South Sudan bans skin bleaching products
Skin bleaching products. Photo: The African Voice/File Juba, January 22, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s Drugs and Food Control Authority (DFCA) says it has banned importation and sale of all…
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Disagreement emerges among SPLM-IO officials as government pushes for joint military offensive against NAS
SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo: eNews Channel Africa/File Juba, January 21, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main rebel group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), is divided over…
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Israeli Prime Minister makes a secret fly over South Sudan
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Shutterstock/ lobelog.com Juba, January 20, 2019 (SSNA) — The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu went to Chad and flew over South Sudan from Chad…
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South Sudan peace has little chance of succeeding, expert warns
Kiir (right), Machar (left), and Museveni (far-center). Photo: sunrise.ug Juba, January 19, 2019 (SSNA) — A former United Nations expert says the ongoing peace process in South Sudan has a…
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Media rights group slams South Sudan’s press suppression practice
Photo: theinsider.ug Juba, January 18, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government suppression of the media and recent order to ban the local news outlets from covering ongoing Sudan’s protests must…
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Torit State governor claims South Sudan is peaceful, urges refugees to return
South Sudanese refugees. Photo: UNHCR Juba, January 17, 2019 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese Governor Alberio Tobiolo of Torit State said the war-ravaged young nation is peaceful and that all…
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South Sudan main peace partners declare National Salvation Front “threat” to peace, warn of military action
SSPDF General Chief of Staff Gabriel Jok Riak (R) with SPLA-IO Deputy Chief of Staff James Koang Chuol addressing the media. Photo: Radio Tamazuj/File Juba, January 16, 2019 (SSNA) —…
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UK to send maggots to war zones in South Sudan to help treat wounds
Maggots… Photo: Live Science Juba, January 16, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of the United Kingdom through its Department for International Development (DFID) will fund international war zones to use…
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South Sudan Joint Defense Board to visit cantonment sites, vows to unify troops
“Joint Defense Board meeting at Palm Africa Hotel in Juba. In the photo; SSPDF Chief of Defense Forces, Gen. Gabriel Jok Riak, SPLA IO Deputy Chief of General Staff for…
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South Sudanese singer faces deportation after illegally killing wild animals in Uganda
Dead Antelopes in an undisclosed location. Photo: gizmodo.com/Getty Images Juba, January 12, 2019 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese singer is facing deportation after he killed two Antelopes in northern Uganda,…
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