Tag: South Sudan
U.S. Ends Support to South Sudan Peace Implementation Mechanisms
The United States decided on Friday to end U.S. assistance for peace process monitoring mechanisms in South Sudan, pointing to the failure of the...
Mixed Reactions as Salva Kiir Promotes Aide to High Military Rank
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has promoted an aide to a high military rank, causing mixed reactions and protest in the army command structures.
Kiir,...
Sudan Fires Police Chief and Deputy
The transitional government in Sudan has fired the police chief and his deputy, days after large protests across the country as people called for...
South Sudan’s Minister for East African Affairs Dies – Official
South Sudan Minister of East African Affairs John Luk Jok has died, authorities have confirmed.
Mr Luk died Tuesday morning at his home in the...
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Sacks Army Chief
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir late Monday sacked his Chief of General Staff Gen. Gabriel Jok Riak, local media reported.
Gen. Johnson Juma Okot was...
South Sudan Covid19 Cases Shoot Up to 49
South Sudan’s Ministry of Health on has confirmed that the country recorded four more coronavirus cases, raising the total number to 49.
The four cases...
Museveni Holds Bilateral Meeting With Salva Kiir
President Yoweri Museveni has today (Thursday - 4th April, 2019) received and held a meeting at State House Entebbe with his South Sudan counterpart,...
Two Years Later, Machar Back in Juba for Peace Celebration
South Sudan’s main opposition leader Riek Machar has Wednesday morning arrived in the country’s capital Juba, more than two years after he fled on...
I have Forgiven Machar – Kiir
South Sudan President Salvar Kiir has called on his former vice, also leader of the nation’s largest armed rebel group to come back to...
IGAD to Slap Sanctions on Violators of S. Sudan Ceasefire Agreement
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African regional bloc that brokered the South Sudan’s peace pact, has urged the warring parties to...
