Office of the EPIC Executive Council JOINT PRESS RELEASE Date:16th April 2020 Subject: Position paper on the current defection of Hon Dak Duop Bichiok to SPLMIG led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit April 17, 2020 (SSNA) — We, the Eastern Jikany Peace Initiative Conference (EPIC) is surprised by the recent defection of a group of…
Juba, April 16, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s Ministry of Health has stepped up its readiness to contain the spread of the Coronavirus by partnering with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Stated-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a memo obtained by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) shows. The text…
Juba, April 15, 2020 (SSNA) — The newly formed transitional government of national unity is in danger of imminent collapse as President Salva Kiir and his allies secretly planning ways to block full implementation of the September 2018 revitalized peace agreement, an official with South Sudan’s national security who has full knowledge of the matter…
Juba, April 12, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s former justice minister, Paulino Wanawilla Unango, has died, a senior government official who declined to named in the report because of he was not authorized to speak to the media told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) on Sunday evening in Juba. The official explained that the…
Juba, April 11, 2020 (SSNA) — The Health Organization (WHO) said the deadly fever has been detected in Kajo-keji, a South Sudan’s town bordering Uganda. The WHO revealed in a statement that two positive cases were identified last month and that the young nation faces the imminent spread of the virus as the rainy season…
Juba, April 5, 2020 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has reported its first case of Coronavirus also known as COVID-19, the country’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar announced on Sunday. The news came barely a day after the head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISSS) David Shearer told Newshub…
Washington, DC/Juba, April 3, 2020 (SSNA) — A well-coordinated corruption scheme in South Sudan’s mining sector involves President Salva Kiir’s relatives and inner circle, military leaders, and other high-level officials, a new report released by the Washington, DC-based investigative and policy institute, The Sentry, shows. The report entitled, “Untapped and Unprepared: Dirty Deals Threaten South…
Djibouti, April 1, 2020 (SSNA) — East African countries have established a regional command solely for the purpose of dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic, the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has leaned. A document obtained by the SSNA reveals that nearly all East African countries with the exception of Eritrea signed up for the scheme….
Addis Ababa, March 31, 2020 (SSNA) — The newly appointed minister of health has been unfairly criticized for her limited English language, a prominent South Sudanese news editor and writer says. Last week, South Sudan’s minister of health Elizabeth Achuei Yol updated the nation about the coronavirus and thanked foreign institutions for their help. The…
Juba, March 28, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan has suspended the training of the unified forces over Coronavirus fear, army spokesman Lul Ruai Koang says. The announcement came less than a week after the transitional government banned all fights and closed borders. “We had to do that because of coronavirus, to prevent our forces from…
Juba, March 25, 2020 (SSNA) — Sudan’s defense minister, Lt. General Jamal Omar, has died in Juba this morning, a senior South Sudanese government official told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA). The official, who asked his name be kept anonymous because of the sensitivity of the issue reveals that the late Sudanese minister died…
Juba, March 24, 2020 (SSNA) — The newly-formed transitional government of national unity has banned all international flights coming into or going out of the country due to fears of Coronavirus, the government said on Monday. Juba asserted that the move is to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. The government also banned public…
Juba, March 21, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main peace partners President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar have been in talks over states division and the two leaders failed to agree on who should take what state, a newly appointed minister who prefers to remains anonymous because he was not authorized…
Re: Eastern Jikany Peace Initiative Committee (EPIC) Joint Press Release on Defection of 1st Lt. G. Cdr Koang Chuol Ranley and Condemnation of unknown Eastern Jikany Youth Worldwide Support behind the defection Office of the EPIC Executive Council March 20, 2020 (SSNA) — We the Eastern Jikany Peace Initiative Forum do hereby strongly condemn the…
Juba, March 17, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s newly appointed deputy minister of interior, Mabior Garang de Mabior, says he is not sure if the September 2018 revitalized agreement will achieve reforms needed by his part, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO). His comment came days after his appointment. The SPLM-IO figure discloses that…
Juba, March 12, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, is set to officially announce the formation of the transitional government of national unity at any time, a senior official who has full knowledge of the process told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) today. the official, who prefers to remain anonymous because he was…