Sudans Post

09/06/2026

The youth wing of South Sudan’s main opposition movement has backed Oyet Nathaniel Pierino as acting chairman, rejecting an attempt by Interim Secretary-General Regina Joseph Kaba to suspend him amid a deepening leadership dispute.

The youth wing of South Sudan’s main opposition movement has backed Oyet Nathaniel Pierino as acting chairman, rejecting an attempt by Interim Secretary-General Regina Joseph Kaba to suspend him amid a deepening leadership dispute.

09/05/2026

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW | SPLA-IO leadership crisis

SPLA-IO military spokesman Col. Lam Paul Gabriel has ruled out armed infighting within the opposition movement despite the deepening leadership crisis surrounding the suspension of acting chairman Oyet Nathaniel Pierino.

Speaking to Sudans Post on Friday, Lam said the military command no longer recognizes Oyet as acting chairman, defended its endorsement of Regina Joseph Kaba as Acting Interim Deputy Chair, and addressed questions over Riek Machar’s role and communication from detention.

Lam also spoke candidly about frustration within the SPLA-IO ranks over the movement’s return to Juba under the peace agreement.

“People, in fact, including myself, I’m bitter. I’m bitter just like almost every soldier who is bitter in the bush,” he said. “We went, but yes, it backfired on us.”

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09/05/2026

Speaking to Sudans Post in an interview on Friday, SPLA-IO spokesman Col. Lam Paul Gabriel described the dispute as primarily an administrative and constitutional disagreement, ruling out the possibility that it would lead to armed clashes between forces aligned with the rival leadership camps.

South Sudan’s main armed opposition group will not descend into armed infighting despite a deepening leadership crisis that has split senior officials over who should run the movement in the absence of detained leader Riek Machar, its military spokesman said on Friday.

09/04/2026

A senior official of South Sudan’s main armed opposition group said on Friday that the suspension of acting chairman Oyet Nathaniel was ordered directly by detained leader Riek Machar, weighing into a leadership dispute that has fractured the movement’s political and military ranks.

A senior official of South Sudan’s main armed opposition group said on Friday that the suspension of acting chairman Oyet Nathaniel was ordered directly by detained leader Riek Machar, weighing into a leadership dispute that has fractured the movement’s political and military ranks.

09/04/2026

Exiled Sudanese opposition politician Khalid Omar Youssef on Friday attacked a campaign promoting army chief Abdelfattah al-Burhan for president, saying it showed that the country's devastating war was ultimately a struggle for power.

Exiled Sudanese opposition politician Khalid Omar Youssef on Friday attacked a campaign promoting army chief Abdelfattah al-Burhan for president, saying it showed that the country's devastating war was ultimately a struggle for power.

09/04/2026

Foreign suppliers have significantly expanded the drone capabilities of both the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), allowing the warring sides to conduct increasingly sophisticated operations far beyond traditional front lines, United Nations investigators said in a report released on Thursday.

Foreign suppliers have significantly expanded the drone capabilities of both the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), allowing the warring sides to conduct increasingly sophisticated operations far beyond traditional front lines, United Nations investigators said in a repor...

09/04/2026

United Nations human rights experts will visit South Sudan next week as President Salva Kiir’s government presses ahead with plans for elections despite renewed fighting, the detention of opposition leader Riek Machar and continued delays in implementing key provisions of the 2018 peace deal.

United Nations human rights experts will visit South Sudan next week as President Salva Kiir’s government presses ahead with plans for elections despite renewed fighting, the detention of opposition leader Riek Machar and continued delays in implementing key provisions of the 2018 peace deal.

09/03/2026

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Thursday endorsed an ambitious grassroots mobilization drive of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) as the party intensifies efforts to strengthen its presence across the country ahead of the December 2026 general elections.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Thursday endorsed an ambitious grassroots mobilization drive of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) as the party intensifies efforts to strengthen its presence across the country ahead of the December 2026 general elections.

09/03/2026

South Sudan has taken a major step toward the planned December 2026 general elections after President Salva Kiir on Wednesday assented to constitutional amendments aimed at removing key legal obstacles to the conduct of the polls.

South Sudan has taken a major step toward the planned December 2026 general elections after President Salva Kiir on Wednesday assented to constitutional amendments aimed at removing key legal obstacles to the conduct of the polls.

09/03/2026

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) South Sudan, in partnership with the Government of South Sudan, on Thursday held a one-day validation workshop on plans to rehabilitate the airstrips in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and Jonglei State.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) South Sudan, in partnership with the Government of South Sudan, on Thursday held a one-day validation workshop on plans to rehabilitate the airstrips in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and Jonglei State.