Health ministry raises COVID-19 cases to 45
Health minister Elizabeth Achuei Yol (front) with medical workers. Photo: SSNA/File Juba, May 1, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s ministry of health said Friday that the number of Coronavirus has…
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Leaked: South Sudanese officials involve in illicit gold business dealings in Eastern Equatoria State
Photo: AFP/Getty Images/File Juba, April 28, 2020 (SSNA) — Officials of South Sudan and Eastern Equatoria State governments are involved in corrupt gold mining business practices in Eastern Equatoria State,…
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Exclusive: Kiir, Machar to end deadlock over state governments formation
Juba, April 24, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar are finalizing steps to form state governments, a senior Sudan People’s Liberation…
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South Sudan partners with WHO and CDC to combat Coronavirus
“Passengers from an international flight are screened for their temperature at Juba International Airport…as part of efforts to prevent spread of the deadly coronavirus.” Photo: AFP Juba, April 16, 2020…
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Collapse of South Sudan’s peace is ‘in the making’, official says
Kiir (right), Machar (left). Photo: File Juba, April 15, 2020 (SSNA) — The newly formed transitional government of national unity is in danger of imminent collapse as President Salva Kiir…
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South Sudan’s former justice minister is dead
Paulino Wanawilla Unango. Photo: Flickr/File Juba, April 12, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s former justice minister, Paulino Wanawilla Unango, has died, a senior government official who declined to named in…
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Yellow fever outbreak declared in South Sudan
Photo: File Juba, April 11, 2020 (SSNA) — The Health Organization (WHO) said the deadly fever has been detected in Kajo-keji, a South Sudan’s town bordering Uganda. The WHO revealed…
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South Sudan reports first case of COVID-19
FVP Dr. Machar. Photo: Anadolu/File Juba, April 5, 2020 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has reported its first case of Coronavirus also known as COVID-19, the country’s First…
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Widespread corruption hits South Sudan’s mining sector, report says
Photo: File/ businessamlive.com Washington, DC/Juba, April 3, 2020 (SSNA) — A well-coordinated corruption scheme in South Sudan’s mining sector involves President Salva Kiir’s relatives and inner circle, military leaders, and…
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South Sudan’s news editor blasts health ministry critics
South Sudan News Agency’s editor, Duop Chak Wuol. Photo: file Addis Ababa, March 31, 2020 (SSNA) — The newly appointed minister of health has been unfairly criticized for her limited…
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