JUBE DAILY NEWS

The Minister of Interior says the standoff between security personnel and inmates at the National Security Services Headquarters in Juba has been peacefully resolved. According to Michael Chanjiek, the inmates agreed to return to their cell after the intervention of community elders, including senior government officials. The Minister told the State Television, SSBC, this afternoon that the parents of Captain Kerbino Wol, managed to persuade their son to surrender the arms to the authorities. According to reports, efforts to end the matter through peaceful means was mediated by veteran politician, George Kongor, among other prominent leaders. Earlier, Capt. Keribino who has been in prison at the National Security since April reportedly disarmed a prison guard, and set free some of the inmates at the Blue House. In an interview with the media, Keribino said he and his colleagues have been in detention for long without charges, and without being taken to court. He said...

South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar attends the signing in Khartoum, June 27, 2018.  The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In-Opposition (SPLM-IO) said it had not been formally notified of the reported release of political detainees in Juba On Wednesday, the Internal Security Bureau announced that 20 political prisoners were set free as part of the presidential amnesty in line with the revitalized peace deal. The security service said the freed political detainees were arrested in connection with rebellious activities against the government, without revealing the exact identities of the released individuals. “The SPLM-IO has not been informed by the ICRC about the alleged release of 20 political detainees in Juba,” Puok Both Baluang, the SPLM-IO's director for information told Radio Tamazuj on Friday. Puok pointed out that SPLM-IO members were not among the 20 detainees who were reportedly released in Juba. “The agreement says the release of a...

The outgoing head of IGAD's Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) for South Sudan, Festus Mogae, called on the South Sudanese political leaders to buy textbooks and turn swords into ploughshares instead of buying guns. The former Botswana president was speaking during a farewell reception held in his honour in the capital Juba on Tuesday evening. The former Chairperson of JMEC appealed to South Sudanese to come together to build their country, pointing out that many things may have gone wrong but it is time to concentrate on the future and implement the revitalized peace agreement. Mogaue said he remains hopeful that tragedy that befell South Sudan, will one day come to an end and that South Sudan leaders will ultimately see the necessity of turning swords into ploughshares. “I am more optimistic because South Sudan political leaders must be tired of fighting, instead of destroying the country, they could use the natural resou...

BY NATION REPOTER . Monica Kimani’s father Paul Ngarama has dismissed claims that his daughter was married to South Sudanese politician and former warlord Daniel Awet Akot, but admits that the politician is “very close” to the family. Close relatives and friends had claimed that Ms Kimani was married to Mr Akot, and that it is through this connection that the family’s fortunes have improved over the past three years. THROAT SLIT Ms Kimani was killed by having her throat slit in the bathtub of her Kilimani flat on the night of Wednesday, September 19. Celebrity news anchor Jacque Maribe, her boyfriend Joseph Irungu and a neighbour, Mr Brian Kassaine, have been arrested in connection with the killing. Police are still trying to figure out the motive. Mr Ngarama, who was a newspaper vendor in Juba in 2013, said Mr Akot, who rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army and is a war veteran, helped him establish numerous churches in Rum...