UN to strengthen peace mission in South Sudan
UN Security Council in a past session. Photo: AFP Juba, March 4, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed that the UN peacekeeping mission in South…
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Israel summons ex-General over weapons sale to South Sudan
Former IDF General Israel Ziv. Photo: Reuters Juba, March 4, 2019 (SSNA) — Israel’s Defense Ministry has summoned a retired Israeli Maj. General over an alleged weapons sale to the…
Read More Ethiopian Prime Minister, Eritrean President visit South Sudan
Ethiopian PM Dr. Abiy (right), South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (center), and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. Photo: Fana Broadcasting Corporation Juba, March 4, 2019 (SSNA) — The Ethiopian Prime Minister…
Read More Cambridge University protests detainment of Peter Biar Ajak
Peter Biar Ajak. Photo: Aaron Spence Juba, March 3, 2019 (SSNA) — The University of Cambridge has protested against an arbitrary arrest of a doctoral student Peter Biar Ajak, the…
Read More South Sudan killed 7 people in February
South Sudanese president Salva kiir. Photo: Reuters March 1, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government has executed at least seven people this month, the Amnesty International says. According to the…
Read More World Bank approves $105.4 million to improve South Sudan health system
The World Bank. Photo: Getty Images/ goobjoog.com Juba, February 28, 2019 (SSNA) — The Republic of South Sudan will receive $105.4 million US dollars to help strengthen its national healthcare…
Read More South Sudan’s peace deal is collapsing, Catholic church warns
Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro. Photo: AFP Juba, February 28, 2019 (SSNA) — The September 2018 peace agreement is breaking up and all parties to the agreement are either already fighting…
Read More NAS leader accuses government forces of provoking fighting in Yei River State
NAS leader Thomas Cirillo Swaka. photo: File Juba, February 26, 2019 (SSNA) — The leader of the National Salvation Front (NAS) Thomas Cirillo has accused the South Sudan People’s Defense…
Read More China donates anti-malaria drugs to South Sudan
Photo: Reuters Juba, February 26, 2019 (SSNA) — The Chinese government has donated anti-malaria drugs to South Sudan, enabling the war-wracked young nation to respond to tropical-related disease, China’s state-run…
Read More SPLM unification is not a priority, SPLM-IO says
Nathaniel Oyet Pierino (center). Photo: YouTube Juba, February 25, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main opposition party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO), says the recent announcement by the…
Read More Ugandan truck driver killed in Western Lake State
Photo: Paxton International Juba, February 21, 2019 (SSNA) — A Ugandan truck driver was shot dead by unknown gunmen dressed in South Sudanese military uniform, a source with South Sudan’s…
Read More Troika ‘alarmed’ by renewed clashes in Yei River State
Photo: The Oslo Times Juba, February 20, 2019 (SSNA) — The Troika countries (the United States, Norway, and the United Kingdom) issued a statement on Wednesday, expressing concern about the…
Read More UN Commission recommends renew of South Sudan investigation, seeks oil scrutiny
Photo: AFP Juba, February 20, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on Wednesday recommends in a new report that an investigation into war…
Read More Civilians flee as fighting continues in South Sudan’s Yei River State
South Sudanese flee fighting in Yei River State. Photo: Oxfam/File Juba, February 19, 2019 (SSNA) — Fighting between government and rebel forces continues in Yei River State despite the peace…
Read More UK ambassador to South Sudan to be replaced in May
Christopher Trott. Photo: The New Times/gov.uk Juba, February 19, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Kingdom has picked a new ambassador to replace its current Ambassador who will be transferred to…
Read More NAS rejects Kiir’s demand to abandon rebellion
NAS leader Thomas Cirillo (right), President Kiir (left). Photo: The Monitor (Ugandan) Addis Ababa, February 18, 2019 (SSNA) — The National Salvation Front (NAS) has rejected President Salva Kiir’s call…
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