South Sudan

Media rights group slams South Sudan’s press suppression practice

7 years ago

Photo: theinsider.ug Juba, January 18, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government suppression of the media and recent order to ban the local news outlets from covering ongoing Sudan’s protests must…

Torit State governor claims South Sudan is peaceful, urges refugees to return

7 years ago

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South Sudanese refugees. Photo: UNHCR Juba, January 17, 2019 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese Governor Alberio Tobiolo of Torit State said the war-ravaged young nation is peaceful and that all…

South Sudan main peace partners declare National Salvation Front “threat” to peace, warn of military action

7 years ago

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SSPDF General Chief of Staff Gabriel Jok Riak (R) with SPLA-IO Deputy Chief of Staff James Koang Chuol addressing the media. Photo: Radio Tamazuj/File Juba, January 16, 2019 (SSNA) —…

UK to send maggots to war zones in South Sudan to help treat wounds

7 years ago

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Maggots… Photo: Live Science Juba, January 16, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of the United Kingdom through its Department for International Development (DFID) will fund international war zones to use…

South Sudan Joint Defense Board to visit cantonment sites, vows to unify troops

7 years ago

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“Joint Defense Board meeting at Palm Africa Hotel in Juba. In the photo; SSPDF Chief of Defense Forces, Gen. Gabriel Jok Riak, SPLA IO Deputy Chief of General Staff for…

South Sudanese singer faces deportation after illegally killing wild animals in Uganda

7 years ago

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Dead Antelopes in an undisclosed location. Photo: gizmodo.com/Getty Images Juba, January 12, 2019 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese singer is facing deportation after he killed two Antelopes in northern Uganda,…

Juba warns citizens in Sudan to exercise caution as opposition renews call for fresh protests

7 years ago

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South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir. Photo: The Rwandan Focus/File Khartoum, January 11, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has warned its citizens in Sudan, asking them to stay…

South Sudan’s tycoon lashes out at Ugandan intelligence agency after release, claims he is “clean businessman”

7 years ago

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Lawrence Lual Malong Yor Jr. Photo: File/sqoop.co.ug Kampala, January 9, 2019 (SSNA) — A controversial South Sudanese millionaire who was arrested by Uganda’s Internal Security Organization (ISO) in November 2018…

At least 25 dead in bloody cattle raid in South Sudan’s Bieh State

7 years ago

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Photo: Matthew Abbott Juba, January 8, 2019 (SSNA) — A group of heavily armed Murle tribesmen have carried out a deadly cattle raid in Bieh State on Monday, killing at…

South Sudan barred media from covering Sudan’s protests

7 years ago

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Sudanese Protesters. Photo: AFP Juba, January 8, 2019 (SSNA) — The media authority in South Sudan has issued an order, barring all media outlets in the country to cover the…

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