Aid group warns of “fragile humanitarian situation” in Unity State
“A boy who suffered severe burns to his leg is tended to by a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) doctor at the MSF clinic set up at the camp for displaced…
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UN calls on two Sudans to resolve final status of disputed Abyei area
UN Security Council. Photo: UN/Getty Images New York/Juba, November 15,2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted unanimously Tuesday to extend mandate of the peacekeepers operating in the…
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Japanese troops to participate in rescue missions in South Sudan
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: Getty Images/File Tokyo/Juba, November 14, 2016 (SSNA) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told a parliamentary committee that Tokyo is ready to respond…
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Deportation of rebel spokesman sparks diplomatic firestorm
Kenyatta (right), Kiir (left). Photo: africa.tvcnews.tv/File Juba, November 13, 2016 (SSNA) — A highly placed source with South Sudan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed to the South Sudan News…
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Prominent politician blasts Kenya over troops withdrawal
ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi. Photo: Youtube/KTN Nairobi/Juba, November 14, 2016 (SSNA) — The leader of Amani National Congress (ANC) party Musalia Mudavadi has criticized Kenyatta over his decision to pull…
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South Sudan national security shut down Eye Radio
South Sudan’s security forces in Juba. Photo: Jubaweb/File Juba, November 11, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudanese security agents have told representatives of the Eye Radio (ER) that they must stop…
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Expert warns of looming genocide in South Sudan
Government soldiers. Photo: Simon Maina/AFP Juba, November 11, 2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations Special Adviser on the prevention of genocide Adama Dieng has warned that South Sudan civil war…
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Fuel shortage hits South Sudan’s capital
Photo credit: Getty Images Juba, November 10, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s capital, Juba, has been hit by fuel shortage, forcing some businesses to close their operations, business owners and…
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UN says over 16,000 children still in South Sudan armed groups
“This photo…shows young boys, child soldiers, sitting with their rifles at a ceremony of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration in Pibor overseen by UNICEF and partners.” Photo: Charles Lomodong/AFP Juba, November…
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UN warns of deadly cholera outbreak in South Sudan
FILE— In this Saturday May 24, 2014 file photo, relatives of Samual Moro, 30, grieve after he died of cholera, outside the cholera isolation ward at the Juba Teaching Hospital…
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