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07/31/2025

Kenya Engineer Killed and another Kenyan National went missing after road ambush in Morobo County, Central Equatorial.

07/31/2025

A foreign civil engineer working on a school project in Morobo County, Central Equatoria State, was killed early Thursday morning in a deadly ambush along the Morobo-Kaya road, local officials and security sources have confirmed.

Source: Eye Radio

07/31/2025

HOW LESS THAN 20 SSPDF TROOPS FOUGHT OFF A WELL PREPARED UPDF AMBUSH IN KAJO KEJI🇸🇸

By: Agel Machar

-- They refused to surrender even when knowing that they were outnumbered with men and artillery

Kajo Keji County, South Sudan — July 2025

In the quiet woodlands of Nyainga-Muda, just along the tense border with Uganda, a story of unparalleled courage unfolded — one that may never be captured in headlines or commemorated in parades, but deserves to be etched into the soul of South Sudan’s national memory.
It was not a defeat, as some in government and media are quick to label it.
It was a stand — deliberate, disciplined, and defiant.

A Sudden Storm

On what began as a routine patrol shift, a small detachment of fewer than 20 South Sudanese border soldiers, armed with nothing more than standard AK-47 rifles and minimal supplies, found themselves in the crosshairs of a massive and unprovoked assault by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). According to field sources, the UPDF rolled in with heavy artillery, armored personnel carriers, and tactical support, launching a coordinated surprise attack under the cover of early morning mist.
Outgunned. Outnumbered. Surrounded.
But not broken.

Duty Over Fear

Rather than retreat or surrender, the SSPDF soldiers did what few expected: they held their ground. With discipline and determination, they returned fire, using knowledge of the terrain, courage, and instinct honed from years of hardship. For hours, they resisted — not to win a battle that was tactically lost from the start, but to send a message:
South Sudan’s soil will not be taken without resistance.
They were not ordered to become martyrs. They simply chose not to be cowards.
Their sacrifice delayed the UPDF’s advance, allowing civilians to flee to safety and alerting military headquarters in Bilpam to mobilize reinforcements. Many of them fell in silence, their names not yet known to the wider public, but their bravery spoken of in hushed reverence by locals and comrades alike.

The Real Enemy: Politics in Uniform

Yet as these heroes lay bloodied in the bush, a new type of battlefield emerged — not one of bullets and maps, but of microphones, hashtags, and hollow outrage.
Suddenly, politicians, many of whom have never shouldered a rifle or stood post in the rain, rushed to make statements. To posture. To blame.
They criticized the army from air-conditioned offices.
They measured military strategy against political gain.
They forgot that sacrifice has no press release.

This Is the Army, Not Parliament

The soldiers in Kajo Keji didn't have talking points. They had rifles.
They didn’t wear suits. They wore scars.
They didn’t seek applause. They gave their lives.
Their oath wasn’t to a political party. It was to South Sudan.
Let this stand as a reminder:
War is not a trending topic.
The army is not your campaign podium.
The border is not for bargaining.
To those in government who now use this tragedy to polish political portfolios:
You dishonor the fallen.
You were not there. You do not get to write the ending.

The Story Isn’t Over

Kajo Keji remains tense. Civilians remain displaced. And Uganda’s intentions, according to insiders, may go beyond mere border scuffles — with land, timber, and resources at stake. But if one thing is clear, it's this:
South Sudanese soldiers may bleed — but they do not break.

Not in the face of artillery. Not in the shadow of betrayal.

And if the government won’t stand behind them, the people surely will.

Written in honor of the brave sons of South Sudan who stood when others would have run.
Their silence echoes louder than any speech.

07/31/2025

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07/30/2025

Uganda has sent additional troops and tanks to its border with South Sudan following a deadly clash that killed seven soldiers and displaced thousands of civilians.

07/30/2025

✅✅🚨 | 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟:

BCPT official fixtures in details

Date: 2/8/2025
🚩Abyei Vs Tonj South ⏰ 9:30am
🚩Aweil East vs Wulu ⏰2:30pm

Date: 3/8/2025
🚩Awerial vs Aweil North ⏰9:30am
🚩Raja vs Gogrial East ⏰2:30pm

Date: 4/8/2025
🚩Rumbek East vs Tonj East ⏰9:30am
🚩Rumbek Central vs Aweil West ⏰2:30am

Date: 5/8/2025
🚩Rumbek North vs Aweil South ⏰9:30am
🚩Yirol East vs Aweil Centre ⏰2:30pm

Date: 6/8/2025
🚩Cueibet vs Abyei A.A ⏰9:30am
🚩Wau vs Gogrial West ⏰2:30pm

Date: 7/8/2025
🚩Jur River vs Awerial ⏰9:30am
🚩Yirol West vs Twic County ⏰2:30pm

Date: 8/8/2025
🚩Tonj South vs Rumbek Central ⏰9:30am
🚩Aweil East vs Tonj East ⏰9:30am

Date: 9/8/2025
🚩Raja vs Rumbek North ⏰9:30am
🚩Tonj North vs Yirol East ⏰2:30pm

Date: 10/8/2025
🚩Wau vs Wulu @9:30am
🚩Aweil West vs Cueibet ⏰2:30pm

Date: 11/82025
🚩Aweil Centre vs Aweil North ⏰9:30am
🚩Gogrial East vs Yirol West ⏰2:30am

Date: 12/8/2025
🚩Gogrial West vs Rumbek East ⏰2:30pm
🚩Abyei A.A vs Rumbek Central ⏰2:30pm

Date: 13/8/2025
🚩Aweil South vs Twic County ⏰2:30pm
🚩Aweil North vs Jur River ⏰2:30pm

Date: 14/8/2025
🚩Tonj South vs Aweil West ⏰9:30am
🚩Wau vs Aweil East ⏰2:30pm

Date: 15/8/2025
🚩Aweil South vs Raja ⏰9:30am
🚩Tonj North vs Aweil Centre ⏰9:30am

Date: 16/8/2025
🚩Tonj East vs Gogrial West ⏰9:30am
🚩Cueibet vs Tonj South ⏰2:30am

Date: 17/8/2025
🚩Twic vs Gogrial East ⏰9:30am
🚩Yirol East vs Awerial ⏰2:30pm

Date: 18/8/2025
🚩Rumbek East vs Wulu ⏰9:30am
🚩Aweil West vs Abyei A.A ⏰2:30am

Date: 19/8/2025
🚩Jur River vs Yirol East ⏰9:30am
🚩Yirol West vs Rumbek North ⏰2:30pm

Date: 20/8/2025
🚩Rumbek Central vs Cueibet ⏰9:30am
🚩Wau vs Rumbek East ⏰2:30pm

Date: 21/8/2025
🚩Yirol West vs Raja ⏰ 9:30am
🚩Awerial vs Aweil Centre ⏰2:30pm

Date: 22/8/2025
🚩Tonj North vs Aweil North ⏰9:30am
🚩Gogrial West vs Aweil East ⏰2:30pm

Date: 23/8/2025
🚩Gogrial East vs Aweil South ⏰9:30am
🚩Wulu vs Tonj East ⏰2:30pm

Date: 24/8/2025
🚩Rumbek North vs Twic ⏰9:30am
🚩Aweil Centre vs Jur Rive

07/30/2025

John Garang: Twenty Years of Absence between the Black Box and the Casket! - Part [2]

By Dengdit Ayok
On X

4. At the Green Square

The Chairman left the NCP's headquarters after his speech, accompanied by his comrades in the SPLM and his peace partner, Ustaz Ali Osman Mohammed Taha, to the Green Square.

Crowds had lined up from inside Khartoum International Airport, along both sides of Africa Street in central Khartoum, all the way to the Green Square and its surroundings, where the Chairman was scheduled to address them after leaving the NCP's headquarters.

However, due to a power cut off—that some say due to crowding, others due to an accident—the Chairman could not speak to them as the sound system was completely paralised, but he simply waved his hands toward the crowds, sending gestures that affirmed his satisfaction with the reception and his love for the people from the Green Square's tall building veranda. Ustaz Ali Osman Mohammed Taha was beside him, also waving at the crowd, amidst tight security.

The reception was so large that political observers described it as the first of its kind for a political leader in the history of contemporary Sudan. The crowds that turned out to welcome him were estimated at six million people. (See the documentary film "The Warrior Passed by from Here," produced by Ebony TV.)

The crowds in the Green Square stretched as far as the eye could see, reaching the distant horizon. Above them were banners bearing the SPLM flag and written words of welcoming to the Chairman who had come and was now here. Some climbed to the highest buildings to see the Chairman, while others climbed trees to see the charismatic leader who had sparked political controversy in Sudan for more than twenty-one years.

The entire scene was a meeting of sincere emotions between a people yearning for a true leader who would change the course of Sudanese history and fulfill their ambitions and dreams, and a leader whose heart yearned for a people he would lead in a "New United Sudan," serving them diligently and fulfilling their aspirations. How his heart was filled with love for the people when he saw a large balloon flying high in the air above the Green Square, with the SPLM flag dangling beneath it, hovering high above the skies of Khartoum!

What a magnificent political victory!

It was clear from the Chairman's gaze upon the crowds that he was greatly impressed by the reception, and that he personally confirmed the extent of his influence on the Sudanese people as a charismatic thinker and a political leader with a vision for the future.

This reception sent several messages to friends and foes alike: that the Chairman possessed the greatest and most profound influence over the masses, and that his reception was a popular referendum, a political election, and the early coronation of Dr. John Garang de Mabior as the uncontested President of the Republic of New Sudan.

5. Decoration of The streets before his arrival

Before his arrival, the streets of Khartoum were decorated with his pictures and visual advertisements about his reception and his ideas for the New Sudan.

In these advertisements, he appeared in some pictures with the historical hero from Awerial village in Yirol (Tokmac), also known as "Ali Abdel Latif" in the Sudanese history. In others, he was pictured carrying a child on his shoulders, with a charming smile on his face and his distinctive bald spot on his head clearly visible.

Other pictures showed him with Ali Osman Mohammed Taha, waving two copies of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, just moments after they signed the agreement.

Short writings conveyed the vision of the New Sudan, such as: "Social Justice... Let us respect the historical and contemporary diversity of our country... Towards the New Sudan..." The SPLM flag, which has now become the flag of the New Republic of South Sudan, adorned all the street advertisements.

Another signpost read: "Reception of Dr. John Garang de Mabior... Friday, July 8, 2005"... with a picture of an elderly woman weaving a traditional utensils... and below it were two words: "Thank you, my mother." This was almost an expression of appreciation for all mothers in Sudan, especially those from war zones. Other signposts conveyed Garang's developmental philosophy: "Let us move the cities to the countryside, not the countryside to the cities..." (6)

6. At the Republican Palace

On the night of his arrival, an unprecedentedly heavy rain fell on Khartoum. Some Sudanese said: Based on their African religious reference, that this was a sign that God had approved him as a leader for Sudan. The Sudanese welcomed him in an unprecedented manner at the Green Square, and God welcomed him with an unprecedented downpour. (7)

On the morning of Saturday, July 9, 2005, Garang was sworn in as First Vice President of the Republic, after President Omar al-Bashir issued two decrees: the first appointing him as First Vice President, and the second appointing Ustaz Ali Osman Mohammed Taha as Second Vice President. This was at an inauguration ceremony attended by prominent international figures and heads of state and government, including the late former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Sitting in his office at the Republican Palace and appearing on television wearing his uniquely patterned African shirts, Chairman John Garang de Mabior received political delegations representing national political forces and international envoys—including Condoleezza Rice, the former US Secretary of State—who congratulated him on the realisation of peace in Sudan, and on his appointment as First Vice President, as an implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

Everyone watched him on television for three weeks with indescribable ecstasy and great admiration. His statements about free education and healthcare, and his opening of the doors of the Presidential Palace to citizens to submit written complaints in the palace's designated complaints box, were etched in their minds.

For them, he was the hope and cornerstone for building a New Sudan, a force to effect change and forever transform Sudan's political trajectory, launching it into a broad space of freedom, social justice, and democratic transformation, establishing a unified secular state for its people, and achieving prosperity, progress, and well-being for all.

To be continued....

07/30/2025

South Sudan asks the United States to lift sanctions against VP Bol Mel in exchange for accepting more deportees, US news outlet reports

South Sudan has asked the Trump administration to lift sanctions imposed on one of its senior government officials in exchange for accepting more deportees from the United States, according to a report by American news outlet Politico.

Citing diplomatic correspondence and sources familiar with the negotiations, Politico revealed that the government in Juba submitted a formal diplomatic note to the U.S. Embassy on May 12, agreeing to take in third-country nationals deported from the U.S. The same letter included a number of requests to Washington — including the removal of sanctions on Dr. Benjamin Bol Mel.

Dr. Bol Mel remains under U.S. sanctions over allegations of corruption and mismanagement of public resources. Juba has also asked the U.S. to reverse visa restrictions imposed on South Sudanese passport holders, support the government’s efforts to prosecute First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar, and reactivate a blocked bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Although the U.S. has yet to respond positively to any of these requests, South Sudan has already accepted eight deportees — only one of whom is actually South Sudanese. The others are from countries including Cuba, Laos, Mexico, Myanmar, and Vietnam, and are currently being held in a guarded compound while efforts are made to return them to their home countries.

Ambassador Santino, South Sudan’s envoy to Washington, told Politico that Juba remains committed to its alliance with the United States and supports President Donald Trump’s policies. However, he emphasized the need for the U.S. administration to ease restrictions affecting ordinary South Sudanese citizens.

“We would love that our partners in the administration understand that for the government of South Sudan to convince its citizens freely… we are asking the U.S. administration to lift visa restrictions on South Sudanese passport holders,” Ambassador Santino said.

The Trump administration has been pursuing a strategy of deporting thousands of undocumented migrants to third-party countries when their own governments refuse to accept them. According to The Guardian, more than 8,000 people have been deported to countries not their own, mainly to Mexico, since Trump took office.

While countries such as El Salvador and Eswatini have received payments from the U.S. in exchange for accepting deportees, South Sudan is hoping its cooperation will help improve its diplomatic standing and lead to stronger bilateral ties.

The U.S. is South Sudan’s largest humanitarian donor and has played a central role in supporting peace efforts and post-conflict reconstruction. Despite this relationship, relations have been tense in recent years due to concerns over governance, human rights, and the slow implementation of the peace agreement.

Negotiations between the two countries began shortly after the U.S. revoked visas for South Sudanese nationals in April and blocked the entry of new arrivals over Juba’s initial refusal to accept deported nationals. South Sudan responded by agreeing to accept the eight men as a gesture of goodwill.

However, the U.S. State Department has maintained a firm stance on some key issues. In a statement to Politico, the department declined to comment on the deportation arrangements but reaffirmed its commitment to ending illegal migration and called on President Kiir to lift the house arrest of Dr. Machar and resume direct political dialogue.

Despite the political complications, analysts quoted by Politico suggest that South Sudan may continue cooperating with Washington in hopes of easing pressure, securing investment, and paving the way for improved diplomatic engagement.

Source: Hot in Juba.

07/30/2025

Edmund Yakani condemn the deadly clashes in Kejo-Keji between SSPDF and UPD. According to the report, five SSPDF were killed.

07/30/2025

Deadly Clashes in Kajo-Keji: Five SSPDF Soldiers Killed in Confrontation with Ugandan Army

Kajo-Keji County, Central Equatoria State – Authorities in Kajo-Keji County have confirmed that five members of the South Sudan People's Defense Forces (SSPDF) were killed on Tuesday following a deadly confrontation with the Ugandan army along the border area.

According to local officials, the clash occurred within South Sudanese territory in Kajo-Keji County. The circumstances that led to the confrontation remain unclear, but tensions have reportedly been building in the area due to unresolved border issues and military presence on both sides.

Local leaders have called for calm and urged both governments to urgently investigate the incident and engage in diplomatic dialogue to prevent further escalation.

More details are expected to emerge as investigations continue.

07/30/2025

John Garang: Twenty Years of Absence between the Black Box and the Casket! - Part [1]

By Dengdit Ayok
On X

QUOTE: "His tragic death on 30 July 2005, was a demise of a political prophet".

SOURCE: Edward Lino Wuor Abyei, in his book, "DR. JOHN GARANG DE MABIOR ATEM: A MAN TO KNOW", page (9).

1. The Shocking Departure

At the end of a month like this one in 2005, the people of Sudan received a painful and shocking news: The passing on of the First Vice President of the Republic, President of the Government of Southern Sudan, Chairman of the SPLM, and Commander-in-Chief of all its forces and battalions: the SPLA.

Like many Sudanese, at that time, I frequently listened to BBC Arabic. I broked the news at 7:00 PM on Saturday, July 30, 2005. I was living at the time, in a small village called Jadeen in Salha suburban, south of Omdurman.

Not long before, I had moved to Alqia on the western bank of the White Nile, opposite Alshajara, Alazouzab, and Alqalaa neighborhoods on the eastern bank of the White Nile, towards the areas of Abu Adam and Kalakla. (2)

The initial news broadcast by BBC Arabic was not about the death of the Chairman Garang; it was rather about the disappearance of his plane one hour after taking off from Entebbe International Airport, where it had refueled.

The plane had first taken off from the rural town of Rwakitura, the hometown of Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The plane flew through autumnal skies over dense tropical forests and mountainous range toward New Kush (New Site) region in South Sudan.

As soon as I heard this news, I had a very strong feeling in my mind and heart, and that feeling made me certaint that the charismatic Chairman, John Garang, was not well and was not alive.

The radio continued to broadcast the news until the early hours of Sunday morning, July 31, 2005. The news then evolved into:

"John Garang, First Vice President of Sudan, killed in a Ugandan presidential helicopter crash while on his way from Uganda to New Site in South Sudan."

This news was of a great concern to all the Sudanese people throughout Sudan. The BBC's source behind the news was the UN. The radio station reported:

"The UN says Sudan's First Vice President, John Garang, was killed in a Ugandan helicopter crash on the Sudanese-Ugandan border."

The broadcaster then notified the listeners that they would follow the developing news story and update them shortly.

The certainty of his death that had gripped me at that moment stemmed from my knowledge of the nature of the life filled with bloody conflict and hatred that the Chairman had lived fighting for more than twenty-one years, in the longest war in Africa, spending all his time training the liberation army and fighting from 1983 to 2005, as a military, political and diplomatic warrior, all the Governments that succeeded in ruling Sudan from Khartoum, beginning with the Government of Field Marshal Jaafar Mohamed Nimeiri in the period from 1983 to 1985, the Transitional Government led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab from 1985 to 1985, the Government of Prime Minister Alsadiq al-Mahdi from 1985 up to 1989, and the Government of Field Marshal Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir from 1989 to 2005. (3)

2. Arrival at Khartoum Airport

Chairman Garang arrived in the capital, Khartoum, on Friday, July 8, 2005, with Mama Rebecca Nyandeng, coming from Rumbek. He was officially received at Khartoum International Airport by President Omar al-Bashir, members of his Government, and a number of the SPLM leaders, prominent international figures, and Christian and Muslim clerics. He was also warmly welcomed by the Sudanese people, from all walks of life and all affiliations.

He was a national leader coming from the battlefields of the south and east of the country to the heart of the capital, Khartoum, to create and build a just, inclusive Sudanese state based on equality, democracy, and equal opportunities for all its sons and daughters—the New Sudan—a state in which many believed and supported its establishment and political victory.

3. At the National Congress Party's Headquarters

After being received at Khartoum International Airport, Garang headed to the Catholic Church Club, which had been confiscated by the Islamists' Government and turned into the National Congress Party's headquarters (NCP) to meet with the NCP political leaders and deliver his first speech inside Khartoum since his departure in 1983.

At the NCP headquarters, Omar al-Bashir and Garang took the stage to speak. He delivered a brief speech in which he said:

"Mr. President, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, and all of you, members of the NCP and the Government, the SPLM and its leadership, and all the Sudanese people, I say congratulations to you. Peace has come".

"This is your peace. It is not my peace, nor Omar al-Bashir's, nor Ali Osman's, nor the National Congress Party's. This is your peace, you, the Sudanese people." He assuredly said.

Then the crowd and leaders of the National Congress Party responded with Christian and Islamic chants: "Hallelujah... Hallelujah... Allahuakbar ... Allahuakbar..." Then the Chairman continued his speech:

"I am among my brothers and sisters..."

As for the NCP's media reports that he had returned to Sudan, the Chairman refuted this claim, saying: "I have not returned to Sudan. I am in Sudan, and I am coming from Rumbek." He said as if he was telling them that Khartoum was not Sudan, and returning back to Khartoum does not mean returning to Sudan. Sudan was a very vast country. He successfully and completely refuted the concept and the prevailing mindset of looking at Khartoum as Sudan then.

Voices arose from the crowd interrupting his speech, chanting: "No North without South... No South without North..." Listening to them, the Chairman responded jokingly, "There must only be Sudan, right?" And everyone burst out laughing.

The Chairman then continued his speech, affirming the coming of peace to Sudan when he saw the astonishment on the faces of those present. "Salam ja, meaning "peace has come", he said it in simple Arabic language. "And now I am standing in front of you with President Bashir." He added, affirming the coming of peace once again, while teasing the audience:

"This is not a dream. This is true. Peace has come." He declared. He then continued his speech: "I came for peace, so that we can join hands together in the National Congress and in the SPLM, and move Sudan forward in the right direction."

To be continued....

07/30/2025

Tambura Crisis: Activist Edmond Yakani Calls for Urgent Action to End Ethnic Violence
Prominent civil society activist Edmond Yakani has sounded a strong alarm over escalating ethnic violence and human rights violations in Tambura County. Speaking on behalf of affected civilians, Yakani said residents have been living in fear and suffering since as far back as 2001.
Yakani, who is the Executive Director of the Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), said the people of Tombura are being subjected to targeted killings, displacement, and restrictions on movement, especially around their farmlands, threatening their survival.
"People are being killed in their farms and homes. Some are even burned alive,” he said. “This is not just random violence—these are ethnically targeted killings happening with impunity.”
The activist highlighted recent brutal incidents, including the killing of a civilian near the parish priest’s residence, and the murder of spiritual leaders shortly after the visit of Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako. He warned that political and military actors known to the communities are fueling this violence for political gain.
"Individuals who once stood before the President declaring support are now behind these crimes. This is not only a betrayal of peace—it’s an organized campaign of ethnic cleansing,” Yakani stated.
He called on President Salva Kiir Mayardit to urgently intervene by forming an independent investigation committee, urging the government and security forces to bring perpetrators to justice regardless of rank or status.
"Tombura cannot remain a battlefield for political ambitions,” Yakani added. “We demand peace, justice, and dignity for the victims. The violence must stop—now.”
The situation in Tombura remains volatile, with civilians caught in a cycle of violence, displacement, and fear. Civil society voices are now demanding firm national action to prevent further bloodshed and restore lasting peace.