SPLM reunification: Is Taban Deng done politically in South Sudan?
South Sudan’s FVP, Taban Deng Gai. Photo: File By Peter Gai Manyuon May 8, 2018 (SSNA) — Taban Deng Gai has been the First Vice President of South Sudan since…
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UN warns South Sudan against holding elections
UNSC in a past meeting. Photo: UN/Getty Images/File Juba, May 7, 2018 (SSNA) — A United Nations top official said recent call by South Sudan’s government to hold elections if…
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Heavy fighting erupts in Pagak as rebels seize the main bridge
A destroyed tank. Photo: File/Nyamilepedia Maiwut/Addis Ababa, May 5, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government and rebel forces have clashed on Saturday morning after Juba-backed troops launched coordinated attacks on…
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Lawyer for Terrain hotel attack victims raises questions over verdict delay
“The Terrain Hotel compound was ransacked by South Sudanese troops, who went on to attack foreign aid workers…” Photo: AP Juba, May 4, 2018 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese lawyer…
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South Sudan crisis is more disastrous than Syria civil war
‘Civilians flee fighting in an U.N. base in Malakal, Upper Nile’. Photo: AFP/Getty Images By Peter Gai Manyuon May 4, 2018 (SSNA) — In fact, what is happening in the…
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Kiir appoints new army Chief
New army chief of staff Gabriel Jok Riak. Photo: Supplied/File Juba, May 2, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has appointed Gabriel Jok Riak as the new army…
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South Sudan’s rebels released aid workers, warn against unauthorized movements
Col. Lam Paul Gabriel. Photo: File Juba, April 30, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main rebel group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) has released Humanitarian personnel and warned that…
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Armed robbery forced MSF to vacate its medical facility in Mundri
MSF-run clinic in Dorain, Jonglei, South Sudan. Photo: Caroline Scholtes/MSF Juba, April 30, 2018 (SSNA) — The Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) also known as Doctors Without Borders said it medical personnel…
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Why the notion of a regional solution to South Sudan’s conflict is irrational
Flags of IGAD member countries. Photo: File By Duop Chak Wuol April 29, 2018 (SSNA) — It has been more than four years since the civil war broke out in…
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Leaked document: East African leaders are playing ‘a dangerous game’ with South Sudanese lives
Yoweri Museveni (right) and Uhuru Kenyatta. Photo: thelondoneveningpost.com/Getty Images/File Addis Ababa, April 28, 2018 — The Intergovernmental authority on development (IGAD) is not a credible body to bring about peace…
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