IGAD shrinks recommend: Machar not to be left alone with Kiir for more than 1 minute

An IGAD-formed specialist committee of highly qualified psychiatrists tasked with the secretive psychological evaluation of rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar have submitted their report and have concluded that although ‘the subject (Machar) has demonstrated some remarkable ability to suppress his personal dislike towards Pres. Kiir… it would be unwise to leave the two adversaries alone and unobserved for longer that one minute.’

FVP Taban Deng accuses neighbours of recruiting refugees as refugees

South Sudan is safe and those fleeing the country are only doing so because neighbouring countries Uganda, Sudan and Ethiopia are actively recruiting refugees as refugees – Taban Deng Gai, the second First Vice President of South Sudan and commander-in-chief of the rebels-in-government (SPLA-IO-IG) told reporters this week.FVP Taban Deng accuses neighbours of recruiting refugees as refugees

Denied entry to Sudan and Ethiopia, Machar gets red-carpet in Somalia

Somali state owned satellite television has released footage showing rebel leader Riek Machar and his wife Rebecca Teny receiving a micro-red-carpet reception at the airport in Mogadishu after the duo and their bodyguards were reportedly denied entry into Sudan and Ethiopia.

‘Do not return in April’, supporters and traditional religious leaders tell Machar

The month of April appears to bear some bad mystical omens especially for Riek Machar, and his supporters and religious leaders of the prophet Nyundeng – a tribal prophet – appear to strongly suggest that the designated Vice President of the World’s Newest Nation must delay his return for a few more weeks and return to Juba in May.

BREAKING: SPLM-IO advance team scheduled to donate blood to hospitals in Juba

A leaked itinerary of the SPLM-IO advance team currently in Juba show a scheduled visit by all 150 members of the delegation to the blood bank there to donate blood to the hospital – Saakam has learned.

Thanks to UNMISS, SPLM-IO will rest in peace in Juba

UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has expressed its readiness to create what it calls a ‘conducive environment’ for the SPLM-IO by offering to host and accommodate some 500 of their members who are expected to visit Juba as part of an advanced team to prepare for the reception of their leader Riek Machar.