SPLM-IO demands answers for rejection of General Olony
July 6, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, is demanding answers to why its nominee for Upper Nile state, General Johnson...
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South Sudan: 2 SSPDF soldiers kidnapped by Ugandan army  Â
July 6, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Two members of South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) have been kidnapped by the Ugandan army near Nimule, according to...
Opinion: Salva Kiir uses fear-mongering to impede Johnson Olony appointment
By Duop Chak Wuol July 6, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) — President Salva Kiir through his press office recently claimed that he is against the appointment of...
Opinion: Why poverty while we have billions-worth natural resources
By Beek Mabior, Nairobi, Kenya July 6, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Hi citizenry of my country, kindly allow me to spell out and read this magnificent...
Opinion: Fortitude is the only medicine for the people of Rubkona County
By Wicmuon Geng Chan Kuany July 1, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Rubkona County is located in the Centre north of Unity State and covers an area...
Kiir demands Olony is replaced with a Nuer
July 1, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has demanded that SPLM-IO leader and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny replace...
SSOA official says Dr. Lam acting outside alliance’s charter
June 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A senior member of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) has accused the secretary-general of the group and leader of...
Dr. Lam asks Kiir to consider his nominee for Jonglei governor
June 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan prominent opposition and National Democratic Movement (NDM) leader Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin has appealed to President Salva Kiir...
UN says S. Sudan’s organized forces joining intercommunal violence
June 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s organized forces – the army, National Security Service, police – are joining the ongoing intercommunal violence in different...
Opinion: Women and the rule of law in South Sudan
By Jackline Akuot Mangok June 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The rule of law is the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it...
SPLA-IO general dies in Sudan
June 24, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A member of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM/SPLA-IO) has died in the Sudanese capital Khartoum this week,...
Machar to convene consultative meeting to nominate governors
June 19, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar Teny is set to convene a consultative meeting of the two...
Dr. Lam, Bapiny Manytuil welcome states resolution
June 19, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Top senior members of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) have welcomed the agreement reached by President Salva Kiir and...
South Sudan army accuses Uganda of intrusion into its territory
June 19, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan army has accused neighboring Uganda of intrusion into its territory denying reports by the Ugandan media that four...
South Sudan blocked UN mission from carrying out duties – UN chief
June 19, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan government blocked members of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) from carrying out their activities over...
S. Sudan army attack leaves senior SPLA-IO officer dead in W. Equatoria – official
June 19, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A senior commander of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) has been killed in Western Equatoria state after...
AU sanctions South Sudan over failure to pay membership arrears
June 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The African Union (AU) has sanctioned South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, over its failure – for three consecutive three...
S. Sudan will not seek permission to build dam – presidential aide
June 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, will not seek the permission of anybody in order to build a dam along...
SSOA rejects Kiir-Machar agreement on states
June 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA), an opposition consortium that is a signatory to the revitalized peace agreement, has rejected...
Kerbino Wol’s family accuses gov’t of refusing to hand over his body
June 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The family of Kerbino Wol, the South Sudanese businessman and former National Security officer who was killed last week, has...