UN warns of deadly cholera outbreak in South Sudan
FILE— In this Saturday May 24, 2014 file photo, relatives of Samual Moro, 30, grieve after he died of cholera, outside the cholera isolation ward at the Juba Teaching Hospital…
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South Sudan’s government wants UN to reinstate sacked Kenyan General
Michael Makuei Lueth. Photo: Radio Tamazuj/Getty Images/File Juba, November 7, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudanese information minister Michael Makuei Lueth has revealed that his government has sent a letter to…
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UNHCR accuses Kenya of violating “international refugee law”
UNHCR human rights Council. Photo: UN/Getty Images Geneva/Nairobi, November 6, 2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) accuses Kenya of violating human rights over forced deportation…
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Fear grows as government denies access to deported rebel official
Government soldiers. Photo: Charles Lomodong/Getty Images Juba, November 5, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudanese rebel Spokesman James Gatdet Dak who was deported to South Sudan Thursday has been told not…
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James Gatdet Dak under “serious torture” in Juba
James Gatdet Dak. Photo: File Juba, November 3, 2016 (SSNA) — The Spokesman for the leadership of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition James Gatdet Dak has been handed over…
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Kenya blasts UN over sacking of its General, vows to withdraw troops
Kenya’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta. Photo: Kenya Today/Getty Images Nairobi/New York, November 2, 2016 (SSNA) — Government of Kenya has strongly criticized decision by the United Nations Secretary-General to dismiss a…
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Top South Sudanese rebel Spokesman detains in Kenya
James Gatdet Dak. Photo credit: Ali Ngethi Nairobi/Juba, November 2, 2016 (SSNA) — Kenyan authorities have been accused of kidnapping the Spokesman for the leadership of South Sudan’s armed opposition,…
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UN fired Kenyan General over civilian deaths in South Sudan
Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki. Photo: UN Juba/Nairobi, November 1, 2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday dismissed the commanding general of the UN peacekeepers…
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UK to deploy paratroopers to South Sudan for UN peacekeeping mission
British’s 16 air assault brigade in Afghanistan. Photo: Getty Images Juba/London, October 31, 2016 (SSNA) — Britain’s Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, says the United Kingdom is ready to send Airborne…
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Khartoum denies use of chemical weapons in Sudan’s Darfur
Ibrahim Ghandour. Photo: Getty Images Khartoum, October 30, 2016 (SSNA) — Sudanese foreign minister says accusations by “foreign agents” that it uses chemical weapons against people of Darfur are baseless,…
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On the Invisibility of Darfur: Causes and consequences over the past five years (Part Two)
“An infant refugee cries for her mother near her tent in the Oure Cassoni refugee camp.” Photo: Scott Nelson/Getty By Eric Reeves October 29, 2016 (SSNA) — As I argued…
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Stolen Assets Must be Returned to the South Sudanese People
Statement from John Prendergast and Brian Adeba Enough Project Washington, DC, June 16, 2016 (SSNA) — Recently, the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, called for global support to recover assets…
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Attacks on humanitarian aid workers spike in South Sudan: UN
Upon return to the MSF healthcare centre in Pibor, MSF teams encountered a scene of chaos and destruction. Life-saving medicines, medical equipement and essential records were strewn everywhere while cabinets…
Read More UNAMID says little progress is made in Sudan’s Darfur region, asks for peacekeeping mission extension
UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous. Photo: The Hindu/Getty Images New York, June 14, 2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations’ African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) continues to face…
Read More Nuer Community in the United States demands an immediate establishment of Hybrid Court on South Sudan’s civil war
Conference of the Nuer (Naath) Community in the USA; March 205. Photo: SSNA United States, June 12, 2016 (SSNA) — The Nuer community in the United States of America is…
Read More The New York Times regrets publication of a “plagiarized” article authored by South Sudan’s leaders
Photo: Haxorjoe/Wikipedia Juba, June 9, 2016 (SSNA) — The New York Times has expressed regret over its decision to publish an article which it received from people who claimed that…
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