South Sudan President cancels meeting with Machar
Salva Kiir. Photo: Reuters Juba, September 10, 2019 (SSNA) — The President of South Sudan Sava Kiir has canceled his meeting with the SPLM-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar on the…
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South Sudan’s Machar set to arrive in Juba tomorrow
SPLM-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo: EPA Khartoum, September 8, 2019 (SSNA) — The leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) Dr. Riek Machar will go to Juba…
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Outrage after court case file went missing from presidential office
“The Terrain Hotel compound was ransacked by South Sudanese troops, who went on to attack foreign aid workers,” July 2016. Photo: AP Juba, September 6, 2019 (SSNA) — A court…
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South Sudan’s Kiir urges peace as SPLM-IO warns of return to war
Kiir. Photo: Reuters/File Juba, September 5, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, said on Thursday that people must embrace peace and suggest that South Sudanese should only talk…
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South Sudanese journalist free after more than five weeks in detention
Michael Christopher. Photo: hrw.org Juba, August 26, 2019 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese journalist Michael Christopher has been freed after spending nearly six weeks in detention at the national security…
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Exclusive: South Sudanese officials bribe Ethiopian officials in Gambella region
Gambella Regional Parliament. Photo: File Juba, August 23, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government officials have and are still bribing former and current Gambella regional government officials to get their…
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Kiir declines invitation to participate in peace talks in Ethiopia
Salva Kiir. Photo: Reuters Juba/Addis Ababa, August 20, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, has refused to participate in Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)-mediated peace talks slated to…
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IGAD denies SSNA report over leaked memo
Photo: IGAD Secretariat/File Juba, August 19, 2019 (SSNA) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has denied a report by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) that the East African…
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South Sudan’s Kiir is “useful idiot,” UN expert says
Klem Ryan. Photo: File Juba, August 19, 2019 (SSNA) — A United Nations expert on South Sudan said South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, is simply being used to prolong the…
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Leaked memo: Uganda is the real threat to peace in South Sudan
Museveni (right), Kiir (left). Photo: Africa Union (AU). Addis Ababa, August 16, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan civil war will never be resolved peacefully if the East African regional bloc,…
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