South Sudan army chief sacked
South Sudan’s Kiir. Photo: AFP Juba, May 9, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudanese national army (SPLA) Chief of General Staff Paul Malong Awan has been fired and replaced with James…
Read More Breaking News
South Sudan troops remove civilians from Wau-based church
“Civilians seeking refuge in the UN compound in the city of Wau.” Photo: UN/Getty Images/File Juba, May 5, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government forces have removed at least 5,000 civilians…
Read More 
Heavy fighting erupts in South Sudan’s Upper Nile
Soldiers of the SPLA-IO 5th Division. Photo: File Pagak/Mathiang, May 3, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudanese rival forces have renewed fighting in and around Guelguk and Mangok in Upper…
Read More 
South Sudan rebels accuse UN of colluding with government forces
SPLA-IO’s Spokesman, Brig. Gen. William Gatjiath Deng. Photo: File Pagak/Juba, May 1, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudanese rebels have accused the United Nations Mission in South Sudan of coordinating…
Read More 
“Border Control from Hell”: EU’s Migration Management Program Supports Brutal Militia in Sudan
Photo: operationworld.org/File New report: Sudan using notorious militia to curb migration flows to Europe, EU risks being complicit in human rights abuses Washington, D.C., April 6, 2017 (SSNA) — A…
Read More 
South Sudan rebels release Indian and Pakistani oil Engineers
South Sudanese rebel leader Dr. Machar. Photo: AP Addis Ababa, March 30, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudanese rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar has ordered an immediate release of one Pakistani…
Read More 
South Sudan plane crashes in Wau, passengers survive
“Photos from the scene show fire engines dousing the smouldering wreckage with water.” Photo: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock Wau/Juba, March 20, 2017 (SSNA) – A plane carrying at least 44 passengers has crashed…
Read More 
South Sudan rebels captured Indian Engineers in Upper Nile
Col. William Gatjiath Deng. Photo: File Pagak/Juba, March 10, 2017 (SSNA) — The Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) said it has captured alive two Indian oil Engineers in…
Read More 
Clooney & Prendergast: Those Who Create Famine in South Sudan and Benefit from War Should Pay a Steep Price
The Sentry co-founders: George Clooney (right) and John Prendergast (left). Photo: africanarguments.org/File Washington, DC, March 9, 2017 (SSNA) — In an op-ed published today in the Washington Post, The Sentry co-founders George Clooney…
Read More 
Exclusive: Egypt sneaky strategy against Ethiopia
Photo: AP/MENA, Mohammed Samaha Kampala, March 5, 2017 (SSNA) – In an exclusive interview on Sunday, a former Ugandan intelligence agent told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) that Egyptian…
Read More