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Breaking: South Sudan General stores fortune in international banks, as half the nation starves

9 years ago

Kiir with SPLA soldiers in Juba. Photo: Reuters The Sentry’s new investigative report spotlights documents indicating top army general has amassed a fortune through questionable deals in energy, construction and explosives; U.N.…

Vatican scraps South Sudan visit

9 years ago

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Pope Francis. Photo: Getty Images/File Juba, May 31, 2017 (SSNA) — Pope Francis’s scheduled visit to South Sudan has been canceled, the Vatican has said. The announcement comes after a…

Nuer Community kicks off annual convention in the United States

9 years ago

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A section of the attendees… Photo: File Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 27, 2017 (SSNA) — The Nuer Community Development Services in the United States (NCDS-USA) under the leadership of Chairwoman…

US, UK downplay significance of Kiir’s ceasefire announcement

9 years ago

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United States’ deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Michele Sison. Photo: UN/Getty Images/File Juba/New York, May 24, 2017 (SSNA) — The United States and the United Kingdom said South Sudan’s…

Exclusive: Former Ugandan intelligence officer accuses the West of failing South Sudan

9 years ago

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Ugandan President Museveni. Photo: Getty Images/File Kampala, May 21, 2017 (SSNA) — A former Ugandan intelligence officer James Moises has accused Western countries of complicity in the going South Sudan’s…

Millions of South Sudanese face “severe food insecurity”

9 years ago

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“A woman carries a sack of food after a World Food Programme aid drop in South Sudan in February 2015.” Photo: Tony Karumba/AFP Juba, May 21, 2017 (SSNA) — The…

UN accuses South Sudan of carrying out ethnic killings in Yei

9 years ago

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Government soldiers… Photo: Reuters Geneva/Juba, May 19, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations has accused South Sudanese government troops of carrying out ethnic killings in Yei, saying at least 114…

Rebel General blasts ousted army chief over recruitment of “blood-thirsty ethnic militias”

9 years ago

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SPLA-IO Generals. Pagak/Juba, May 13, 2017 (SSNA) — A senior military official of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) has harshly criticized the recently sacked South Sudan national army…

South Sudan army chief sacked

9 years ago

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South Sudan’s Kiir. Photo: AFP Juba, May 9, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudanese national army (SPLA) Chief of General Staff Paul Malong Awan has been fired and replaced with James…

UN deploys troops to Upper Nile to ‘enable aid delivery’

9 years ago

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“United Nations peacekeepers patrol in the camp for displaced people inside the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Malakal, Upper Nile State, which is currently held by…

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