Tag: Riek Machar
South Sudan: Machar’s SPLM-IO Declares Readiness for Elections
Oyet Nathaniel, the deputy chairman of the opposition SPLM-IO, says the party will be ready for elections if critical pending tasks of the peace...
South Sudan: SPLM-IO Meets After Stalemate Over Defense Ministry
Officials of the former rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) met on Thursday and decided the next move after a stalemate over the...
Machar’s Party Faults Warrap Governor for ‘Violating Peace Agreement’
The Sudan People Liberation Movement in-Opposition (SPLM-IO) in Warrap State last week accused their principal peace partner, SPLM, and by extension, the state government,...
South Sudan: Kiir Has No Right to Remove Defence Minister Without...
President Salva Kiir has no right to replace or appoint a minister from another party without consultation or being notified by the concerned party’s...
South Sudan: Why Kiir Fired Machar’s Wife as Defense Minister
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir sacked the defense minister recently – in a shocking move that sparked questions on the motive of the action.
Kiir...
South Sudan: Minister Makuei Defends Sacking of Machar’s Wife as Defence...
South Sudanese Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth has defended last week’s decision by President Salva Kiir Mayardit to fire the former Minister of Defense...
South Sudan: Kiir, Machar Meet in Juba
The anticipated meeting between South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar is underway, an official said Friday.
The meeting comes barely...
South Sudan: Machar Wants His Wife Reinstated as Defence Minister
The SPLM-IO faction led by First Vice President Riek Machar has written a statement asking for the sacked defense minister to be reinstated.
On Friday...
South Sudan: Kiir, Machar Agree to Scrap NSS Powers to Arrest...
President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his First Deputy President, Dr. Riek Machar have agreed to scrap the powers of the National Security Service to...
South Sudan: Machar, U.S Envoy Discuss Increasing Subnational Violence
South Sudan’s First Vice President, Riek Machar and the United States ambassador to South Sudan, Michael Adler, on Monday discussed subnational violence raging on...