South Sudan

167 South Sudan’s soldiers are being trained as snipers in Uganda: Sources

8 years ago

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…

Kiir pledges support to al-Bashir as Sudanese opposition leaders call for fresh protest

8 years ago

News, South Sudan, Top Stories

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…

SSPDF, NAS accuse each other of civilian massacre in Central Equatoria

8 years ago

News, South Sudan, Top Stories

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)…

China donates $7 million to South Sudan

8 years ago

News, South Sudan, World

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (left) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ahead of 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum…

Zimbabwe to export unemployed graduates to South Sudan

8 years ago

News, South Sudan, Top Stories, World

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…

Expert blasts South Sudan’s peace partners over “theatrical meetings”

8 years ago

News, South Sudan, Top Stories

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…

Tension rises as government officials fight for recognition over peace implementation

8 years ago

News, South Sudan, Top Stories

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…

Ex-intelligence officer slams Uganda leader over weapons supply to South Sudan

8 years ago

News, South Sudan, Top Stories

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…

Pan-African bank to provide $15 million for Juba International Airport security system

8 years ago

News, South Sudan, World

Juba International airport. photo: File Juba, December 26, 2018 (SSNA) — The Egypt-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed an agreement with Securiport SUARL, a Senegal-based airport security entity, to…

South Sudanese doctor honors his South Korean mentor

8 years ago

Education, News, South Sudan

Thomas Taban Akot. Photo: Inje University College of Medicine. Juba, December 26, 2018 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese medical doctor Thomas Taban Akot who studied medicines in Inje University in…

South Sudan

Latest News