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South Sudanese model praised for embracing her skin color

9 years ago

Nyakim Gatwech. Photo: Nyakim Gatwech/Instagram Juba, June 6, 2017 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese international model who lives in the United States has been praised for promoting her natural skin…

UN warns of worsening food crisis in South Sudan

9 years ago

South Sudan, World

South Sudanese refugees… Photo: AFP Juba/Washington, DC, June 6, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations has warned that South Sudan’s hunger crisis is worsening and blames South Sudanese warring factions…

Gaatjaak Nuer warn of “scorched-earth campaign” after government-backed militias attacked their territories

9 years ago

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Soldiers of the Jikany-dominated SPLA-IO fifth division. Photo: File Pagak, June 4, 2017 (SSNA) — The leaders of Gaatjaak of Jikany Nuer have passed a resolution endorsing a campaign…

South Sudan rebels slam Ukraine over weapons sale to South Sudan

9 years ago

News, South Sudan, Top Stories

South sudan’s Machar. Photo: Reuters/File Pagak/Kampala, June 3, 2017 (SSNA) — In what has been described as a “controversial move,” the South Sudanese main rebel movement (SPLM/A-IO) under the leadership…

South Sudan tops list of “world’s most neglected displacement crises”

9 years ago

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South Sudanese refugees… Photo: CCTV Africa Juba, June 3, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s civil war has been ranked fourth on the list of the world’s ten most neglected displacement…

“Almost 4,000,000 Sudanese displaced by fighting”— Norwegian Refugee Council

9 years ago

Articles, Opinion

A Darfur refugees camp. Photo: Getty Images/File This Al Jazeera dispatch hardly suggests that humanitarian access has improved in Darfur or anywhere else in Sudan: “Hundreds of thousands of people…

Breaking: South Sudan General stores fortune in international banks, as half the nation starves

9 years ago

News, South Sudan, Top Stories

Kiir with SPLA soldiers in Juba. Photo: Reuters The Sentry’s new investigative report spotlights documents indicating top army general has amassed a fortune through questionable deals in energy, construction and explosives; U.N.…

Vatican scraps South Sudan visit

9 years ago

News, South Sudan, Top Stories

Pope Francis. Photo: Getty Images/File Juba, May 31, 2017 (SSNA) — Pope Francis’s scheduled visit to South Sudan has been canceled, the Vatican has said. The announcement comes after a…

Nuer Community kicks off annual convention in the United States

9 years ago

Breaking News, News, South Sudan

A section of the attendees… Photo: File Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 27, 2017 (SSNA) — The Nuer Community Development Services in the United States (NCDS-USA) under the leadership of Chairwoman…

US, UK downplay significance of Kiir’s ceasefire announcement

9 years ago

News, South Sudan, World

United States’ deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Michele Sison. Photo: UN/Getty Images/File Juba/New York, May 24, 2017 (SSNA) — The United States and the United Kingdom said South Sudan’s…

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