South Sudan gov’t orders closure of “special” bank accounts
August 22, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s Central bank Governor Jamal Abdalla Wani has ordered the closure of bank accounts designated by the bank as...
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Update: Transport minister arrives at scene of air crash
August 22, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s minister of transport Madut Biar has arrived at the scene of today’s air crash in the capital Juba,...
After rumors of increasing rifts, General Akol Koor meets Kiir
August 22, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – After weeks of speculations of a souring relationship between President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the country’s intelligence chief General Akol...
S. Sudan: renewed ethnic violence in Jonglei kills over 100 people
August 22, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Renewed intercommunal violence in the country’s Greater Jonglei has killed over 100 people in recent days, according to the international...
Plane crash in South Sudan’s capital kills dozens
August 21, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A plane that has crashed in South Sudan after takeoff from Juba airport this morning has reportedly killed almost all...
Central Bank denies reports it run out of currency
August 21, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan Central Bank has denied in a statement this afternoon that it has run out of hard currency saying...
S. Sudan parties agree on allocation of positions in states – Makuei
August 21, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan parties to the revitalized peace agreement have finally agreed to the allocation of the positions in the states...
SPLM-IO says Sudanese gov’t mediating over Olony
August 21, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, is mediating between it and the SPLM-IO led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit...
Kiir to replace finance minister, Central Bank governor
August 21, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit is set to replace the country’s finance minister and the governor of the embattled...
South Sudan army increasing militarization of Juba
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) is increasing its militarization of the country’s capital Juba, a document obtained by Nyamilepedia...
NAS confirms it killed Igga’s bodyguards
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s holdout opposition group, the National Salvation Front (NAS) led by General Thomas Cirilo Swaka has confirmed that it...
Machar, finance minister discuss economic reforms
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s Vice-President Dr. Riek Machar Teny and the country’s finance minister Salvatore Garang Mabiordit have met this afternoon and...
SPLA-IO general detained by SSPDF in Tonj released
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Senior SPLA-IO general who has been detained since late last month by the South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) in...
S. Sudan VP’s guards killed in clash with unknown gunmen near Juba
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Six bodyguards of South Sudan’s vice-president for economic cluster James Wani Igga have been killed after unknown armed men attacked...
SPLM-N demands immediate expulsion of General Hemeti at peace talks
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) faction under the leadership of General Abdel Aziz Adam al-Hilu has withdrawn from peace...
Russian opposition leader Navalny in comma after alleged poisoning
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny is in a coma and on a ventilator in a hospital in Siberia after falling...
Gov’t says it has run out of foreign exchange reserve
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan government has announced that it has run out of foreign exchange reserve, days after the Pound hit a...
China sends medical experts to South Sudan to help fight coronavirus
August 20, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A team of Chinese medical experts arrived in South Sudan on Wednesday to strengthen the east African nation’s fight against...
USAID sworn in a new Mission Director for South Sudan
August 19, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — The United States Agency for International Development(USAID), an independent agency of the United States federal government, has sworn in a new...