S. Sudan army arrests own members for starting deadly Tonj fighting – spokesman
August 15, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) has said that two of its members have been arrested and set for investigation...
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Woman, son die in Northern Bahr el Ghazal for eating expired sorghum
August 15, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A woman and her son have died in the country’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state after depending on expired sorghum...
Jieng Council of Elders to mediate between Kiir, NSS chief
August 14, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The Jieng Council of Elders (JCE) is planning to mediate between President Salva Kiir Mayardit and National Security Chief General...
UN sets up base in Tonj to prevent further violence
August 14, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A temporary United Nations peacekeeping base has been set up in Tonj and regular patrols are underway to deter a...
SSPDF disarming SPLA-IO soldiers in Wau
August 14, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) is disarming members of the main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, in the capital...
‘I will never vow down to apologize to VP Taban’ – Ruweng lawmaker
August 14, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Outspoken Ruweng lawmaker who was threatened with a lawsuit by vice-president Taban Deng Gai last week has refused to apologize...
Opinion: S. Sudan oil industry transformation is failing unless there is a reform in the ministry of petroleum and Nile Petroleum Corporation
By Gabriel Matut Maliah. August 14, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Change hurts. It makes people insecure, confused, and angry. People want things to be the same...
Body of SPLA-IO officer who died in Sudan laid to rest in Rubkona
August 13, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The body of senior SPLA-IO officer who died in the Sudanese capital Khartoum last week has been transported and laid...
Kiir orders “temporary” suspension of disarmament in Tonj
August 13, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has ordered the temporary suspension of the ongoing deadly disarmament in the country’s Warrap...
Kiir declares state of emergency in Jonglei, Pibor
August 13, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has declared a state of emergency in the country’s Jonglei state and the Greater...
Machar, UN official discuss peace implementation
August 12, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s First Vice President and leader of the SPLM-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has on Wednesday met the UN...
Egyptian spy chief, health minister pay surprise visit to Kiir
August 12, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS) General Abbas Kamel, and health minister Hala Zayed, have paid a...
Ethnic fighting in Port Sudan leaves 25 dead
August 12, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Tribal clashes that have gripped a Sudanese port city over the past three days have killed at least 25 people...
Chiefs, traditional leaders in Tonj urge Kiir to dismiss army intelligence chief
August 12, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Traditional chiefs and community leaders in South Sudan’s Tonj East County are calling on President Salva Kiir Mayardit to remove...
Thousands of Wau residents turn out to welcome first female governor
August 11, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Thousands of residents of Western Bahr el Ghazal state’s capital Wau have turned out to welcome the state’s first female...
S. Sudan army says 82 civilians, 45 servicemen killed as death toll in Tonj fighting increases
August 11, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan army has said this afternoon in a statement that at least eighty-two (82) civilians and forty-five 45 servicemen...
Key suspects in death of Lual Marine released on bail
August 11, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Two members of South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) who are accused of killing Lt. Col. Lual Akook Wol Kiir...
Fighting between SSPDF disarmament force and armed civilians kills 80 in Tonj
August 11, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Fierce fighting has broken out between a disarmament force of the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) and armed civilians...
SPLA-IO denies defections among rank and file
August 11, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The SPLA-IO has denied that there was defection among its rank and file, saying the main armed opposition group had...
South Sudan parties reach agreement to share power in states
August 10, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan parties to the revitalized peace agreement and the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) have this afternoon...
Opinion: The Death of Kerbino
By Dauti Kahura August 10, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – On 14 June 2020, a Sunday afternoon, a young South Sudanese entrepreneur-turned-insurgent died a macabre death in...