s Defense Force who killed 2 people at a house of an army general in...
South Sudan army accused of raping women in Tonj
August 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A South Sudan women leader at Romich Center has accused the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) of raping women...
South Sudan rebels blame Tonj fighting on government
August 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan holdout opposition group has blamed the government of President Salva Kiir Mayardit for the deadly fighting which took...
General Hemeti urges Kiir to appoint Olony as governor
August 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The deputy chairperson of the Sudanese Sovereign Council General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo who is better known as Hemeti has urged...
R-JMEC inaugurates its new chairman
August 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The newly appointed chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evacuation Commission (R-JMEC) Major General Charles Tai Tituai has been...
IGAD Executive Secretary meets Machar in Juba
August 17, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The IGAD Executive Secretary, Mr. Workneh Gebeyehu, has this afternoon met South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny...
Boat carrying cattle capsizes near Bor town
August 17, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A boat carrying a good number of cattle has sank into the river Nile this evening, according to several sources...