Amid escalating ethnic violence Cambodia sends more peacekeepers to South Sudan
August 27, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Amid alarming ethnic violence in South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, Cambodia has dispatched more troops to South Sudan where...
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South Sudan’s Kiir, Qatari Emir discuss ties, peace process in phone call
August 27, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani discussed bilateral relations in...
Deliver services to Melut residents now, Dr. Lam urges gov’t
August 27, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan prominent opposition leader Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin has urged the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) to...
UPDATE: Detained lawyer released by NSS without charges
August 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Detained South Sudan lawyer Kuoch Malek Deng who was arrested by the National Security Service (NSS) on Tuesday has just...
South Sudan to partially takeover management of oilfields from Chinese firm
August 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan will let China National Petroleum Corp.’s contract as operator in some oilfields expire, allowing state-owned Nile Petroleum Corp....
NSS detains lawyer for criticizing gov’t economic policies
August 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s national security service is detaining a lawyer for allegedly criticizing economic policies of the government, several sources with...
Dead body found floating in a swimming pool at Rock City Hotel in Juba
August 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) -Residents of Rock city in South Sudan’s capital Juba are saying that a dead body of a young man was found...
Sudan wants “timely” formation of South Sudan’s unified army
August 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The Sudanese government has said that it is working with South Sudan parties to the revitalized peace agreement to make...
S. Sudan army deploys more troops to restive Central Equatoria region
August 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan army has deployed thousands of its service-men in the country’s restive region of Central Equatoria days after a...
Kiir forms committee to manage economic crisis
August 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has this evening issued a Republican Order establishing a economic management committee to handle...
UN calls for “thorough” prove into controversial killing of US journalist in South Sudan
August 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Three years after the controversial killing of freelance journalist Christopher Allen in South Sudan, a UN human rights expert today...
Ethiopian premier arrives in Sudan for one-day state visit
August 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is paying an official visit to Sudan on Tuesday, during which he will discuss with...
First Israel-Sudan direct flight as US secretary of state leaves for Khartoum from Tel AviV
August 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took off on the first official direct Tel Aviv-Khartoum flight on Tuesday morning, a day...
South Sudan told to float currency before loan – sources
August 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan government has reportedly been given a condition by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before walking away with a...
Ayod Island residents call for emergency evacuation amid devastating flood
August 24, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — A group of islands in South Sudan’s Ayod county are experiencing one of the most devastating emergencies as flood worsens in...
US Secretary of State visits Sudan
August 24 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo who is currently on a state visit to Israel is visiting Sudan...
South Sudan appeals to IMF World Bank for bailout as economy collapses
August 24 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan government has appealed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank for an economic bailout as...
Kenyan leader urged to help restore peace in war-torn S. Sudan
August 24, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has been urged by a South Sudanese activist to intervene in South Sudan, Kenya’s northern neighbor,...
S. Sudan army threatens to use “deadly force” against rebels
August 24, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s army has threatened to use what it said would be a deadly force against holdout opposition groups which...
Sudanese rebel leader not killed during last week’s plane crash in Juba – statement
August 24, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Sudanese rebel leader General Abdel Aziz Adam al-Hilu was not inside the cargo plane which crashed in South Sudan’s capital...
Defrocked Archbishop Reuben Akurdid sets conditions for his retirement
August 23, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — As part of a controversy that has flared on for weeks, the Archbishop of the Diocese of Bor, Reuben Akurdid, hints...