US bans citizens from traveling to South Sudan
US President Donald Trump. Photo: ABC News Juba, February 5, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States has banned its citizens from visiting the war-ravaged South Sudan, saying the young nation…
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National security accused of detaining and killing “Mading Aweil sons” in Juba
The Greater Mading Aweil group says this unidentified youth is one of their sons illegally detained in the Blue House. Photo: provided Juba, February 4, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan…
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South Sudan military General charged with treason
Photo: Reuters Juba, February 4, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has charged Maj. Gen. Stephen Buoy Rolnyang with treason, a senior military officer with the military court…
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South Sudan peace in limbo as SPLM-IO disunity escalates
SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. photo: Vice News/File Juba, February 2, 2019 (SSNA) — The September 2018 peace agreement that was signed in Khartoum is nearing its demise, a senior…
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Huge military buildup in Yei River State as citizens flee
SSPDF’s Soldiers. Photo: capitalfm.co.ke Juba, January 30, 2019 (SSNA) — The South Sudanese and the National Salvation Front (NAS) are mobilizing their forces in Yei River State for a possible…
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Secret army recruitment hits Bahr el Ghazal region as rival factions urge peace
Salva Kiir. Photo: ssddrc.org/File Juba, January 29, 2019 (SSNA) — The South Sudanese government is conducting secret military recruitment in Twic State and that Juba sent hundreds of national security…
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South Sudan accuses EU, Troika of working against peace
Information Minister Micheal Makuey Lueth. Photo: Eye Radio/File Juba, January 28, 2018 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has accused the European Union (EU) and the Troika countries namely…
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NAS accuses SPLM-IO of embracing “faked-up peace”
NAS leader Thomas Cirillo Swaka. photo: File Addis Ababa, January 26, 2019 (SSNA) — The National Salvation Front (NAS) has accused the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) of being…
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No money for peace implementation, South Sudan says
South Sudanese pound. Photo: File Juba, January 23, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government on Wednesday said it has no money for the implementation of the September 2018 peace agreement…
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JMEC Chair calls for unification of South Sudan’s rival forces
JMEC Interim Chair Augostino Njoroge. Photo: JMEC Juba, January 23, 2019 (SSNA) — The interim chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) Augostino Njoroge said he wants to…
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