JUBE DAILY NEWS

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has joined family members and general public at Juba Airport to pay his last respects to the late Ambassador Andrew Makur Thou, who passed away in Khartoum last week. In a statement to the press today, South Sudan’s presidential spokesman Ateny  Wek Ateny said the late Andrew Makur has made contributions to South Sudan. For his part, Makuei Andrew Makur, the son of the late ambassador Andrew Makur appreciated President Kiir for his support to his family. Makuei said the coming of President Kiir personally to bid farewell to his father’s body is a moral support. Andrew Makur Thou, a South Sudanese veteran of war died in Khartoum last week. He was born in Yirol in Greater Lakes State in 1942. Makur had served in many governments in different capacities and was among the decorated military, diplomatic and political leaders to emerge from South Sudan.

The army spokesperson called for calm in Juba after SPLA soldiers reportedly raided a house at Atlabara area on Monday. According to eyewitnesses, a group of heavily-armed SPLA soldiers riding on three military pickups bearing roman numbers raided the house of Peter Cirilo at around 6:30 in the evening. Peter is brother to an opposition group leader, Thomas Cirilo. The soldiers then reportedly loaded furniture and other valuables onto the pickups and sped off. However, Brigadier Lul Ruai said the unit was sent to the house to retrieve military vehicles that remained at Peter Cirilo’s house after his brother resigned from the army in February last year. “After Thomas defected from the SPLA, he left the car that was for the military headquarters at the residence of his brother. So yesterday we had a military unit that was sent to the residence of Peter Cirilo to retrieve the car,” he said. Brigadier Lul Raui said the unit only retrieved the vehicle ...

     By Arnaldo Vieira LUANDA-  Ms Jéssica Lorena Dias Lourenço, the daughter of Angolan President has chartered a $ 200,000 (Shs720,000,000  million) private plane to deliver a baby in Washington, private media reported Monday. In 2014 for the same reasons, Ms Jéssica Lorena Dias Lourenço was also in the US but travelled in a normal service. According to Club-k.net the Angolan Presidential couple, João Lourenço and Ana Dias Lourenço have a house in Bethesda, Maryland in Montgomery. By that time, the Angolan first lady Ana Ana Dias Lourenço was the country’s representative in World Bank in Washington. The country’s Presidency has not yet reacted to the news. New President João Lourenço took over from José Eduardo dos Santos in August 2017, following an election, marking the end of a 38-year reign. President João Lourenço was the country’s former defense minister.

South Sudan’s exiled former army chief, Gen. Paul Malong Awan, has not travelled to the Sudanese capital Khartoum as earlier reported, family members and relatives said. Malong's wife, Lucy Ayak Malek, told Radio Tamazuj today that General Paul Malong is still in Nairobi, pointing out that her husband does not have an ordinary passport after President Salva Kiir sacked him. “The old passport of the former army chief was taken by the government. Since he was declared a rebel by the government, he was not given a new passport,” she said. “General Malong is now with his children in Nairobi. Malong can only travel to Uganda using a travel document because he does not have a passport,” she added. A close associate of Malong in Juba also confirmed that the former army chief has not travelled to Khartoum. Another relative in Khartoum said:” General Malong is my uncle. I would have met him in Khartoum, but he has not come here.” In...

A prominent South Sudanese traditional leader on Friday said a national dialogue which is not an all-encompassing process is equivalent to chasing a mirage. In December 2016, President Kiir, whose wrangling for power with his former deputy Riek      Machar plunged the world's newest nation into a brutal conflict, called for "national dialogue" to end the ongoing civil war. Kiir said the national dialogue will be bottom-top approach to address local grievances and political issues in the country. But the opposition rejected the call.  “The dialogue in principle is good. It is a good idea because this country needs to come together and talk …But for this to happen there has to be transparency and inclusivity, “said Deng Macham Angui, leader of South Sudan chiefs’ council. “But if it is done this way, if it is not inclusive, if there are people who feel left out, it will be like chasing a mirage and al...

Kenya authorities have arrested 25 Sudanese and South Sudanese youth suspected to be behind an attack on two secondary schools in Kakuma Refugee Camp last week, camp leaders said. Aweng Lueth Chol, head of the Upper Nile community at the camp, told Radio Tamazuj that a group of Sudanese and South Sudanese youth from the camp had attacked the Kakuma and Green Light Secondary Schools. He pointed out that the incident resulted in the wounding of 13 students and teachers, prompting the police to launch a campaign of mass arrests among refugees in the camp on Thursday. "Our youth had attacked two schools and fled, so the Kenyan police came and arrested 8 Sudanese youth and 17 South Sudanese," Aweng   said. He called on the police authorities to release the arrested youth, saying the arrested refugees are innocent. The community leader also urged the government of South Sudan to coordinate the issue with the Kenyan government to release the arrested youth.