South Sudan: Office of the First Vice President – Dr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon – On the Incident in Wech-Yar-Adiu, Nasir County, Upper Nile State (07.03.2025)

South Sudan: President Salva Kiir Mayardit – Statement of His Excellency the President on the Current Situation in Upper Nile State, Nasir County (07.03.2025)

South Sudan: Naath White Army – Press Release (07.03.2025)

South Sudan: South Sudan People’s Movement (SSSPM) – Press Release (07.03.2025)

South Sudan: South Sudan Council of Churces (SSCC) – Statement of Concern by the South Sudan Council of Churches on the Current Security and Political Situation in South Sudan (06.03.2025)

South Sudan: Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – In Opposition (SPLM-(IO)) – Update on the airlifting of the remnant of SSPDF in Nasir (06.03.2025)

South Sudan: Tumaini Initiative – Press Statement on Unrest in South Sudan (06.03.2025)

South Sudan: Where is IO’s FVP Dr. Riek Machar [is he under house-arrest?]

There are reports of heavy military deployment of the South Sudan People’s Defence Force (SSPDF) surrounding the home of First Vice President and SPLM/A-(IO) leader Dr. Riek Machar.

There are reports of troops, tanks and artillery-armoured vehicles who are now surrounding the home of Dr. Riek Machar. All of this doesn’t sound like a man who has freedom or allowed to leave his home.

This isn’t the first time that Dr. Riek Machar is feeling the pinch. He has been here before and this isn’t new to him. His silence is worrying though. There is no news from the SPLM/A-IO and no official statement from the party who is targeted and neither any sort of press release telling what is going at the residence of Machar.

The silence is worrying. The SPLM/A-(IO) are a part of the R-ARCSS and SPLM-IG is playing with fire here. The President can come with a humble message and call Machar a brother, but his arresting his associates, and claiming they are a part of the White Army or the insurgency in the Upper Nile state. Which is the reason why we are here and the claims of J1 and R-TGoNU isn’t clever. When the White Army states their associations and where they are coming from, which isn’t fitting the narratives parroted from Juba.

If Dr. Riek Machar is under house arrest. Then there are real ramifications of the R-ARCSS and the agreements of which the government are built upon. The other arrests of IO High Ranking Officials are troubling enough. The knowledge of a possibility of a house arrest is telling.

We are living in uncertainty, and it becomes this dire when the state isn’t institutionalized, but personalized. This is the failure of the J1 and the ones who hasn’t implemented the R-ARCSS within the time limits. They have postponed and postponed… and made it so painful. The government could have acted and planned a way ahead.

The FVP should make noise. He needs to be heard. Especially, if it is true. He needs to speak and release a letter at least. The concerns are out there, and the President cannot think anyone will accept this. The state has failed and that is why the White Army is existing. That isn’t Machar or IO fault, it is the whole government’s fault. Therefore, it is time to act and not vilify the IO. That game is getting old… and we don’t have to repeat old sins. Peace.

South Sudan: Naath White Army – Clarification on the Situation in Nasir and Response to Government Statement (05.03.2025)

South Sudan: IGAD Calls for Restraint and Dialogue Amid Rising Tensions in Nasir County, South Sudan (05.03.2025)