Nicholas Haysom of South Africa appointed as UNMISS head
Jan 16, 2021(Nyamilepedia) — The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Nicholas Haysom of South Africa as his Special Representative and...
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Maban residents displaced by the escalating violence
Jan 16, 2021(Nyamilepedia) —- Thousands of Maban residents are forced to leave their home by the escalating violence between Sudan’s People Liberation Army In-Opposition (SPLA-IO)...
South Sudan to change time zone
Jan 15, 2021(Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan is set to change its current local time zone from the East African time zone which is +2 to...
Government to boost agricultural production using oil money
Dec 23, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — South Sudan’s Vice President, Dr. James Wani Igga on Tuesday said that the government is going to use oil money for...
Traders decry numerous illegal checkpoints and corruption on the roads
Nov 12, 2020(Nyamilepedia) – Travelers in South Sudan experience increased illegal checkpoints by armed men who stop drivers and demand for coronavirus certificates and money...
Sudan amends constitution to incorporate new peace deal
Oct 12, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The Sudanese authorities have amended the constitution to incorporate the peace agreement that was signed recently by the stakeholders in...
DP William Ruto responds to Atwoli, Raila and others on BBI
Sep 26, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — The Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto responded today to the Building Bridges Initiative aspirants led by the Opposition and the former...
KEMSA deep in debt over Covid equipment
Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) has been left with over 6 billion debt after it procured more than necessary COVID-19 equipment than what was authorized....
South Sudan Delegation travels to Ethiopia to follow up on developmental projects
Sep 2, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — A South Sudan government delegation, led by the Minister of Presidential Affairs, Hon. Nhial Deng Nhial, has travelled to Addis Ababa,...
Mabior Garang calls for commemoration of Prophet Ngundeng Bong and his struggle for liberation
Sept 2, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — The son of SPLM/A founder, Mabior Garang de Mabior, calls on South Sudan government to include Prophet Ngundeng Bong, whose family...
Family of slain retired general demands justice
August 27, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — The family of Late Maj. Gen. Bior Ajoh Bior, who was killed by a gunman at Sherikat, Juba, South Sudan, on...
Britain condemns rebel attack on vice-president’s guards
August 27, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The United Kingdom has condemned last week’s rebel attack on vice-president James Wani Igga’s convoy in which six members of...
Sudan to redeploy troops to disputed areas with South Sudan, Egypt
August 27, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The chairman of Sudanese Sovereign Council Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has threatened to redeploy troops to disputed areas with...
Amid escalating ethnic violence Cambodia sends more peacekeepers to South Sudan
August 27, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Amid alarming ethnic violence in South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, Cambodia has dispatched more troops to South Sudan where...
South Sudan’s Kiir, Qatari Emir discuss ties, peace process in phone call
August 27, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani discussed bilateral relations in...
Deliver services to Melut residents now, Dr. Lam urges gov’t
August 27, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan prominent opposition leader Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin has urged the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (R-TGoNU) to...
UPDATE: Detained lawyer released by NSS without charges
August 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – Detained South Sudan lawyer Kuoch Malek Deng who was arrested by the National Security Service (NSS) on Tuesday has just...
South Sudan to partially takeover management of oilfields from Chinese firm
August 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan will let China National Petroleum Corp.’s contract as operator in some oilfields expire, allowing state-owned Nile Petroleum Corp....
NSS detains lawyer for criticizing gov’t economic policies
August 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – South Sudan’s national security service is detaining a lawyer for allegedly criticizing economic policies of the government, several sources with...
Dead body found floating in a swimming pool at Rock City Hotel in Juba
August 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) -Residents of Rock city in South Sudan’s capital Juba are saying that a dead body of a young man was found...
Sudan wants “timely” formation of South Sudan’s unified army
August 26, 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The Sudanese government has said that it is working with South Sudan parties to the revitalized peace agreement to make...