South Sudan: BREAKING NEWS, media & analyses
July 21, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The UAE sent an aid plane carrying 7.5 metric tons of medical supplies and testing kits to South Sudan. This aid will assist approximately 7,500 medical professionals as they work to contain the virus while bolstering efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Mohamed Salem Ahmed Mosaad Al Rashdi, UAE Ambassador to Ethiopia and Non-Resident […]
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June 10, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has fired the undersecretary in the country’s ministry of health Makur Matur Koryom. According to a presidential decree read out on the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC), Kiir removed the Makur and replaced him – in a separate decree – with Mayen Machut Machiek. The decree did not […]
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June 8, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan government said on Sunday that six of its more senior officials who were tested positive for COVID-19 last month have recovered after the ministry of health’s public laboratory said last tests for the officials have returned negative. The country’s First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny and his wife and defense minister Angelina […]
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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 vice-president Hussein Abdelbaggi as head of the country’s National Taskforce on COVID-19, officials close to the former First Vice-President have said. This comes after Hussein announced in a televised address that he has tested positive […]
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May 27, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Latest reports here in Juba, South Sudan, confirms that the fifth Vice President Hussein Abdelbagi, who is also the chairman of National Taskforce on Covid-19, has also tested positive to the virus. Hon. Abdelbagi is among the latest COVID-19 patients who were confirmed today, Wednesday, May 27th 2020. “The Vice President and the chairman of […]
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May 23, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has said this afternoon that he is recovering well from the coronavirus disease also known as COVID-19. This comes after reports circulated on social media alleged that the powerful opposition and SPLM-IO leader has been evacuated to a European country after his health conditions deteriorated following […]
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May 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny and his wife Angelina who is also the country’s defense minister have both tested positive for COVID-19, a statement from his office said. James Gatdet Dak, the press secretary in the office of the first vice-president said Machar’s samples and those of his wife were collected […]
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May 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Coronavirus cases in South Sudan have surpassed 300 after 57 more people tested positive on Monday, a senior health ministry official said in a statement this evening. Dr. Makur Koryiom, the undersecretary of South Sudan’s ministry of health said 57 people – almost all are South Sudanese – tested positive bringing the total number of […]
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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 in the country’s capital Juba, sources familiar with the issue have confirmed. Athiana Achiek Majok, a prominent bussinessman who owns many shopping centres and other businesses in both Juba and some states was infected by […]
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May 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan’s ministry of health said on Wednesday that sixteen more people have tested positive for the coronavirus, the second highest in a day since the government confirmed 28 cases in a single day last week. The announcement brings the to South Sudan’s coronavirus tally to 74. “188 test results were released by the Public […]
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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 to President Salva Kiir to request from the Madagascar President, Andry Rajoelina, the import of what Madagascar believed to be a cure. Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina last month launched an herbal remedy that he claimed could […]
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May 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Sharp fall in global oil prices and the outbreak of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic is hurting the implementation of South Sudan’s revitalized peace agreement and the country’s economy, experts say. Even as the civil war in South Sudan ended a few months back, the sharp fall in global oil prices and coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic […]
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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 to prevent them from mingling with members of the public, police spokesman, Brigadier General Daniel Justin, said Tuesday. This comes after the country’s high level Taskforce on COVID-19 said they have received reports that COVID-19 […]
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May 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan announced on Tuesday that six (6) more people tested positive for coronavirus bringing the total of the country’s confirmed infection with the virus to 58. The announcement was made by the first vice president Dr. Riek Machar Teny who is also the deputy chairperson of the coronavirus high-level taskforce today during a meeting […]
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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 the First Vice President said in a statement. “Three more cases of Covid-19 were confirmed today, May 4, 2020. These were two South Sudanese and one truck driver at Nimule border crossing with Uganda,” the […]
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May 2, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s Ministry of Health confirmed 10 new cases of COVID-19 late Friday, bringing the total number of infections to 45. Out of 138 samples tested, ten new cases were confirmed as positive, including two truck drivers at the Nimule border crossing and two domestic travelers. The other six cases are close contacts with previous […]
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April 29, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan coronavirus cases have jumped to 35 after the government announced one more positive case following an early 28. South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny said on Tuesday morning that 28 people tested positive after the High-Level Taskforce tested around 130 people. “Of these, 28 cases were confirmed positive while 10, […]
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April 27, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) — Uganda and South Sudan governments’ decisions to deport a Tanzanian and Kenyan nationals who tested positive for Covid-19 has strained relations among EAC member countries, putting at risk cross-border movement of goods in the region. The repatriations, which are against World Health Organisation guidelines on how to handle pandemics such as the Covid-19 outbreak, have […]
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April 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan vice-president James Wani Igga has urged traders in South Sudan to reduce prices during the novel coronavirus pandemic to cope with the crisis. The vice president who heads the Economic Cluster in the transitional government says all essential commodities should be made affordable. Last week, the Chamber of Commerce said they have noticed […]
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April 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has reportedly ordered former governor of the defunct Buma state, General David Yau Yau, to report to Juba, sources close to the South Sudanese head of state said on Saturday. For the last few weeks, Yau Yau has been mobilizing youth to attack villages in the Greater Akobo as […]
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April 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Washing your hands regularly with clean water and soap has been recommended as one of the effective ways of slowing the spread of COVID-19. In South Sudan one businessman has tapped into the demand of hand washing containers in report compiled by CGTN’s Patrick Oyet in Juba. Timal Ahmed owned a shop selling construction materials […]
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