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.

Boeing accepts challenge to build Kiir’s $73M crash-proof jet

Presented with what appears to be a set of impossible requirements, Boeing has stepped up to the challenge and agreed to build a pimped out, crash-proof, 4 wheel-drive, 7-seater $73M presidential jet for the President of the world’s newest nation,

Pres. Kiir awarded honorary title ‘Martyr of South Sudan’

On Martyrs’ Day, parliamentarians at South Sudan’s National Legislative Assembly (SSNLA) have unanimously voted to grant the very alive president the honorary title of  ‘Martyr of South Sudan’ for continuing to shed blood (not necessarily his own) for the sake of the world’s newest nation even after ‘the other martyrs stopped doing so’.

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.

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.