R-JMEC inaugurates its new chairman
August 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The newly appointed chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evacuation Commission (R-JMEC) Major General Charles Tai Tituai has been...
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IGAD Executive Secretary meets Machar in Juba
August 17, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The IGAD Executive Secretary, Mr. Workneh Gebeyehu, has this afternoon met South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny...
Boat carrying cattle capsizes near Bor town
August 17, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A boat carrying a good number of cattle has sank into the river Nile this evening, according to several sources...
Opinion: So much to do, so little time
By Mabior Garang de’Mabior August 17, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – As we continue to face man-made and natural disasters in our land, it is becoming clearer...
Kiir agrees to let Akol Koor stay as NSS chief until 2023
August 17, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has agreed to let General Akol Koor stay as director of the Internal Security...
Israeli spy chief says country will normalize ties with Sudan before 2021
August 176, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Israeli intelligence chief Eli Cohen has said that his country is nearing an agreement with Sudan to normalize ties, days...
Tonj disarmament to continue despite deadly fighting
August 15, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The disarmament in South Sudan’s Tonj area of Warrap state will continue despite deadly fighting last week which led to...
No disarmament for Jonglei this season – army spokesman
August 15, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan army spokesman Major General Lul Ruai Koang has said that no disarmament plan for the country’s Jonglei state...
S. Sudan army arrests own members for starting deadly Tonj fighting – spokesman
August 15, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) has said that two of its members have been arrested and set for investigation...
Woman, son die in Northern Bahr el Ghazal for eating expired sorghum
August 15, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A woman and her son have died in the country’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state after depending on expired sorghum...
Jieng Council of Elders to mediate between Kiir, NSS chief
August 14, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The Jieng Council of Elders (JCE) is planning to mediate between President Salva Kiir Mayardit and National Security Chief General...
SSPDF disarming SPLA-IO soldiers in Wau
August 14, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) is disarming members of the main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, in the capital...
‘I will never vow down to apologize to VP Taban’ – Ruweng lawmaker
August 14, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Outspoken Ruweng lawmaker who was threatened with a lawsuit by vice-president Taban Deng Gai last week has refused to apologize...
Opinion: S. Sudan oil industry transformation is failing unless there is a reform in the ministry of petroleum and Nile Petroleum Corporation
By Gabriel Matut Maliah. August 14, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Change hurts. It makes people insecure, confused, and angry. People want things to be the same...
Body of SPLA-IO officer who died in Sudan laid to rest in Rubkona
August 13, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The body of senior SPLA-IO officer who died in the Sudanese capital Khartoum last week has been transported and laid...
Machar, UN official discuss peace implementation
August 12, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s First Vice President and leader of the SPLM-IO, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has on Wednesday met the UN...
Egyptian spy chief, health minister pay surprise visit to Kiir
August 12, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (GIS) General Abbas Kamel, and health minister Hala Zayed, have paid a...
Ethnic fighting in Port Sudan leaves 25 dead
August 12, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Tribal clashes that have gripped a Sudanese port city over the past three days have killed at least 25 people...
Chiefs, traditional leaders in Tonj urge Kiir to dismiss army intelligence chief
August 12, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Traditional chiefs and community leaders in South Sudan’s Tonj East County are calling on President Salva Kiir Mayardit to remove...
Thousands of Wau residents turn out to welcome first female governor
August 11, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Thousands of residents of Western Bahr el Ghazal state’s capital Wau have turned out to welcome the state’s first female...
S. Sudan army says 82 civilians, 45 servicemen killed as death toll in Tonj fighting increases
August 11, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan army has said this afternoon in a statement that at least eighty-two (82) civilians and forty-five 45 servicemen...