Machar’s deputy rejects calls to replace Olony
August 10, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The deputy chairperson of South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, Hendry Odwar has rejected calls by President Salva Kiir...
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US tells citizens to avoid travel to South Sudan
August 10, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The United States Department of State has issued a travel advisory for its citizens warning them of travel to South...
S. Sudan advocacy group concerned by gov’t ‘silence’ on Jonglei violence
August 9, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A South Sudan-based rights group has said that it is concerned by what it said is government silence on the...
Machar, Igga discuss economic reforms
August 8, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, and Vice President James Wani Igga have discussed ways to stabilize...
S. Sudan peace monitor says it supports formation of committee to address communal violence
August 8, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) has said that it supports the formation of a committee by...
South Sudan explains why Peter Biar desperately needed American’s Green Card
August 08, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan’s former lost boy, Peter Biar Ajak, who was detained for 18 months in South Sudan’s capital Juba, has gone...
Opposition officer defects, accuses Machar, wife of controlling group
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A senior opposition commander of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM/SPLA-IO), has declared his intention to defects from...
SPLA-IO commander dies in Khartoum
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A senior military officer of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO), led by First Vice President Dr. Riek...
VP Taban threatens to sue Ruweng lawmaker for defaming him
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan Vice President Taban Deng Gai has threatened to sue a Ruweng State MP who last month accused Taban...
Full press statement by Ateny Wek against Peter Biar Ajak
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan presidential press secretary, Ateny Wek Ateny, on Friday read out a press statement to the press to debunk...
Ex-NDM military chief forms faction
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Former military chief of general staff of the National Democratic Movement (NDM), General Nicodemus Deng Deng, who was removed from...
Kiir’s office accuses Biar of collusion with foreigners to radicalize youth
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan presidency has this morning accused economist and civil rights activist Peter Biar Ajak who fled to the United...
S. Sudanese refugee Yiech Biel appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) has appointed a South Sudanese refugee and athlete, Yien Puoch Biel, as...
SPLM-IO accuses Kiir’s side of reneging on peace implementation
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has accused the SPLM-IG...
Peter Biar challenges Kiir to prove he didn’t want to kill him
August 6, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan civil rights activist and youth leader Peter Biar Ajak who fled to exile in the United States of...
Nation Security chief prevented from boarding plane for Tonj – sources
August 6, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s national security chief general Akol Koor has reported been prevented and denied to board a plan fort Tonj...
SPLM-IO condemns harassment of members in Lakes state
August 6, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO led by the country’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has condemned...
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...
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...