Twelve people dead, 30,000 displaced in Darfur
Kalokiting/Golol/Tawila/Nierteti, March 8, 2016 (SSNA) — More than ten people were killed in Darfur’s Jebel Marra as of Thursday. Seven people were killed and 20 others injured in attacks by…
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Meeting of Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism has been moved to next week
Juba, March 7, 2016 (SSNA) — The Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring Mechanism (CTSAMM) meeting which was first scheduled take place tomorrow has been rescheduled for March 16, Spokesperson Ruth Feeney…
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SPLM-IO chapter in Kenya elects new leaders
Nairobi, March 7, 2016 (SSNA) — SPLM chapter in Kenya last Saturday elected new Country coordinator and deputy coordinator. The Kenyan-based chapter elected its new leadership in a successful function chaired…
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Human Rights Watch says arms embargo and war crimes court needed in South Sudan
Juba, March 7, 2016 (SSNA) — Human Rights Watch has said South Sudan’s government troops have expanded their abuses by carrying out numerous killings, rapes, enforced disappearances, and other serious…
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Malakal death toll climbs to 25
Juba, March 4, 2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations (UN) has announced Friday that the killing which was carried out last month by armed men dressed in the SPLA uniforms…
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Sudan says UN Jebel Marra attacks claim and displacement figure is inaccurate
Golo/Khartoum, March 1, 2016 (SSNA) —The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed reports by the UN on the number of people who have been displaced by the fighting between…
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SPLA-IO accuses government of impeding peace implementation
Pagak/Addis Ababa, February 29, 2016 (SSNA) — The military command of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) has warned of possible delay of peace implementation, saying Salva kiir government…
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UN ‘outraged’ over Malakal killings, calls for justice
Juba, February 28, 2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Kyung-wha Kang said she is outraged after visiting a UN-run camp in Malakal and calls…
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Angola asks UN to impose arms embargo on South Sudan
New York, February 26, 2016 (SSNA) — Angola has proposed an arms embargo and asked the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to impose it on South Sudan, adding that the…
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World Bank excludes South Sudan from its annual global human development report
Juba, February 26, 2016 (SSNA) — The World Bank and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has excluded the Republic of South Sudan from annual global human development report, the…
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