South Sudan’s Unity oil fields resume production
Photo: Reuters Juba, January 7, 2018 (SSNA) — All 16 oil wells in Unity have restarted producing oil five years after the civil broke out, the New York-based Bloomberg news…
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South Sudan’s minister arrested in anti-tobacco operation in Uganda
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire. Photo: softpower.ug Kampala, January 6, 2019 (SSNA) — The Ugandan police forces have arrested a South Sudanese minister on Saturday after they conducted raids…
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167 South Sudan’s soldiers are being trained as snipers in Uganda: Sources
Soldiers of the Ugandan Special Forces. Photo: Getty Images/whispereye/File Kampala, January 5, 2019 (SSNA) — More than 167 South Sudanese soldiers are being trained as snipers in Uganda as peace…
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Kiir pledges support to al-Bashir as Sudanese opposition leaders call for fresh protest
Kiir (R) meets al-Bashir (L) in this undated picture. Photo: Isaac Billy/File Khartoum/Juba, January 3, 2019 (SSNA) — A team sent to Khartoum by South Sudan’s government to register its…
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SSPDF, NAS accuse each other of civilian massacre in Central Equatoria
SSPDF Spokesman Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang. Photo: File Juba, January 3, 2019 (SSNA) — Rival forces of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and National Salvation Front (NAS)…
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Zimbabwe to export unemployed graduates to South Sudan
Professor Amon Murwira. Photo: The Herald (Zimbabwe) Juba, January 1, 2019 (SSNA) — Zimbabwean minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Professor Amon Murwira says his nation is…
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Expert blasts South Sudan’s peace partners over “theatrical meetings”
Kiir (right), Machar (left). Photo: AFP Juba, December 31, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main peace partners, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) and the government have signed an…
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Tension rises as government officials fight for recognition over peace implementation
Tut Kew Gatluak (center), Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth (far-center). Photo: YouTube/File Juba, December 29, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudanese senior government officials with different interests on how the ongoing peace process…
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Ex-intelligence officer slams Uganda leader over weapons supply to South Sudan
This Air defense system is one of the weapons bought by South Sudan with help from Uganda. Photo: news24africa.com Kampala, December 26, 2018 (SSNA) — In an exclusive interview on…
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Exclusive: Central bank, Lukiza Ltd sign mobile money transfer deal
South Sudanese pound. Photo: File Nairobi/Juba, December 21, 2018 (SSNA) — The Bank of South Sudan and a Kenya-based Lukiza Ltd have signed a deal which will allow the young…
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