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South Sudanese shred minister arrested over shisha-smoking claims

8 years ago

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

8 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

8 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

8 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

8 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

8 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

8 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

8 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

8 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”

8 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

8 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…

Ex-intelligence officer slams Uganda leader over weapons supply to South Sudan

8 years ago

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This Air defense system is one of the weapons bought by South Sudan with help from Uganda. Photo: news24africa.com Kampala, December 26, 2018 (SSNA) — In an exclusive interview on…

Pan-African bank to provide $15 million for Juba International Airport security system

8 years ago

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Juba International airport. photo: File Juba, December 26, 2018 (SSNA) — The Egypt-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed an agreement with Securiport SUARL, a Senegal-based airport security entity, to…

South Sudanese doctor honors his South Korean mentor

8 years ago

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Thomas Taban Akot. Photo: Inje University College of Medicine. Juba, December 26, 2018 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese medical doctor Thomas Taban Akot who studied medicines in Inje University in…

Troika condemns South Sudan for assaulting peace monitors

8 years ago

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Photo: The Oslo Times Juba, December 22, 2018 (SSNA) — The Troika countries, namely the United Kingdom, Norway, and the United States have condemned South Sudan’s government over peace monitors…

Exclusive: Central bank, Lukiza Ltd sign mobile money transfer deal

8 years ago

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South Sudanese pound. Photo: File Nairobi/Juba, December 21, 2018 (SSNA) — The Bank of South Sudan and a Kenya-based Lukiza Ltd have signed a deal which will allow the young…

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