At least 908,000 people affected by flood in South Sudan, UN says
Photo: MSF Juba, October 25, 2019 (SSNA) — Heavy flooding in South Sudan has caused extensive damages and uprooted nearly a half of million people from their homes, the UN…
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World leaders convene in Djibouti as SPLM-IO calls for extension of pre-transitional period
Photo: File Addis Ababa, October 25, 2019 (SSNA) — Representatives of East African and the international community are meeting in Djibouti to assess the status of South Sudan’s 2018 revitalized…
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Machar left Juba for Khartoum as face-to-face meeting collapses
SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo” AP/World Politics Review/File Juba, October 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar has returned to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, after talks…
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South Sudan’s government should be treated “illegitimate,” UN expert says
Former UN Security Council expert on South Sudan Klem Ryan. Photo: File Juba, October 21, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan needs to be isolated and treated as…
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SPLM-IO will not be part of unity government, Machar told UN
SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo: EPA Juba, October 20, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar, told the a United Nations delegation that his party…
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Face-to-face meeting between Machar and Kiir ended without progres
Machar (right), Kiir (left). Photo: Getty Images/File Juba, October 20, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s rival leaders, President Salva Kiir and Dr. Riek Machar held their second face-to-face meeting today…
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Dr. Machar to arrive in Juba tomorrow
SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo: AP Juba, October 18, 2019 (SSNA) — The leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) Dr. Riek Machar will arrive in Juba…
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UK warns citizens against travel to South Sudan
UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Dominic Rennie Raab. Photo: AFP/The Mirror (UK) Juba, October 18, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Kingdom’s government has warned its citizens…
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South Sudan peace in limbo as government, SPLM-IO trade accusations
“In this photo taken Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, opposition soldiers walk…during a visit by a ceasefire monitoring team, at an opposition military camp near the town of Nimule in Eastern…
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IGAD leaders arrive in Juba for Sudan consultative meeting
IGAD chairman Dr. Abiy speaks at the meeting. Photo: File Juba, October 14, 2019 (SSNA) — The Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Chairman of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)…
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South Sudan’s president accuses Western powers of working against peace
Salva Kiir. Photo: VOA Addis Ababa/Juba, October 11, 2019 (SSNA) — The president of South Sudan Salva Kiir has accused some unnamed Western countries of being not happy with ways…
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Ethiopian Prime Minister wins Nobel Peace Prize
Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed. Photo: UNESCO Addis Ababa, October 11, 2019 (SSNA) — Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, has won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his…
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SSNA editor says South Sudan’s president is a “master of deceit”
Salva Kiir. photo: AFP Addis Ababa, October 10, 2019 (SSNA) — The editor-in-chief of the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) Duop Chak Wuol has criticized president Salva Kiir, describing him…
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Eastern Jikany Community condemns General James Ochan defection to the government
Seen in this photo are members of the Nuer community in a past meeting in the United States. photo: SSNA Eastern Jikany peace initiative committee (EPIC) Office of the executive…
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South Sudan and AU should set up a meeting on war crimes court, HRW says
“Closeup Of Judges Gavel, Legal Code, Scales Of Justice On The Rough Wooden Background. Law Concept.” Photo: Flickr Juba, October 9, 2019 (SSNA) — The Human rights Watch (HRW) has…
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