Key suspects in death of Lual Marine released on bail
August 11, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Two members of South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) who are accused of killing Lt. Col. Lual Akook Wol Kiir...
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SPLA-IO denies defections among rank and file
August 11, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The SPLA-IO has denied that there was defection among its rank and file, saying the main armed opposition group had...
South Sudan parties reach agreement to share power in states
August 10, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan parties to the revitalized peace agreement and the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) have this afternoon...
Juba University student identified as killer of three children
August 10, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan police have identified the criminal who killed three children in the South Sudanese capital Juba last week, police...
Opinion: The Death of Kerbino
By Dauti Kahura August 10, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – On 14 June 2020, a Sunday afternoon, a young South Sudanese entrepreneur-turned-insurgent died a macabre death in...
Machar’s deputy rejects calls to replace Olony
August 10, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The deputy chairperson of South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, Hendry Odwar has rejected calls by President Salva Kiir...
S. Sudan advocacy group concerned by gov’t ‘silence’ on Jonglei violence
August 9, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A South Sudan-based rights group has said that it is concerned by what it said is government silence on the...
Machar, Igga discuss economic reforms
August 8, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, and Vice President James Wani Igga have discussed ways to stabilize...
S. Sudan peace monitor says it supports formation of committee to address communal violence
August 8, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC) has said that it supports the formation of a committee by...
VP Taban threatens to sue Ruweng lawmaker for defaming him
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan Vice President Taban Deng Gai has threatened to sue a Ruweng State MP who last month accused Taban...
Ex-NDM military chief forms faction
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Former military chief of general staff of the National Democratic Movement (NDM), General Nicodemus Deng Deng, who was removed from...
Kiir’s office accuses Biar of collusion with foreigners to radicalize youth
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan presidency has this morning accused economist and civil rights activist Peter Biar Ajak who fled to the United...
S. Sudanese refugee Yiech Biel appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) has appointed a South Sudanese refugee and athlete, Yien Puoch Biel, as...
SPLM-IO accuses Kiir’s side of reneging on peace implementation
August 7, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny has accused the SPLM-IG...
Unity state governor meets Leek community
August 6, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s Unity state governor Joseph Nguen Manytuil Wijang has met the Leek community in his office in Bentiu on...
SPLA-IO accuses army of provocation, violation of peace deal
August 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLA-IO, led by the country’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has accused...
Dr. Lam removes his military chief
August 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Prominent opposition and National Democratic Movement (NDM) leader Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin has removed his military chief, General Nicodemus Deng...
Ex-SSBC journalist reveals why he was forced to flee South Sudan
August 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A South Sudan journalist who previously worked for the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC) as a news anchor and...
Armed youth from Parieng kills 3 people in Tonja
August 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – At least three people have been killed and five others wounded when armed youth from Ruweng Administrative Area’s Parieng attacked...
South Sudan advocacy group urges justice for slain kids
August 5, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Juba-based advocacy group, the Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA) has said that it has been shocked by the gruesome...
Fire guts Bentiu POC, millions-worth goods destroyed
August 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Fire has swept through much of Bentiu’s protection of civilians site which is manned by the United Nations Mission in...