South Sudan’s First Vice President applies for asylum in USA

The First Vice-President of South Sudan, H.E Taban Deng Gai, has reportedly applied for asylum in the United States under the grounds that he has reasonable fear for his life, his job and his livelihood.

He told the UN General Assembly that IGAD gave his job to the other SPLM-IO leader Riek Machar during the transitional period in the Revitalised Peace Agreement – and that is not cool!

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.

Kiir’s Press Secretary hijacks Radio Miraya to read out new MTN telephone numbers

Following the shutdown of the telecom firm Vivacell, Ateny Wek Ateny – the Press Secretary in the Office of the President- is said to have ‘hijacked for some minutes’ a talk show of the UN-sponsored Radio Miraya to read and repeat a long list of new MTN mobile telephones numbers (private and official) of himself, senior government officials, institutions and some JCE members.

Suspicious earthquake rocks Juba, King Malong denies responsibility

A ‘suspicious’ earthquake of around 2.7 to 3.2 magnitude has been felt in a few selected neighbourhoods and buildings around Juba inhabited mainly by pro-Kiir supporters, and authorities are said to have taken extra counter-measures to contain the threat and trace the culprits and anti-government elements behind this strange phenomena.

UN takes full responsibility for Pres. Kiir’s insensitivity about the suffering of the people of South Sudan

The United Nation’s Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has come out and publicly claimed full responsibility for the almost psychopathic behaviour of the President of South Sudan, Pres. Salva Kiir, who – in interviews, public speeches and closed-door diplomatic meetings- continues to adamantly exempt himself of the responsibility of the woes that has befallen the young nation and its people.

US Amb. Haley to offer Pres. Kiir Texan-Retirement-Deal in exchange for peace

In his inaugural speech to the United Nations General Assembly in September, United States President Donald J Trump decried the suffering of the people of South Sudan because of the war and pledged to send his UN Ambassador Haley to the country in October to do some diplomacy magic and end the conflict for good.