South Sudan’s rebel leader to return to Juba in May
SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo: File New York, February 5, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese main rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar is planning to return to Juba and resume…
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At least 9 dead as South Sudan rival forces clash in Amadi State
Government soldiers in an undisclosed location. Photo: File/Eye Radio Juba, February 5, 2019 (SSNA) — Rival forces of the National Salvation Front (NAS) and the government have clashed in Western…
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US bans citizens from traveling to South Sudan
US President Donald Trump. Photo: ABC News Juba, February 5, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States has banned its citizens from visiting the war-ravaged South Sudan, saying the young nation…
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South Sudan’s independence was not achieved through the struggle of one man (Salva Kiir), a rebuttal to Peter Mayuk’s article
Salva Kiir. Photo: BBC By Deng Akok Muoradid February 5, 2019 (SSNA) — In response to peter Mayuk’s article in which he attributed the whole liberation struggle to the efforts…
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Will SPLM/A-IO, SSOA, and OPP bring much-needed reform after their key ally FDS give in and abandon their reform agenda; or all opposition groups are going to die down after a rubber-stamp coalition government is put together?
Photo: File By Lul Gatkuoth Gatluak February 5, 2019 (SSNA) — The five years old South Sudan civil war between the government and multiple rebel groups in the country, is…
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National security accused of detaining and killing “Mading Aweil sons” in Juba
The Greater Mading Aweil group says this unidentified youth is one of their sons illegally detained in the Blue House. Photo: provided Juba, February 4, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan…
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South Sudan military General charged with treason
Photo: Reuters Juba, February 4, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has charged Maj. Gen. Stephen Buoy Rolnyang with treason, a senior military officer with the military court…
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South Sudan peace in limbo as SPLM-IO disunity escalates
SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. photo: Vice News/File Juba, February 2, 2019 (SSNA) — The September 2018 peace agreement that was signed in Khartoum is nearing its demise, a senior…
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Huge military buildup in Yei River State as citizens flee
SSPDF’s Soldiers. Photo: capitalfm.co.ke Juba, January 30, 2019 (SSNA) — The South Sudanese and the National Salvation Front (NAS) are mobilizing their forces in Yei River State for a possible…
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Secret army recruitment hits Bahr el Ghazal region as rival factions urge peace
Salva Kiir. Photo: ssddrc.org/File Juba, January 29, 2019 (SSNA) — The South Sudanese government is conducting secret military recruitment in Twic State and that Juba sent hundreds of national security…
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