Exclusive: IGAD to table new peace proposal
Photo: VOA/Getty Images Addis Ababa, May 19, 2018 (SSNA) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is set to present to South Sudan’s warring factions a new peace proposal, an…
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Salva Kiir’s cunning strategy
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MSF leaves field health structure for newly renovated 40-bed hospital in Malakal
An MSF-run clinic in Malakal. Photo: UN/MSF Malakal, May 18, 2018 (SSNA) — Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is today officially opening its new hospital in Malakal town…
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UN deploys more troops to Unity State, cites ‘deliberate’ killings
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South Sudan: Reasons why peace is likely to be signed or collapse
Machar (right), Kiir (left). Photo: Reuters By Peter Gai Manyuon May 16, 2018 (SSNA) — In fact, the crisis of South Sudan was caused by suspicion of the unknown among…
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South Sudan’s Machar meets with IGAD delegation in South Africa
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Cracks emerge as Taban Deng Gai’s loyalists distance themselves from SPLM reunification
Taban Deng Gai. Photo: AFP Juba, May 11, 2018 (SSNA) — In an exclusive interviewed on Friday, a senior government official who asked not to be named told the South Sudan News…
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South Sudan says US is ‘obstacle’ to peace
Salva Kiir. Photo: Reuters Juba, May 10, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government has accused the United States of being “a real obstacle” to peace in the young nation, according…
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S. Sudan’s Kiir removes bank governor
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US set to review South Sudan assistance, blasts Juba over “cynical repudiation of the peace process”
The White House’s Press Secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Photo: Reuters Washington, DC/Juba, May 8, 2018 (SSNA) — The United States on Tuesday says it is ready and well-positioned to review…
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