A new report warns of looming war in South Sudan
Kiir (right), Machar (left). Photo: File Juba, November 4, 2019 (SSNA) — The Republic of South Sudan is heading toward a renewed conflict as November 12 dateline set by the…
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IGAD calls for urgent meeting over South Sudan’s peace
IGAD leaders at a past event. Photo: IGAD/FANABC/File Addis Ababa, November 2, 2019 (SSNA) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has invited all South Sudan’s political leaders to go…
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SPLM-IO blasts government over ‘fake Ethiopian asylum’ claims
SPLM-IO spokesman Puok Noth Baluang. Photo: File Juba, October 30, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main opposition party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Oppsitiom (SPLM-IO), has harsly criticized a fake…
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SPLA-IO abandons five cantonment sites, peace monitors say
CTSAMVM Chairman Maj. Gen. Desta Abiche Ageno during opening remarks at 8th CTSAMVM Technical Committee Meeting in February 2019. Photo: ctsamm.org Juba, October 30, 2019 (SSNA) — The Sudan People’s…
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IGAD, envoys call on Kiir and Machar to meet before November dateline
IGAD past session. Photo: IGAD Djibouti/Juba, October 27, 2019 (SSNA) — The East African regional representatives and international special enjoys to South Sudan have called on South Sudan’s President Salva…
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At least 908,000 people affected by flood in South Sudan, UN says
Photo: MSF Juba, October 25, 2019 (SSNA) — Heavy flooding in South Sudan has caused extensive damages and uprooted nearly a half of million people from their homes, the UN…
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World leaders convene in Djibouti as SPLM-IO calls for extension of pre-transitional period
Photo: File Addis Ababa, October 25, 2019 (SSNA) — Representatives of East African and the international community are meeting in Djibouti to assess the status of South Sudan’s 2018 revitalized…
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Machar left Juba for Khartoum as face-to-face meeting collapses
SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo” AP/World Politics Review/File Juba, October 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar has returned to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, after talks…
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South Sudan’s government should be treated “illegitimate,” UN expert says
Former UN Security Council expert on South Sudan Klem Ryan. Photo: File Juba, October 21, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan needs to be isolated and treated as…
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SPLM-IO will not be part of unity government, Machar told UN
SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo: EPA Juba, October 20, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar, told the a United Nations delegation that his party…
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