Politics

JUBA – Vice President Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel received Senior Presidential Envoy for Special Programs Adut Salva Kiir at his office on Wednesday, Bol’s office said. The visit comes amid …

JUBA/NEW YORK – US-based South Sudanese academia Jok Madut Jok and former presidential press secretary Ateny Wek Ateny have clashed on social media over the latter’s description of newly appointed …

JUBA – South Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has once again denied lingering reports indicating that the country is in discussion with Israel about expelling Palestinians from …

JUBA – In a decree aired on SSBC, President Salva Kiir appointed his daughter, Adut Salva Kiir, as Senior Presidential Envoy on Special Programmes – a position left vacant since …

JUBA—President Salva Kiir has revoked the appointment of several top SPLM-IO lawmakers in the transitional legislature, including First Deputy Speaker of TNLA Oyet Nathaniel, Council of State Speaker Deng Deng …

JUBA—President Salva Kiir relieved Pal Mai Deng as Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation on Wednesday evening, months after Mai and others left Juba at the onset of a political …

JUBA—Diplomatic missions in South Sudan have reiterated grave concern over rising violence in South Sudan and called for the release of political detainees, including First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar. …

OPINION: South Sudan is entering a phase of political deformation in which sovereignty is not lost through war, but through institutional surrender. The prolonged and opaque presence of Ugandan military …

JUBA – President Salva Kiir relieved national lawmaker Reath Muoch Tang, who was nominated by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO), in a president decree on Monday. Kiir …

President Salva Kiir received briefing from his foreign minister who recently visited the United States – and held governance meetings with Jonglei Governor and Abyei chief administrator, on Wednesday. Kiir …