Malakal, December 24, 2013 (SSNA) – An intense fighting erupted in Upper Nile State between warring forces of President Kiir and former VP Dr. Machar, the South Sudan News Agency has learned. The fighting occured early Tuesday at about 5:00am, South Sudan local time. Residents of Malakal reported that the Governor of Upper Nile, Simon…
Bor, December 21, 2013 (SSNA) — At least three jets of the Ugandan air force bombed the positions of the General Peter Gatdet Yak in Bor, the capital of Jonglei State. One of the jets is reported to have been shut down by Gatdet’s forces, Eyewitnesses in the area told the South Sudan News Agency….
Juba, December 19, 2013 (SSNA) — Fresh fightings have been reported in Unity and Jonglei States. Heavy gunfire was also heard in an area close to Bilpham, the headquarters of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), Eyewitnesses said. A clash between oil workers in oil-rich Unity State left at least 16 people dead. The Headquarters…
Juba, December 18, 2013 (SSNA) – Two military sites of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) in Jonglei state came under heavy attack early Wednesday morning from forces of General Peter Gatdet Yak. The assault comes just days after president Kiir accuses his political adversaries of an “attempted coup”—a claim widely interpreted as an indefensible….
Juba, December 17, 2013 (SSNA) — Fresh fighting erupted near presidential palace and the headquarters (Bilpham) of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) hours after South Sudanese president declared at a press conference that his government has taken full control of the security situation in the capital, Juba. Sporadic gunfire can be heard, heavy weapons…
Juba, December 16, 2013 (SSNA) — South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardiit has accused his political rivals of orchestrating of what he termed as “a failed coup”. On the state run SSTV, the visibly angry president assures the citizens that his government took full control of the security situation in the capital, Juba. He said…
Juba, December 15, 2013 (SSNA) — A fight has occurred late Sunday night between different groups of the presidential guards. The clash happened when one unit of the presidential guards was being suspected of incursion by another group. The SSNA was told that a sequence of heavy fights followed thereafter, but, no causality was reported….
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Juba, December 14, 2013 (SSNA) – Leaders of the South Sudan’s governing Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party have on Saturday pulled out of the National Liberation Council’s meeting and described the process as undemocratic. The SPLM’s leaders said that president Kiir has clearly demonstrated his unwillingness to solve the party’s political division during the…
Juba, December 6, 2013 (SSNA) — senior leaders of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) have on Friday hold a press conference and expressed their disappointments over what they described as “dictatorial tendencies” of President Salva Kiir. At the news conference, the members urged Kiir to immediately call the meeting of the SPLM Political Bureau…
Juba, November 15, 2013 (SSNA) — South Sudanese president Salva Kiir Mayardiit has on Friday announced the dissolution of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) main organs, leaving only the secretariat division to function. In his address, Kiir claims that his decision to dissolve SPLM’s structures was driven by the fact that the ruling party…