{The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has a new force commander, nearly a year after the previous one was sacked for failure to control the situation when violence broke out in the capital, Juba.} The arrival of Rwanda’s Lt. General Frank Mushyo Kamanzi was announced by the head of UNMISS, David Shearer on […]

{August 28, 2016 (JUBA) – The South Sudanese government has criticised neigbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for allegedly permitting the use of its territory to be used to evacuate armed opposition leader and former first vice president, Riek Machar.} The country’s information and broadcasting Minister Michael Makuei Lueth described evacuation of Machar from inside […]

{August 27, 2016 (JUBA)- South Sudan president Salva Kiir warned on Saturday that any attempt to impose a return to power his main political rival and the leader of armed opposition, Riek Machar, will prolong the war and increases the suffering of the people.} Machar was replaced as the country’s first vice president when he […]

{August 19, 2016 (JUBA) – United Nations headquarters in New York has revealed that its peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo airlifted the former First Vice President, Riek Machar, from the South Sudan-DRC border and transported him into the interior part of Congo on Wednesday.} The UN said the Congolese government has been […]

{August 17, 2016 (JUBA) – Riek Machar, former South Sudanese First Vice President and leader of the armed opposition faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO), has been “successfully” relocated to a neighbouring country after more than one month of battling President Salva Kiir’s forces in the capital, Juba, and around it, his spokesperson […]

{April 24, 2016 (ADDIS ABABA) – South Sudan’s first vice-president designate, Riek Machar, has confirmed to arrive in the national capital, Juba, on Monday after two years in the bush and abroad.} Machar who leads the armed opposition faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM-IO) fled Juba in December 2013 when President Salva Kiir […]

{March 1, 2016 (JUBA) – South Sudanese government on Tuesday said it has left behind a limited force in the national capital, Juba, allegedly to provide security for the capital until when a joint force with opposition faction is deployed. } In accordance with the August 2015 peace agreement signed between South Sudan’s President Salva […]

{January 9, 2016 (YAMBIO) – Authorities in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state said hundreds of citizens have fled the capital, Yambio to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and were living in critical conditions with no food, medicines and shelter.} The mayor of Yambio town, Daniel Badagbu and a high level delegation visited Nabiapai border […]