Tag: South Sudan News
South Sudan Says Will Uphold Death Penalty
South Sudan says it would uphold the death penalty despite repeated calls for moratorium on executions in the country.
The decision was reached after the...
South Sudan’s Kiir Vows Not to Spare Coup Plotters Again
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Tuesday while giving a speech at the swearing-in ceremony of the SPLM party secretary general, Peter Lam...
South Sudan Army Chief Urges Unified Force to Protect Territorial Integrity
South Sudan’s army chief of staff, Gen. Santino Deng Wol has urged the unified forces to guard and protect the country’s territorial integrity against...
20-Year-Old South Sudanese Stabbed to Death in a Refugee Camp in...
The chairperson of the South Sudanese refugee community at the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in Bweyale, Uganda says a 20-year-old man was stabbed to death during...
South Sudan: 14 Killed in Fresh Attacks in Jonglei
At least 14 people were killed and 16 others injured in separate attacks in Uror and Duk counties of Jonglei State on Friday, according...
South Sudan: SPLM-IO Rejects Dismissal of Jonglei Assembly Speaker
South Sudan’s main opposition group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In-Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by First Vice President Riek Machar has condemned a decision by...
South Sudan: 13 Killed in Attack in Abyei Region
At least 13 people were killed and five others wounded in an attack in the Abyei region that’s disputed between South Sudan and Sudan,...
South Sudan: Former Defence Minister Gen. Kong Nyuon Dies in Kenya
The former governor of Jonglei State, General John Kong Nyuon, died at the Nairobi Hospital in Kenya.
A family member revealed that the former governor...
South Sudan: 12 SPLA-IO-Machar Officers Defect to Rival SSUM/A
Twelve army officers with South Sudan’s main opposition group, SPLA-IO, on Friday defected to South Sudan United Movement/Army (SSUM/A) under Denay Jock Chagor in...
South Sudan: President Kiir Sends Peacekeeping Troops to DRC
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir on Wednesday bid farewell to more than 700 peacekeepers to be deployed in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the...