The Eastern Jikany Peace Initiative Council (EPIC) Office of the EPIC Executive Council JOINT PRESS RELEASE Date 10th September 2020 SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO NEGATIVE PROPAGANDA ACCUSING EPIC LEADERSHIP TO HAVE ADDRESSED LETTER TO PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR DESERVES NO ATTENTION September 11, 2020 (SSNA) — The Leadership of EPIC in South Sudan and worldwide is…
Juba, August 22, 2020 (SSNA) — A cargo plane carrying three passengers and five crew members crashed on Saturday in an area locally known as ‘Kameru neighborhood’. The lone survivor is a passenger. The authorities said the plane owned by a local company called South West Aviation crashed after it took off from Juba International…
Juba, August 11, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government soldiers have carried out a disarmament campaign which resulted in the death of more than 70 people, the government has said. According to the government, the clash between civilians and government forces began last weekend after civilians refused to hand their guns to the authorities. The…
Juba, August 7, 2020 (SSNA) — Church leaders in Tambura and Yambio are terrified as the rest of the people of South Sudan after killers or a killer slaughtered three innocent children in Juba. Still in shock, the church leaders reaffirm their sadness after August 2, 2020 the children and describe the unknown culprits or…
Nairobi/Juba, July 24, 2020 (SSNA) — A prominent South Sudanese economist and activist Peter Biar Ajak has fled to the United States with his family on Thursday after he was warned by a senior government official that President Salva Kiir has secretly ordered the national security to kill him in Kenya. Peter Biar told Reuters…
By Duop Chak Wuol July 19, 2020 (SSNA) — Born a fighter, revered for his presumptuous good behavior during the struggle, worked his way up to the then Southern Sudan anti-Khartoum armed group, and his accidental rise to the helm of the now ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party. The man in question is…
Juba, July 18, 2020 (SSNA) — The United States is willing to lift sanctions imposed on South Sudan if the young nation successfully implements lasting peace and reforms, U.S Ambassador to South Sudan Thomas Hushek told the BBC on Friday. Ambassador Hushek explained during the interview that his country laid out a specific language in…
What Might be the Potential or Possible Drive for South Sudan Economy and Administration to a Failure and Collapse? By Gatwech Gach Gatwech “On this matter, South Sudan has already been categorized as a fragile state and eventually to a total failed state as a result of a current conflict among others by Bank Groups”….
Juba, July 15, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir has today issued a republican decree, appointing Denay Jock Chagor as governor of Jonglei State. The announcement comes as Kiir and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar involve in an intense debate over who should be the governor of Upper Nile State. The decision…
Djibouti, July 15, 2020 (SSNA) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has given parties to South Sudan’s revitalized peace agreement 30 days to resolve all outstanding issues, warning that the regional bloc will intervene beginning on or after August 13, In its 36th extraordinary assembly of IGAD heads of state and government held through…