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South Sudanese singer faces deportation after illegally killing wild animals in Uganda

7 years ago

Dead Antelopes in an undisclosed location. Photo: gizmodo.com/Getty Images Juba, January 12, 2019 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese singer is facing deportation after he killed two Antelopes in northern Uganda,…

Juba warns citizens in Sudan to exercise caution as opposition renews call for fresh protests

7 years ago

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South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir. Photo: The Rwandan Focus/File Khartoum, January 11, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has warned its citizens in Sudan, asking them to stay…

South Sudan’s tycoon lashes out at Ugandan intelligence agency after release, claims he is “clean businessman”

7 years ago

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Lawrence Lual Malong Yor Jr. Photo: File/sqoop.co.ug Kampala, January 9, 2019 (SSNA) — A controversial South Sudanese millionaire who was arrested by Uganda’s Internal Security Organization (ISO) in November 2018…

At least 25 dead in bloody cattle raid in South Sudan’s Bieh State

7 years ago

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Photo: Matthew Abbott Juba, January 8, 2019 (SSNA) — A group of heavily armed Murle tribesmen have carried out a deadly cattle raid in Bieh State on Monday, killing at…

South Sudan barred media from covering Sudan’s protests

7 years ago

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Sudanese Protesters. Photo: AFP Juba, January 8, 2019 (SSNA) — The media authority in South Sudan has issued an order, barring all media outlets in the country to cover the…

South Sudanese shred minister arrested over shisha-smoking claims

7 years ago

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Maiwut State’s Minister of Rural Development, Simon Duop Puok. Photo: File Kampala/Juba, January 7, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese have harshly criticized on social media a state minister who was…

South Sudan’s Unity oil fields resume production

7 years ago

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Photo: Reuters Juba, January 7, 2018 (SSNA) — All 16 oil wells in Unity have restarted producing oil five years after the civil broke out, the New York-based Bloomberg news…

UK Defense Secretary visits South Sudan, says his nation stands with South Sudanese

7 years ago

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Gavin Williamson. Photo: Reuters Juba, January 7, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Kingdom Secretary of Defense Gavin Williamson said his country is working to bring stability to South Sudan and…

South Sudan’s minister arrested in anti-tobacco operation in Uganda

7 years ago

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Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire. Photo: softpower.ug Kampala, January 6, 2019 (SSNA) — The Ugandan police forces have arrested a South Sudanese minister on Saturday after they conducted raids…

167 South Sudan’s soldiers are being trained as snipers in Uganda: Sources

7 years ago

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Soldiers of the Ugandan Special Forces. Photo: Getty Images/whispereye/File Kampala, January 5, 2019 (SSNA) — More than 167 South Sudanese soldiers are being trained as snipers in Uganda as peace…

Kiir pledges support to al-Bashir as Sudanese opposition leaders call for fresh protest

7 years ago

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Kiir (R) meets al-Bashir (L) in this undated picture. Photo: Isaac Billy/File Khartoum/Juba, January 3, 2019 (SSNA) — A team sent to Khartoum by South Sudan’s government to register its…

SSPDF, NAS accuse each other of civilian massacre in Central Equatoria

7 years ago

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SSPDF Spokesman Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang. Photo: File Juba, January 3, 2019 (SSNA) — Rival forces of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and National Salvation Front (NAS)…

China donates $7 million to South Sudan

7 years ago

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South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (left) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ahead of 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum…

Zimbabwe to export unemployed graduates to South Sudan

7 years ago

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Professor Amon Murwira. Photo: The Herald (Zimbabwe) Juba, January 1, 2019 (SSNA) — Zimbabwean minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Professor Amon Murwira says his nation is…

Expert blasts South Sudan’s peace partners over “theatrical meetings”

7 years ago

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Kiir (right), Machar (left). Photo: AFP Juba, December 31, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main peace partners, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) and the government have signed an…

Tension rises as government officials fight for recognition over peace implementation

7 years ago

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Tut Kew Gatluak (center), Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth (far-center). Photo: YouTube/File Juba, December 29, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudanese senior government officials with different interests on how the ongoing peace process…

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