Juba Witness

26/02/2026

BREAKING: President Salva Kiir has sacked Vice President for Service Cluster Josephine Joseph Lagu and returned Hussein Abdelbagi Akol to the role.

23/02/2026

BREAKING NEWS: President Salva Kiir has appointed Arek Aldo Ajou Deng as Press Secretary in the Office of the President

16/02/2026

The Special Court panel has ordered NSS to stop alleged forced stripping of detainees during searches, describing the acts as dehumanizing and unconstitutional.

The three-judge panel made the ruling in response to a February 2 petition by defence lawyers who accused security operatives of humiliating treatment, arbitrary searches, and seizure of personal items.

13/02/2026

President Salva Kiir arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Friday to participate in the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union.

Kiir was received by Ethiopian Minister of Mining, Habtamu Tegegn and South Sudan Ambassador to Ethiopia Baak Valentino Wol.

12/02/2026

Jonglei State Governor Dr. Riek G*i Kok has been hospitalized in Nairobi after suffering undisclosed illness in Duk County that affected his internal organs. The Governor's Office dismisses allegations that he died, saying Kok is recovering and will soon resume official duties.

09/02/2026

JUBA - A forensic expert has told a special court in Juba that he was unable to access mobile phones and tablets belonging to Dr Riek Machar because the passwords and a related computer were not provided.

Testifying on Monday in the trial of Dr Machar and seven other SPLA-IO co-accused, forensic analyst Ratlhogo Peter Calvin Rafhadi said the absence of passwords made it impossible to extract any data relevant to the case.

Rafhadi told the court that, without the passwords, he did not open the sealed evidence bag containing Dr Machar’s devices. He added that other forensic experts had advised him there were no investigative tools available locally to bypass device passwords, unless the items were sent to an overseas headquarters to be accessed by the original equipment manufacturer.

He said the devices remain intact and securely kept in a sealed evidence bag, and that there was no data from Dr Machar’s phone or tablet to present to the court.

In a separate analysis, Rafhadi told the court that information extracted from the device of accused number four, Gabriel Duop Lam, showed activity he said was consistent with anti-government mobilisation.

He also testified that data recovered from a Samsung phone belonging to accused number one, Pout Kang Chol, indicated what he described as real-time access to battlefield intelligence.

The court adjourned proceedings to Wednesday, when the forensic expert is expected to present further analysis.

(Source: Radio Miraya).

05/02/2026

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended all humanitarian activities in Baliet County, Upper Nile State, following a series of armed attacks on its river convoy that resulted in the looting of more than 1,500 metric tons of life-saving food assistance.

JUBA — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended all humanitarian activities in Baliet County, Upper Nile State, following a series of armed attacks on its river convoy that resulted in the looting of more than 1,500 metric tons of life-saving food assistance. According to WFP, a...

04/02/2026

A digital forensic investigator on Wednesday continued presenting evidence extracted from mobile phones belonging to the first and second accused persons in the ongoing trial of eight senior SPLM/A-IO officials.

https://jubawitness.com/2026/02/04/witness-presents-more-digital-forensic-evidence-in-splm-a-io-trial/

04/02/2026

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has condemned an airstrike by South Sudan government forces that hit and destroyed the main part of its hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state, during the night of Tuesday, 3 February 2026.

JUBA -- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has condemned an airstrike by South Sudan government forces that hit and destroyed the main part of its hospital in Lankien, Jonglei state, during the night of Tuesday, 3 February 2026. The attack gutted most of the hospital's critical medical supplies, injur...

03/02/2026

South Sudan army chief, Gen. Paul Nang Majok seen in Yuai, Uror County, Jonglei State, following fighting between the army and SPLA-IO.

03/02/2026

BREAKING: President Salva Kiir Mayardit has sacked his press secretary, Amb. David Amour Majur, this morning.
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02/02/2026

JUST-IN: President Kiir has Western Equatoria Governor James Abdallah Al-Tayib in a decree (📸: Eye Radio)