UK ambassador to South Sudan to be replaced in May
Christopher Trott. Photo: The New Times/gov.uk Juba, February 19, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Kingdom has picked a new ambassador to replace its current Ambassador who will be transferred to…
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NAS rejects Kiir’s demand to abandon rebellion
NAS leader Thomas Cirillo (right), President Kiir (left). Photo: The Monitor (Ugandan) Addis Ababa, February 18, 2019 (SSNA) — The National Salvation Front (NAS) has rejected President Salva Kiir’s call…
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UNHCR launches “back to school’ campaign in South Sudan
“Refugee children from South Sudan attend school in Kyaka II settlement, in Uganda.” Photo: UNHCR Juba, February 18, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Lutheran…
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WHO to provide ‘life-saving health services’ to displaced South Sudanese
Photo: WHO Juba, February 18, 2019 (SSNA) — The World Health Organization (WHO) increases its medical operations in South Sudan in hope to help contain diseases in case of an…
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SPLM-IO delegation visits Ethiopia
Ethiopia Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu (right), SPLM-IO Chair of the National Committee for Security and Defense Angelina Teny (left). Photo: Provided/Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Addis Ababa, February…
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‘Patriotic East African’ blasts IGAD over “illegal proposed constitutional amendments”
IGAD’s logo. Addis Ababa, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) — The National Constitutional Amendment Committee (NCAC) is increasingly becoming ineffective as some elements within the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) collude with…
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Founder of ‘African Food Map’ once lived in South Sudan
Photo: iol.co.za Juba, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) –– In a recently featured article in South Africa, a woman named Tuleka Prah – a chief, was named as one of the…
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South Sudan lacks adequate port as Africa become fast-growing grain import market
Scientist say whole grain is good for health. Photo: aarp.org/Getty Image Juba, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) — Africa is rapidly becoming one of the world fast-growing grain importer as some…
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South Sudanese woman drops out of school after her parents forced her to marry a man
South Sudan has the seventh highest prevalence rate of child marriage in the world, according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Photo: UNICEF/HRW/File Juba, February 16, 2019…
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WHO 2018 health report in parts of South Sudan
This is a UN-run clinic in Malakal. Photo: UNMISS Juba, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) — The World Health Organization has released its 2018 report about the progress it made in…
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