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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South Sudan’s government wants UN to reinstate sacked Kenyan General
Michael Makuei Lueth. Photo: Radio Tamazuj/Getty Images/File Juba, November 7, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudanese information minister Michael Makuei Lueth has revealed that his government has sent a letter to…
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UNHCR accuses Kenya of violating “international refugee law”
UNHCR human rights Council. Photo: UN/Getty Images Geneva/Nairobi, November 6, 2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) accuses Kenya of violating human rights over forced deportation…
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Fear grows as government denies access to deported rebel official
Government soldiers. Photo: Charles Lomodong/Getty Images Juba, November 5, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudanese rebel Spokesman James Gatdet Dak who was deported to South Sudan Thursday has been told not…
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James Gatdet Dak under “serious torture” in Juba
James Gatdet Dak. Photo: File Juba, November 3, 2016 (SSNA) — The Spokesman for the leadership of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition James Gatdet Dak has been handed over…
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Kenya blasts UN over sacking of its General, vows to withdraw troops
Kenya’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta. Photo: Kenya Today/Getty Images Nairobi/New York, November 2, 2016 (SSNA) — Government of Kenya has strongly criticized decision by the United Nations Secretary-General to dismiss a…
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Top South Sudanese rebel Spokesman detains in Kenya
James Gatdet Dak. Photo credit: Ali Ngethi Nairobi/Juba, November 2, 2016 (SSNA) — Kenyan authorities have been accused of kidnapping the Spokesman for the leadership of South Sudan’s armed opposition,…
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UN fired Kenyan General over civilian deaths in South Sudan
Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki. Photo: UN Juba/Nairobi, November 1, 2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday dismissed the commanding general of the UN peacekeepers…
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UK to deploy paratroopers to South Sudan for UN peacekeeping mission
British’s 16 air assault brigade in Afghanistan. Photo: Getty Images Juba/London, October 31, 2016 (SSNA) — Britain’s Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, says the United Kingdom is ready to send Airborne…
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Khartoum denies use of chemical weapons in Sudan’s Darfur
Ibrahim Ghandour. Photo: Getty Images Khartoum, October 30, 2016 (SSNA) — Sudanese foreign minister says accusations by “foreign agents” that it uses chemical weapons against people of Darfur are baseless,…
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