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South Sudan hires US lobbying firm to reestablish ties with Washington

7 years ago

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Former US’s Ambassador to Kenya and Managing Partner of Gainful Solutions, Inc, Michael Ranneberger. Photo: Getty Images Juba, April 28, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government has hired a California-based…

South Sudan’s Machar to attend peace talks in Ethiopia, Kiir declines to attend

7 years ago

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Machar (right), Kiir (left). Photo: YouTube/Al Jazeera Addis Ababa/Juba, April 27, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main opposition factions will be in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, next week to participate…

South Sudan’s warring parties clash over peace implementation

7 years ago

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Machar (right), Kiir (left). Photo: File Juba, April 25, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) have disagreed over best ways to implement…

SPLM-IO rejects formation of transitional government, accuses government of violating peace deal

7 years ago

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SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo: AFP Juba, April 24, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese main opposition party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) has rejected call by the…

South Sudan’s warring factions trade accusations over formation of transitional government

7 years ago

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Kiir (right) and Machar (left) shake hands… Photo: AFP Juba, April 22, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government and the main opposition party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) have…

US adds South Sudan to kidnapping threat list

7 years ago

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photo: Laszlo Balogh/Getty images Washington, DC/Juba, April 19, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States has added South Sudan to a new kidnapping list and…

EU to fund educational programs in Bahr el Ghazal and Equatoria regions

7 years ago

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Photo: Save the Children Juba, April 19, 2019 (SSNA) — The European Union (EU) has pledged to fund a five-year educational program designed to help South Sudanese children attend schools,…

“Illness is as deadly as war” in South Sudan: Aid agencies

7 years ago

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Photo: AFP Juba, April 19, 2019 (SSNA) — Diseases are as deadly as the ongoing civil war in South Sudan, humanitarian organizations said. The report comes as aid groups operating…

Exclusive: Kiir, Machar disagree over formation of transitional government

7 years ago

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Machar (right), Kiir (left). Photo: AFP Juba, April 17, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese main rival leaders President Salva Kiir and the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition…

South Sudan’s General dies under mysterious circumstances in Khartoum

7 years ago

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Late General Peter Gatdet Yak with his troops in an undisclosed location. Photo: Getty Images Khartoum, April 16, 2019 (SSNA) — The leaders of the South Sudan United Movement (SSUM)…

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