COVID-19 taskforce to dispatch technical teams to states
August 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s National Taskforce on coronavirus has said that it will send technical teams to the ten states and the...
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South Sudan president’s son spotted in luxurious car in Nairobi
August 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir’s Son, Manut Salva Kiir, who sexually assaulted his sister in 2014, has been spotted driving...
Gov’t soldiers from Ruweng attack oil workers in Unity state
August 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Tensions are high at Unity oilfields in Unity state after armed soldiers from neighboring Ruweng Administrative Area attacked oil workers...
S. Sudan says relations improved with Sudan since toppling of al-Bashir
August 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan government has said that relations have improved with the government of Sudan since the removal of President Omar...
South Sudan: World Bank approves $45 million for local service delivery improvement
August 4, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The World Bank approved a $45 million International Development Association (IDA) grant for South Sudan to continue to improve access...
Opinion: Ateny Wek: The man who taxes president Kiir’s press team per trip
By Chol Duang August 3, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – In one of our casual conversations with a J1 reporter sometime in 2015, he told me how...
Kiir reportedly closed private airport belonging to Akol Koor
August 3, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit has reportedly ordered the closure of a private airport opened in June by National...
General Thomas Cirilo’s group condemns killing of children in Juba
August 3, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s holdout opposition group, National Salvation Front (NAS), led by General Thomas Cirilo Swaka, has condemned Saturday’s killing of...
S. Sudan: US urges “urgent” de-escalation of tensions
August 3, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The United States Embassy in South Sudan has called on the parties to the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity...
“No arrest has been made” – police spokesman
August 3, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan police spokesman has denied reports that the culprit responsible for the murder of three kids has been arrested,...
SSPDF says detained SPLA-IO officer is a “high-way” criminal
August 2, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan army has said that detained SPLA-IO military officer, Brigadier General Gabriel Bol Wek, is a highway robber and...
Analysis: Why peace agreements in South Sudan intensify the war economy
By Joshua Craze August 2, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Since becoming an independent country in 2011, a military elite has strengthened its hold on power in...
South Sudan spy chief working to replace Kiir – source
August 2, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s head of internal security bureau at the country’s national security service General Akol Koor Kuc is reportedly working...
Northern Bahr el Ghazal official urges youth to join Machar
August 1, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – A senior opposition official in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal state has urged the youth in the area to...
Kiir’s press secretary refutes rape claims at national security facility
August 1, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir’s press secretary Ateny Wek Ateny has refuted claims that political detainees at the national security...
SPLM-IO completes nomination of members of parliament
July 27, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s main armed opposition group, SPLM-IO, led by First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny, has said that it...
SSPDF continues attacks against SPLA-IO in Wau – official
July 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan People’s Defense Force (SSPDF) has continued to attack several SPLA-IO positions in the country’s Western Bahr el Ghazal...
Opinion: A just friendly reminder that dissent develops democracy
Beny Gideon Mabor July 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – the Republic of South Sudan is governed on the basis of constitutional democracy. According to the literature...
Opinion: A letter to politics: African and South Sudanese context
By Paul Ruot Dear Politics, July 25, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – I hope you’re doing great. I believe you are the art of running government policies...
S. Sudan: Ecobank investigates alleged sexual harassment
July 22, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The Ecobank in South Sudan has issued a statement saying that it has launched an investigation into allegations of sexual...
Olony not going to Juba on Monday – James Gatdet Dak
July 18, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – SPLM-IO nominee for governorship of Upper Nile state, General Johnson Olony Thambo, is not going to Juba on Monday as...