Radio Tamazuj

10/09/2025

Speaker Amer Ateny said some senior officials in Juba had asked her to join the SPLM-IO faction led by Peacebuilding Minister Stephen Par Kuol, but she declined.

The Jonglei State Legislative Assembly has remained nonfunctional since the beginning of the year due

10/09/2025

Each family received 60 kilograms of sorghum (two bags), 25 kilograms of beans, 10 liters of cooking oil, 22 kilograms of sugar, one packet of salt, and 12 packets of BP-5 high-energy biscuits.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in partnership with the South Sudan Red

10/09/2025

Key South Sudanese stakeholders to the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement convened for a two-day meeting this week aimed at restarting dialogue to resolve the country’s ongoing political crisis, according to a communique released on Wednesday.

Key South Sudanese stakeholders to the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement convened for a two-day meeting

10/09/2025

The SPLA-IO fighters stormed an SSPDF barracks that had been established recently in Maridi.

At least seven soldiers with the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) were killed and

10/09/2025

The appointment order was issued Tuesday by Nathaniel Oyet, acting chairman and commander-in-chief of the SPLA-IO. Oyet assumed leadership of the opposition group in an acting capacity following the detention of SPLA-IO leader and First Vice President Riek Machar in March.

The commander of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) Division 6A in Western Bahr

10/09/2025

- Trade ministry validates e-commerce policy and strategy
- Calls for dialogue after SPLA-IO-NAS military alliance

10/09/2025

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir returned to Juba on Wednesday afternoon following a visit to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Upon arrival at Juba International Airport, Kiir was received by Vice President Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel, senior presidential advisor Gen. Kuol Manyang Juuk, and other high-ranking government officials.

10/09/2025

The inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on September 9, 2025, marks more than a feat of engineering—it signals a bold assertion of Ethiopia’s sovereignty and a rejection of the lingering colonial injustices that have long constrained African nations, particularly those in the Nile Basin. For Ethiopia, a country that contributes nearly 85 percent of the Nile’s waters yet historically had no recognized rights over them, the GERD is both an act of survival and a symbol of dignity.

The inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on September 9, 2025, marks more

10/09/2025

A civil society activist and political analyst are calling on the government of South Sudan to embrace dialogue following reports that the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) and the National Salvation Front (NAS) led by Gen. Thomas Cirillo have formed a military-political alliance to fight the government.

Last week, Gen. Thomas Cirillo, leader of the opposition National Salvation Front (NAS), confirmed that he has formed a military alliance with the SPLM/A-IO led by Acting Chairman Oyet Nathaniel, as First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar remains under detention in Juba.

Reacting to the newly formed alliance, Ter Manyang Gatwech, a civil society activist, said the alliance is a result of the violation of the peace agreement, a development he said disappointed citizens.

“There is a need for the parties to the peace agreement to resolve their differences at the table so that the country can have peace. However, their [SPLM/A-IO-NAS] current alliance poses a direct threat to the government. The government may either accept dialogue or reject it,” he said. “What I know is that we are in the rainy season, so the government will not have the upper hand in terms of ground forces. The Government of South Sudan is not as strong as many people think, especially since it does not even pay its civil servants, including the national army. Do you think the national army will go and fight without pay? No, they will not.”

“Many soldiers say, ‘I don’t want to be killed, I don’t want to leave my children alone. If I die, who will take care of them?’ This is something we have seen throughout the history of South Sudan,” Manyang added.

He said that when a soldier dies on duty, that is the end of him or her because even the state cannot provide services for the deceased’s children.

https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/activist-analyst-call-for-dialogue-after-spla-io-nas-military-alliance

10/09/2025

The police in Western Equatoria State have confirmed that armed men over the weekend attacked two motorcyclists along the Yambio–Ibba Road and set their motorcycles on fire after looting their belongings.

State Police Commissioner Maj. Gen. Phillip Madut Tong told Radio Tamazuj that the two riders were stopped by unidentified gunmen who robbed them of money, but that there were no casualties.

“No one was killed or injured in the attack, but the assailants looted properties and burnt two motorbikes,” he said.

He urged the community to report criminals causing insecurity so they can be apprehended.

For his part, Ibba County Commissioner Wilson Tetela also confirmed the incident, saying the victims were boda-boda (motorcycle taxi) riders, one from Ibba County and the other from Maridi County.

“They were stopped near Sue Bridge, which lies between Ibba and Yambio counties. Their belongings were taken, and the motorcycles burnt,” he stated. “One of the victims, a 16-year-old boy, managed to reach Yambio safely.”

A youth from Ibba County, who requested anonymity, told this publication that the incident has created fear among travellers using the road.

“People are now afraid to travel to Yambio because we do not know who is targeting motorists, and this has caused panic and insecurity,” he said.

Authorities in the state are yet to establish whether the attackers were criminals or rebels.

10/09/2025

A civil society activist and political analyst are calling on the government of South Sudan to embrace dialogue following reports that the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) and the National Salvation Front (NAS) led by Gen. Thomas Cirillo have formed a military-political alliance to fight the government.

Last week, Gen. Thomas Cirillo, leader of the opposition National Salvation Front (NAS), confirmed that he has formed a military alliance with the SPLM/A-IO led by Acting Chairman Oyet Nathaniel, as First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar remains under detention in Juba.

Reacting to the newly formed alliance, Ter Manyang Gatwech, a civil society activist, said the alliance is a result of the violation of the peace agreement, a development he said disappointed citizens.

“There is a need for the parties to the peace agreement to resolve their differences at the table so that the country can have peace. However, their [SPLM/A-IO-NAS] current alliance poses a direct threat to the government. The government may either accept dialogue or reject it,” he said. “What I know is that we are in the rainy season, so the government will not have the upper hand in terms of ground forces. The Government of South Sudan is not as strong as many people think, especially since it does not even pay its civil servants, including the national army. Do you think the national army will go and fight without pay? No, they will not.”

“Many soldiers say, ‘I don’t want to be killed, I don’t want to leave my children alone. If I die, who will take care of them?’ This is something we have seen throughout the history of South Sudan,” Manyang added.

10/09/2025

The government of Western Equatoria State on Tuesday officially swore in newly appointed state officials during a ceremony at the State Secretariat in Yambio.

The government of Western Equatoria State on Tuesday officially swore in newly appointed state officials