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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 capital Juba, according to the Fourth Vice President Rebecca Nyandeng De Mabior. A family spokesperson confirmed that Luk had been battling an illness for quite sometime, without
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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 immediately appointed the new army chief. "The new Chief of Defense Forces is not new to the military. He [Okot] has been serving for nearly two years
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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 were confirmed on Saturday (1) and Sunday (3) In a statement, COVID-19 Incident Manager Dr. Angok Gordon said all three cases confirmed on Sunday are South Sudanese
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President Yoweri Museveni has today (Thursday - 4th April, 2019) received and held a meeting at State House Entebbe with his South Sudan counterpart, Mr. Salva Kiir. Mr. Kiir, who was accompanied by several high-ranking, officials of his government, was in Uganda for a one-day working visit on the invitation of
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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 foot into exile. Machar returned to the country to take part in the peace celebration today. The opposition leader is leading a small delegation. He was received at
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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 the country, pledging that he will provide protection to him. Kiir made the call while delivering an address at the SPLM meeting in Juba on Friday. The South
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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 respect the ceasefire agreements and report violations to the Ceasefire Transitional Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM). The IGAD council of ministers, in a communiqué of its 61st session on
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52% of South Sudanese girls are married before their 18th birthday with the young nation having the lowest secondary school enrollment rate world over, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on the Day of the African Child. The U.S-based rights body said more than 49 million of pregnant and married adolescent girls
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A South Sudanese official has requested the South African government to ensure the armed opposition leader, Riek Machar, who lives in South Africa, is isolated globally. "There is no such a thing. Riek Machar is still under arrest. He will not be allowed until when he denounces violence and accepts returning
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The former South Sudanese political detainees have issued a statement stating that ending the war in the country should be the priority before to hold a national dialogue or to discuss the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM)’s reunification. "We note with dismay that the current war which resumed in earnest in
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