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The South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) forces in Tambura County of Western Equatoria State have yet to be relocated weeks after the Joint Defense Board (JDB) ordered their evacuation, a move expected to restore security to the troubled area.

Are peace monitors and guarantors doing enough to push for peace implementation? Salva Kiir, president of South Sudan, signs the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan at a ceremony held in Juba, South Sudan. August 2015. [Photo: UN/Isaac Billy] Parties to the 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) say peace monitors and guarantors have done very little, if anything, to support the implementation of the deal.  T...

Slain President of Chad has been laid to rest in his hometown Amdjarass. On Friday, many Chadians dressed mostly in black, symbols of mourning, gathered at state House for the final farewell to Marshal Idriss Déby Itno. Several heads of state and government but also presidents of major institutions were among the main presenters of […]

Several Chadian army officers, led by General Idriss Abdéramane Dicko, refuse to recognise the authority of the Transitional Military Council, led by Mahamat Idriss Déby. The political crisis in Chad is becoming even more entrenched. While Mahamat Idriss Deby took the head of the Military Transitional Council after the death of his father, the Chadian opposition denounces it as a coup. This choice is far from being unanimous, even within the armed forces. General Idriss Abdéramane Dicko and ...

news South Sudan hotels kick out politicians over $50m in unpaid bills AFP Hundreds of South Sudanese politicians have been kicked out of hotels where they have been staying during the countrys peace process, over some $50 million dollars in unpaid bills, a hotel association said late Thursday. Some 300 politicians from different opposition groups, the ruling party and the military, have been staying in more than 18 hotels in Juba for several years. South Sudan plunged into war...

Story highlights For several years, around 300 politicians from the ruling party, different opposition groups and the military, have been staying in more than 18 hotels in Juba Over some $50 million dollars in unpaid bills, hundreds of South Sudanese politicians have been kicked out of hotels where they have been staying during the countrys peace process, a hotel association said on Thursday.  For several years, around 300 politicians from the ruling party, different opposition groups and...

Hundreds of South Sudanese politicians have been kicked out of hotels where they have been staying during the country's peace process, over some $50 million dollars in unpaid bills, a hotel association said late Thursday. "So, we decided to come with a final conclusion to chase out all the customers from NPTC that is including politicians, generals, who came for the implementation of peace," said Mel Garang, a representative of the South Sudan...

Share This: President Bah NDaw, right, and Vice-President Assimi Goita, left, in Bamako, Mali, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. (AP Photo) “The National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP) is dissolved,” said a Malian government decree on Tuesday. The decision comes five months after Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, known informally as IBK, was removed from office in a coup. CNSP was the body formed by the Malian military members who had organized the coup. The military had seiz...

Kiir expected to name deputy governors this evening President Salva Kiir attends the state funeral of Kenya’s former president Daniel arap Moi, in Kenya, Feb 11, 2020. (AP photo) South Sudans Presidential Adviser for National Security Affairs Tut Gatluak Manime has announced that President Salva Kiir is seeking to name some deputy governors this evening. In an impromptu press conference in Juba this afternoon, Tut told the press that President Kiir would appoint some deputy governors this ev...