“Pres. Kiir’s picture can be used in his absence,” Ateny clarifies national anthem ban.

The presidential spokesperson has come out to clarify the order banning the singing of the national anthem in Pres. Kiir’s physical absence, saying it can still be sung in some special events provided the president’s physical presence is substituted for (or represented by) a huge officially approved framed picture of him.

Ousted former South Sudan oil minister rejoins Riek Machar’s rebel group

After getting fired in a televised presidential decree in Juba a few days ago, South Sudan’s former minister of Petroleum Ambassador Ezekiel Lol Gatkouth has reportedly fled to Khartoum aboard a secretly chartered plane, and announced his return to the mother SPLM-IO of Dr. Riek Machar.

Leaders invoke ancestral gods to find peace in South Sudan

A leader of the South Sudan Opposition Alliance has travelled to Western Equatoria State to consult his ancestral gods on the slow implementation of the revitalized peace deal.

Young Tycoon: I am not a Billionaire, in Dinka that word does not exist…

Self-proclaimed ‘blessed-by-Jesus’ billionaire Lawrence Lual Malong Yor Junior – aka as Young Tycoon – has issued a third press release clarifying that he is “not a Billionaire. In Dinka, that word does not exist. It is confusing… no one has ever had a billion cows!”

Exposed SPLM-IO commanders in consultations with traditional witch-doctors

Two senior SPLM-IO commanders exposed earlier last week have arrived in Abba in the Democratic Republic of Congo this week to consult with multiple Congolese Juju men. The SPLM-IO governor of Yei River state businessman Major General Frank Matata and middleman Lam Gabriel said they are in Congo to get the necessary charms that will protect them from the anger of Ngundeng in light of the undercover exposé reporting by documentary team members.

South Sudan threatens to boycott UN General Assembly

With the 73rd General Assembly of the UN scheduled to kick off in New York, the Deputy Head of Mission at the South Sudan embassy in Washington, Ambassador Gordon Buay, has announced that the South Sudan delegation headed by First Vice President Taban Deng will not attend the UN meeting unless the Nuer language is added to the list of UN languages and a team of qualified Nuer language translators is hired to translate the sessions to the delegates.