JUBE DAILY NEWS

Briefing a meeting of the Joint Defense Board in Juba, General Gabriel Jok Riak the Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) of the army said the emerging rebel group is being led by a woman. “Another group is emerging under certain lady not yet confirmed…and now the lady is claiming leadership and they have divided forces between themselves,” Gen Riak said. The situation in Yei is alarming, the population is crying,” he added. He also revealed that there was a report of clashes in Yei River State early Saturday morning but the army was yet to get more details from the ground. There have been reports of insecurity in Yei for the last one week with the army blaming Thomas Cirillo’s National Salvation Front (NAS) for the insurgencies. Nas has a very strong presence in Yei River State. Last week, about 18 people were allegedly abducted by NAS forces in Yei River State on December 22 along the Kaya Road.  The NAS leader Thomas Cirillo did not sign the Revitalized Agreement on Res...

At least nine National Security personnel were killed when their vehicle crashed into a truck in Ruweng State on Saturday. Seven others were seriously injured in the accident. Ruweng’s Minister of Local Government Makuac Deng Makuac told Radio Tamazuj Monday that the accident was caused due to reckless driving. He added that the National Security vehicle was moving at a high speed before slamming into a truck on the same roadway. The government official explained that the vehicle was carrying security personnel of Toma South oilfields. He pointed out that the injured soldiers were flown to Juba for treatment.” The road accident occurred between Panakuach and Pariang,” he said. Makuac noted that the crash happened around 2:30 pm. Separately, the state minister said the security situation is stable in the state. He pointed out that they had rolled out security arrangements for Christmas and New Year celebrations.

A military general was shot dead by his body guard in Juba over the weekend, the army spokesperson has said. According to General Lul Ruai, Brig Gen Peter Lahid Remy, an officer working with the Tiger division was shot dead on Sunday at his house in Khor Williang, a suburb in Juba. “On the 16th December, Brigadier General Peter Lahid Remy was shot by his own bodyguard at his own house  at Khorwiliang.” Maj Gen Lul Ruai Koang said the reason for the fatal incident is not clear. He added, the authorities are working to apprehend the suspect who until this morning(Wednesday) is still at large. “At this stage we have no idea why he was shot dead because his killer still at large and we are still hunting for him.”

A Sudanese court has sentenced to 20 years in prison at least 50 South Sudanese women over illicit drug charges. Last month, the Khartoum high court found them guilty of selling cannabis, whose production, sale and use are illegal in Sudan. According to court documents, the women will serve the prison terms in prisons in Omdurman and Port Sudan. However, a South Sudanese human rights activist in Khartoum, Achol Malong, said most of the women were tea sellers that were apprehended in different parts of the Sudan. “I am calling the organizations that are working in the humanitarian sector to look into the situation of these women so that they can be released.” He said some of the women fled the 2013/2016 violence and their children have been forced into Khartoum streets because no one could take care of them. Mr Achol also called on S. Sudanese community to lobby for the release of the women

About 500 cows were stolen during a raid in Duk Padiet County in South Sudan’s Jonglei State on Friday, local officials said. Duk Padiet County Commissioner Martin Matien Gumwel told Radio Tamazuj Saturday that gunmen raided Alingdiir area and drove away about 500 cows. “Local youth responded to recover the stolen animals but unfortunately they could not recover them. There was no armed confrontation with the raiders,” he said. Commissioner Matien pointed out that no one was hurt in the incident. He accused armed bandits from neighboring Boma State of launching the attack. The reported attack happens barely two months after suspected armed bandits from Boma State launched two separate attacks in Duk Payuel and Jalle areas in Jonglei State, where at least14 people lost their lives.

December 7, 2018 (JUBA) - Gabriel Changson one of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) figures claiming the leadership of the group, said the struggle for the position of the vice president is one of the reasons on the crisis in the coalition. On 30 November, Peter Gatdet the leader of South Sudan United Movement (SSUM) was elected as the of the opposition alliance. But the incumbent leader Gabriel Changson rejected the vote and organized another meeting on 4 November where \he has been reinstituted by the factions supporting him. The dispute has affected the different factions of the alliance as the two leaders are recruiting supporters from these groups to legitimize their election at the head of the group. "One of the reasons that why we are fighting on the table is the issue of the vice president that has been earmarked for SSOA," he said in an interview Thursday with VOA’s South Sudan in Focus on Friday. "Dr Lam accusin...

A former South Sudan deputy governor of the country’s defunct Lakes state has declared his decision to join the South Sudan United Front (SSUF) led by the former army chief, Gen. Paul Malong Awan urging all in Lakes state to abandon the government of President Salva Kiir Mayardiit and join the struggle to remove him from power. In a statement issued on Wednesday evening and seen and gone viral on social madia , the former deputy governor, David Nok Marial said he has joined Malong’s SSUF to remove Kiir from power. “I, David Nok Marial Buot, has declare today, December 5, 2018 to join South Sudan United Front/Army under the able leadership of Gen. Paul Malong Awan,” he said. ·         Nok urged all the people in Lakes region, including g those serving in the security sector to rebel so as to remove the government of President Salva Kiir from power which it accused of carring less about its citizens. “It is for this reason that I call up...

·            A group of human rights lawyers has filed a lawsuit against the government of South Sudan for sexual violence on behalf of 30 women and girls who were allegedly raped by members of the army and the presidential guard. Antonia Mulvey, director of Legal Action Worldwide, a nonprofit network of human rights lawyers, said the  South Sudan army committed "brutal" sexual violence, including sexual slavery, sexual torture, rape and gang rape against women and girls. Mulvey says the complaint was lodged Thursday in Geneva at the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). "They [CEDAW] will review the complaint and a copy will be sent to the government of South Sudan for comment," Mulvey said. Scale of sexual violence According to the LAW statement, the victims include a 12-year-old girl who witnessed the rape of two sisters and a neighbor after being...