Naming Names: Holding Accountable Those Enabling Genocide in Sudan
Photo: Getty Images/File By Eric Reeves December 4, 2016 (SSNA) — As grim genocide by attrition in Darfur is set to enter its fifteenth year, as Khartoum’s claim of a…
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South Sudan Football Chief suspended
Chabur Goc Alei. Photo: Eyeradio Juba, December 3, 2016 (SSNA) — The board of directors of South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) has suspended its football head, Chabur Goc Alei, over…
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South Sudan accuses Ethiopia and Sudan of complicity in Machar isolation
South Sudan FVP Gai. Photo: Radio Tamazuj/File Addis Ababa/Khartoum, December 2, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudanese First Vice president Taban Deng Gai says governments of Ethiopia and Sudan agree with…
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Behind the Shadow of Deaths in South Sudan
By James Tot Mathiang Malnourished South Sudanese children. Photo: File December 2, 2016 (SSNA) — Since December 15, 2013, South Sudanese have been fighting a ruthless and tribal war that…
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Government troops defect to rebel forces in Unity State
South Sudanese rebel soldiers. Photo: AP Juba, December 2, 2016 (SSNA) — At least 300 soldiers of South Sudan national army (SPLA) have defected and joined the rival Sudan People’s…
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South Sudan’s rebel leader appoints senior officials
South Sudan’s Machar. Photo: AP Juba/Pretoria, December 1, 2016 (SSNA) — The leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) Dr. Riek Machar has appointed Henry L. Odwar, Tingo…
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UN warns of imminent “ethnic cleansing” campaign in South Sudan
Photo: UN/Getty Images Juba, December 1, 2016 (SSNA) — A United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) has warned Thursday that a campaign of ethnic cleansing is underway in South…
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US says South Sudan targeting civilians, prepares to launch “large-scale” attacks
US Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council Keith Harper. Photo: United States Mission to the United Nations in Geneva. Juba/Geneva, November 30, 2016 (SSNA) — The United States’…
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South Sudan Peace monitors arrived in Yei
SPLA soldiers. Photo: Albert Gonzalez Farran/AFP Yei/Juba, November 30, 2016 (SSNA) — Peace monitors of the Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) have finally arrived in Yei town…
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A humanitarian house robbed in Mundri
“As South Sudan marks the first anniversary of its independence on July 9, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are struggling to save lives in one of the most complicated and…
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