South Sudan

SPLA-IO says it killed many government military officers in recent clashes

10 years ago

Col. William Gatjiath Deng. Photo: File Pagak/Juba, February 11, 2017 (SSNA) — The Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) claimed it had killed two Major Generals, two Brigadier Generals,…

UN Security Council Condemns Fighting in South Sudan

10 years ago

News, South Sudan, World

The United Nations Security Council. Photo: UN/Getty Images New York/Juba, February 11, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned renewed fighting in South Sudan, particularly in…

South Sudanese army General resigns, cites “tribally engineered war”

10 years ago

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Lt. Gen. Thomas Cirillo Swaka. Photo: File Nairobi/Juba, February 11, 2017 (SSNA) – A senior South Sudanese military officer has resigned from the national army (SPLA), describing the ongoing civil…

Exxon Mobil in talks with South Sudan over oil deal

10 years ago

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Photo: The New York Times Juba, February 9, 2017 (SSNA) — The US-based Exxon Mobil Corporation is in secret talks with Juba to buy a stake in South Sudan’s vast…

South Sudan deploys more troops to Upper Nile as fighting intensifies

10 years ago

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Government troops. Photo: Reuters/Getty Images Juba/Pagak, February 9, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government has relocated its troops from Unity State to Upper Nile as SPLA-IO appears to have gained…

Colonel Gai Chatim Pouch’s statement on his defection to the SPLM/A-IO

10 years ago

News, Press Releases, South Sudan

SPLA-IO Generals in Pagak. Photo: File For Immediate Release: February 2, 2017 February 9, 2017 (SSNA) — After a long struggle against my own conscience to represent that rogue ethnocentric…

SSHURSA calls on President Kiir to restrain from harmful public statements

10 years ago

News, Press Releases, South Sudan

South Sudan’s Kiir. Photo: Getty Images/File Press Release: 8 February 2017 February 8, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy (SSHURSA), strongly calls again on President Salva…

UN peacekeepers arrived in Central Equatoria after a three-day road block

10 years ago

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UN peacekeepers. Photo: Reuters Juba/New York, February 7, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s military and security personnel have finally allowed the United Nations peacekeepers to enter Kajo Keji town of…

Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in South Sudan

10 years ago

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Adama Dieng, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. Photo: UN New York, February 7, 2017 (SSNA) — The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide,…

Sudan accuses Egypt of supporting rebels

10 years ago

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Photo: Getty Images/File Juba, February 6, 2017 (SSNA) – Sudan’s President, Omar al-Bashir, has accused Egyptian Intelligence of arming and harboring Sudanese rebels and threatened to…

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