By Ruot George The governor of South Sudan’s Unity State has suspended the State Minister of Health indefinitely. Governor Joseph Monytuil suspended Moses Lam Dhil in a gubernatorial decree issued on Tuesday. The State Information Minister Gabriel Hon Makuei confirmed the suspension but would not give details. Speaking to Juba Echo by phone, Chang said […]
By Simon Deng South Sudan’s opposition party, the People’s Liberal Party has dismissed its leader Peter Mayen Majongdit accusing him violating the party’s constitution. Majondit who is also the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs has been embroiled in disputes with some of the opposition parties within the OPP coalition that also signed the 2018 revitalized peace […]
By Onen Walter Solomon Recent clashes within South Sudan’s main opposition group could tantamount to rebellion against the transitional government, an analyst warned. Two opposition generals, Johnson Olony and Simon Gatwech Dual, declared last week they had deposed Riek Machar from the chairmanship of the SPLM/IO and Dual would take his position. Forces loyal to […]
By Simon Deng and Juba Echo Staff Experts have said the recent split within the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-in opposition (SPLM/A-IO) under First Vice President Riek Machar is inconsequential as it won’t change the status quo. Abraham Kuol Nyuon, Professor of Politics at University of Juba said that the 2018 revitalized peace deal only recognizes […]
By Onen Walter Solomon A group of victims and survivors of grave atrocities committed in South Sudan during the conflict have petitioned the Netherlands based International Criminal Court to investigate with intent to prosecute actors for war crimes and crimes against humanity. A detailed submission was this week submitted to the Office of the Prosecutor […]
By Staff Writer The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Wednesday hailed the recent swearing into office of 504 members of the Revitalized Transitional National Legislative Assembly (RTNLA) and 84 members of the Council of States as a positive step forward in the peace process. “It is very pleasing to see the new members […]
By Staff Writer A South Sudanese analyst with the Juba-based Sudd Institute, Abraham Awolich has fled the capital Juba after the National Security Services officials stormed their office. A crackdown by the NSS came after Awolich and other colleagues under the umbrella “The People’s Coalition for Civil Action” issued a strong statement condemning governance failure […]
By Staff Writer The new parliament of South Sudan has finally been fully reconstituted as the Transitional National Legislative Assembly with the swearing in of members in the capital Juba. The speaker of the 550 members’ parliament will be a woman, the first ever in the ten year old country. The MPs alongside the Council […]
By Staff Writer Tension and infighting have gripped South Sudan’s opposition bloc, Other Political Parties, part of the transitional unity government. At least five parties out of 20 within (OPP)have this week denounced their leader Peter Mayen Majongdit. Mayen who is the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs fought back by calling those against his leadership opportunists. […]
By Awan Achiek Authorities in South Sudan’s restive Lakes state have deployed soldiers in several hotspot areas to mitigateescalating communal violence. The state has been experiencing intermittent inter-communal violence since last year, the violence that has claimed hundreds of lives has often pitied local communities against each other. The violence is usually caused by cattle […]