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SPLM-IO Crisis Deepens: Prof. Adwok Calls Interim Leadership a 'Coup' ‎

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  ‎ Prof. Adwok ‎The internal rift within South Sudan’s main opposition party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO), has taken a dramatic turn following the appointment of an interim leadership in the absence of detained leader Dr. Riek Machar.  ‎ ‎Prominent South Sudanese intellectual and former minister, Professor Peter Adwok Nyaba, has condemned the move, labeling it a “coup” against the peace agreement. ‎ ‎On April 9, senior SPLM-IO members in Juba installed Peacebuilding Minister Stephen Par Kuol as interim party leader. Losuba Ludoru Wongo was named deputy, and Agok Makur Kur was appointed interim secretary-general.  ‎ ‎The appointments came days after Machar was placed under house arrest on March 26, accused of inciting violence in Nasir County. ‎ ‎Speaking to the media, Prof. Adwok dismissed the leadership changes as illegal and externally orchestrated.  He warned that the move violated the 2018 Revitalized Agreement on the Resolutio...
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450 people are confirmed to be HIV/AIDs positive in Tonj

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HIV/AIDs is on the rise in Tonj after over 400 people have been confirmed to be HIV/AIDs positive, this is the result from all the counties from the state. It is confirmed that the majority of the HIV/AIDs have been identified to be residing in the town part of Tonj and a few hundred from the villages. This statistics gives us a clear picture on the ignoring of the Netizen of Tonj State and the lack of knowledge on the importance of using condoms. According to the director Mr Jok Yor, he said that 421 are residing in the town, and 5 are from the area of Palal and the rest which is twenty-one in number are from the counties of Marial. The director further added that most people from Tonj do not know their HIV/AIDs status and he is urging the majority of the population of Tonj to turn up in numbers for HIV/AIDs testing.  South Sudan HIV/AIDs rise is rising at an alarming rate and the citizens should always try to abstain from sex until marriage, use condo...
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The Reasons Behind South Sudan Opposition Alliance Turmoil (SSOA)

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South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) struggle is associated with the vacant Vice President post that was announced by the president according to Gabriel Changson one of the prominent figures in the (SSOA). In an interview with Voice Of America  he said that the group members are accusing him of betrayal since he met with South Sudan first Vice President Taban Deng Gai in Washington United States Of America. Changson and Peter Gatdet is fighting for the leadership position and he has rejected Peter Gatdet leadship claim of SSOA. He defended his point by saying that since Gatdet is under UN sanction so that will not make him to lead the SSOA. According to the signed  peace agreement on September 2018. The presidency shall comprise of the first vice president and four vice-president which means SSOA has to present someone who will be ready to take the vacant vice-president post More to follow shortly....
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Mabior John Garang Is Critically Sick

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The son of late Dr. John Garang is sick and is currrently admitted at an disclosed hospital in Nairobi Kenya. The former South Sudan Minister of Water is currently admitted in ICU due to kidney failure and we still don't know when he will be released from the ICU. The reason of the Kidney failure is as a result of heavy drinking of Alcohol. Mabior Garang is known for his stylish lifestyle and also for heavy drinking. The doctors also added that it might also be as a result of Marijuana too. Earlier this year he was also reported in a critical condition In Dar-es-Salaam due to over does of drugs which resulted in him passing out. His friends and people who knows him called a drug addict bluntly. He became a point of interest when he was appointed as the younger Minister of Water and also his free lifestyle of partying and smoking Marijuana. More to follow shortly....
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