JUBA – Reports indicating that South Sudan’s suspended petroleum minister Puot Kang Chol and other SPLM/A-IO detainees were released from National Security Service (NSS) have widely circulated on social media …
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Liquidity crisis forces South Sudan banks to limit withdrawal to SSP100,000
by Juba Witnessby Juba WitnessJUBA – Businessowners and individuals queue at banks for hours everyday in Juba only to receive tiny fractions of their cash after commercial banks limited withdrawal to only 100,000 South …
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Over 400 Nimule gangs renounce violence, hand over weapons to police
by Juba Witnessby Juba WitnessNIMULE – Over 400 members of unruly gangs in Nimule, Eastern Equatoria State have public committed to non-violence and laid down their weapons before the town’s municipal council, on Tuesday. …
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UN report finds widespread government corruption in South Sudan
by Juba Witnessby Juba WitnessJUBA – A new UN report published on Tuesday found that systemic government corruption, implicating Vice President Benjamin Bol Mel and other political elites, has siphoned tens of billions of …
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HRW calls for due process, fair trials of South Sudan opposition officials
by Juba Witnessby Juba WitnessNAIROBI – South Sudan government should uphold due process for opposition leader and First Vice President Riek Machar, other opposition members, and affiliates facing charges, and ensure prompt, fair, and …
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Parliament leadership blocks MP’s motion to summon VP Bol Mel over economic crises
by Juba Witnessby Juba WitnessJUBA—The national parliament on Monday blocked a lawmaker’s motion for the house to summon Vice President for Economic Cluster Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel over the dire economic crises facing the …
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Zambian court jails two for targeting president with witchcraft
by Juba Witnessby Juba WitnessLUSAKA – A court in Zambia on Monday sentenced two men to two years in prison with hard labor for attempting to use witchcraft to kill the country’s president. Mozambican …
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MP raises concern about Google’s positioning of River Kiir inside Sudan
by Juba Witnessby Juba WitnessJUBA – A member of South Sudan’s Transitional National Legislative Assembly has raised concern about Google’s positioning of River Kiir inside Sudan’s Eastern Darfur instead of Northern Bahr El Ghazal. …
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Ethiopia ready to release 27 South Sudanese youths caught stealing cows
by Juba Witnessby Juba WitnessTORIT – The office of Eastern Equatoria Governor Louis Lobong has confirmed that Ethiopia will soon release 22 youths who were arrested in December over alleged crossborder cattle theft. The …
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SPLM-IO declares 2018 peace deal dead, calls for regime change
by Juba Witnessby Juba Witness(JW) – The SPLM/A-IO has declared that the 2018 revitalized peace agreement has effectively collapsed and called on its members to take up arms against the government. The group said …
