South Sudan military General charged with treason
Photo: Reuters Juba, February 4, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has charged Maj. Gen. Stephen Buoy Rolnyang with treason, a senior military officer with the military court…
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South Sudan peace in limbo as SPLM-IO disunity escalates
SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. photo: Vice News/File Juba, February 2, 2019 (SSNA) — The September 2018 peace agreement that was signed in Khartoum is nearing its demise, a senior…
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Huge military buildup in Yei River State as citizens flee
SSPDF’s Soldiers. Photo: capitalfm.co.ke Juba, January 30, 2019 (SSNA) — The South Sudanese and the National Salvation Front (NAS) are mobilizing their forces in Yei River State for a possible…
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Secret army recruitment hits Bahr el Ghazal region as rival factions urge peace
Salva Kiir. Photo: ssddrc.org/File Juba, January 29, 2019 (SSNA) — The South Sudanese government is conducting secret military recruitment in Twic State and that Juba sent hundreds of national security…
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South Sudan accuses EU, Troika of working against peace
Information Minister Micheal Makuey Lueth. Photo: Eye Radio/File Juba, January 28, 2018 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has accused the European Union (EU) and the Troika countries namely…
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NAS accuses SPLM-IO of embracing “faked-up peace”
NAS leader Thomas Cirillo Swaka. photo: File Addis Ababa, January 26, 2019 (SSNA) — The National Salvation Front (NAS) has accused the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) of being…
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No money for peace implementation, South Sudan says
South Sudanese pound. Photo: File Juba, January 23, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government on Wednesday said it has no money for the implementation of the September 2018 peace agreement…
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JMEC Chair calls for unification of South Sudan’s rival forces
JMEC Interim Chair Augostino Njoroge. Photo: JMEC Juba, January 23, 2019 (SSNA) — The interim chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) Augostino Njoroge said he wants to…
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Disagreement emerges among SPLM-IO officials as government pushes for joint military offensive against NAS
SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo: eNews Channel Africa/File Juba, January 21, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main rebel group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), is divided over…
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Israeli Prime Minister makes a secret fly over South Sudan
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Shutterstock/ lobelog.com Juba, January 20, 2019 (SSNA) — The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu went to Chad and flew over South Sudan from Chad…
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South Sudan peace has little chance of succeeding, expert warns
Kiir (right), Machar (left), and Museveni (far-center). Photo: sunrise.ug Juba, January 19, 2019 (SSNA) — A former United Nations expert says the ongoing peace process in South Sudan has a…
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Media rights group slams South Sudan’s press suppression practice
Photo: theinsider.ug Juba, January 18, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government suppression of the media and recent order to ban the local news outlets from covering ongoing Sudan’s protests must…
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Torit State governor claims South Sudan is peaceful, urges refugees to return
South Sudanese refugees. Photo: UNHCR Juba, January 17, 2019 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese Governor Alberio Tobiolo of Torit State said the war-ravaged young nation is peaceful and that all…
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South Sudan main peace partners declare National Salvation Front “threat” to peace, warn of military action
SSPDF General Chief of Staff Gabriel Jok Riak (R) with SPLA-IO Deputy Chief of Staff James Koang Chuol addressing the media. Photo: Radio Tamazuj/File Juba, January 16, 2019 (SSNA) —…
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UK to send maggots to war zones in South Sudan to help treat wounds
Maggots… Photo: Live Science Juba, January 16, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of the United Kingdom through its Department for International Development (DFID) will fund international war zones to use…
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South Sudan Joint Defense Board to visit cantonment sites, vows to unify troops
“Joint Defense Board meeting at Palm Africa Hotel in Juba. In the photo; SSPDF Chief of Defense Forces, Gen. Gabriel Jok Riak, SPLA IO Deputy Chief of General Staff for…
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