Deposed Gen Malong urges supporters to join Gen Cirillo’s NAS

Unseated from his throne as leader of South Sudan United Front/Army (SSUF/A) former-Army-Chief-turned-rebel General Paul Malong is said to be urging his followers to join General Thomas’ National Salvation Front aka NAS to continue the struggle to restore unity and dignity of the people of South Sudan.

Kiir gives Machar a tour of the 2016 J1 battlefield

In what many witnesses described as one of the most heart-touching moments of Dr Machar’s visit to Juba since escaping death for the second time, Pres. Salva Kiir walked hand-in-hand with Machar as he slowly guided Dr Machar through the 2016 J1 battlefield where hundreds of soldiers from both sides perished.

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.

Intimidated MPs confide to Bishop about Kiir’s rule of terror, ask for asylum for their souls

An unknown number of petrified government MPs have confided to a Catholic Bishop that they are afraid, terrified, insecure and feel very much powerless in their roles as honourable members of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) in the current government in the world’s newest nation headed by Pres. Salva Kiir Mayardit.

Pres. Kiir rushes back to Juba ahead of Dr. Machar’s rumoured return

Reports of rebel leader and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar’s unexpected and imminent return to Juba has caught many by surprise, including the President who is away touring Bahr El Ghazal. Saakam has learned that the tour is being cut short and arrangements are already in place to ensure Pres. Kiir is back in Juba before his nemesis arrives.