JMEC to hold meeting over progress reports tomorrow
JMEC’s Chairman, Festus G Mogae. Photo: File Juba, May 30, 2016 (SSNA) — The Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) will convene a meeting Tuesday in Juba to discuss and…
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South Sudan’s warring factions agreed on the SPLA-IO cantonment areas
President (left), VP Machar (right). Photo credit: AP Juba, May 27, 2016 (SSNA) — Factions of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) today agreed on areas where the armed…
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South Sudan’s Machar says Kiir’s 28 states expansion plan is a violation of peace deal
South Sudan’s First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar. Photo credit: AFP Juba/Addis Ababa, May 25, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudanese First Vice president and leader of the SPLM/A-IO Dr. Riek…
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“The Paper Tiger in South Sudan”: Report Targets Violent Kleptocracy at Root of War, Atrocities
South Sudanese IDPs in a UNMISS camp. Photo: Getty Images/File MEDIA ADVISORY New policy brief by Enough Project’s John Prendergast argues “Grand corruption and extreme violence are not aberrations; they…
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Uganda accused of plotting to return to South Sudan
From left to right: South Sudan’s kiir, Uganda’s Museveni, and James Wani Igga. Photo: VOA/Getty Images/file Kampala/Juba, May 21, 2016 (SSNA) — Uganda’s national army, Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF),…
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Mysterious viral infection hits South Sudan, linked to 10 deaths
“A child is treated [at a] school in Calek, South Sudan, where MSF provides an outreach clinic to over 7,000 displaced people.” Photo credit: Jacob Zocherman/msf.org.ukJuba/New York, May 20, 2016…
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Coalition of Advocates for South Sudan congratulates South Sudanese leaders for the formation of TGoNU
From Right to Left: VP Igga, President Kiir, and First VP Dr. Machar. Photo: UN/File May 12, 2016 H.E. President Salva Kiir H.E. First Vice President Riek Machar H.E. Vice…
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Exclusive: Security arrangements “far from completion”
SPLA-IO forces in Juba. Photo: France 24 Juba, May 17, 2016 (SSNA) — A high-ranking military officer of the Sudan People’s Liberation army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) has revealed to the South…
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Israel sued over “wiretapping equipment export” to South Sudan
Israel’s High Court. Photo credit: Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90/timesofisrael.com Juba/Jerusalem, May 17, 2016 (SSNA) — A member of Israeli Parliament has filed a lawsuit, challenging the legality of Defense ministry decision to…
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Response to the alleged “Annexation of Panyang Payam of Duk County in the proposed New Counties of Bieh State”
Republic of South Sudan, Bieh State – Juba __________________________________________________________________ Rt. Hon. Joseph Bol Chan, Speaker, Council of States. Rt. Honorable Speaker, Juba, May 16, 2016 (SSNA) — On 28th March 2016,…
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