First Vice President Machar returns to work
June 15, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has returned to work today after more than one month in...
Category : Health
Deputy South Sudan central bank governor dies of COVID-19 in Kenya
June 10, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s first deputy of the country’s central bank has died in the Kenyan capital Nairobi of the novel coronavirus...
S. Sudan is the most dangerous place to live during COVID-19 pandemic – study
June 8, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan, the world’s newest country is the most dangerous place on the planned to live or travel in during...
South Sudan vice-president’s father dies of COVID-19
June 6, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Father of South Sudan vice-president Hussein Abdelbaggi who tested for COVID-19 in late May has died of COVID-19, officials close...
Machar, wife recover from COVID-19, spokesman confirms
June 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s first vice-president and the country’s minister of defense have recovered from COVID-19 after nearly one month of self-quaratine,...
South Sudan says “individuals” faking negative COVID-19 tests documents
June 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan government has said that some unnamed individuals are faking fake documents certifying negative coronavirus tests around Juba International...
South Sudan defense minister to return to work tomorrow – official
June 2, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan defense minister and senior member of the SPLM-IO Angelina Teny has recovered from COVID-19 and is due to...
Taban rejects replacement of Hussein Abdelbaggi as head of coronavirus taskforce
June 1, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s vice-president Taban Deng Gai has turned down a request by President Salva Kiir Mayardit to have him replace...
South Sudan vice-president tests positive for coronavirus
May 30, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) — A third South Sudan vice-president has announced that he has tested positive for coronavirus becoming the third in the presidency...
Makuei and Dr. Lam Twitter Battle goes viral on social media, Lam Denies
May 20, 2020(SSNN) — For the last few days, a few fake tweets, attributed to Dr. Lam Akol and Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth, have gone...
COVID-19: South Sudan cases surpass 300 as 57 others test positive
May 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Coronavirus cases in South Sudan have surpassed 300 after 57 more people tested positive on Monday, a senior health ministry...
Prominent South Sudan bussinessman dies of COVID-19
May 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – As South Sudan’s coronavirus cases rise, a prominent bussinessman in the world’s youngest nation has died of COVID-19, this afternoon...
South Sudan confirms first COVID-19 fatality as 28 more cases reported
May 14, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan government has confirmed the country’s first COVID-19-related death as the ministry of health said this evening that 28...
South Sudan: COVID-19 cases jumps to 120
May 8, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan government announced that coronavirus cases jumped to 120 after thirty more people – all of whom are South...
Machar asks Kiir to request import of Madagascar’s coronavirus “cure”
May 6, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s First Vice-President and deputy chairperson of the country’s High-Level Taskforce on Coronavirus, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has recommended...
South Sudan police deployed to prevent COVID-19 patients from mingling with public
May 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Members of South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) have been deployed in neighborhoods where coronavirus patients are being given home-care...
South Sudan’s COVID-19 cases rise to 52 as three more people tests positive
May 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan’s coronavirus cases have jumped to 52 after three more people tested positive on Monday, the country’s office of...
South Sudan: COVID-19 cases rises to 49
May 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan’s coronavirus cases have witnessed a sharp increase on Sunday after 3 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus...