Re: Letter of condemnation to Gen. Khor Chuol Giet’s defection. United States, August 19, 2021 (SSNA) – The Gajaak Community Development Services (GCDS) in USA had convened an emergency meeting on Sunday August 15, 2021, at 6:30 pm. A very good number has attended the meeting which lasts for 5 hours. Since the 2013 war,…
August 6, 2021 (SSNA) — The leadership of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) has shapely criticizes the decision made by its military command to depose the current South Sudan First Vice President and chairman of the SPLM/A-IO Dr. Riek Machar. In an announcement, the SPLA-IO military led by its Chief of General Staff…
Juba, March 10, 2021 (SSNA) — The United Nations has asked the government of South Sudan to allow its aid personnel access to Jonglei State’s Pibor and Akobo counties. The UN says people in Akobo and Pibor counties face insecurity every day due to rising of violence and that authorities need to contain it to…
Juba, February 19, 2021 (SSNA) — Fighting has been ongoing in South Sudan even after the formation of a transitional government in February last year, the United Nations says in a report on Friday. In the report, a UN commission formed to investigate and verify violence and peace implementation states that the violence has been…
Juba, December 25, 2020 (SSNA) — The University of Juba is set to face budget cuts for fiscal year2021-2022, a Professor at the department of political science who agreed to speak to the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal says on Saturday. The Professor explained in a message…
Fangak, July 4, 2020 (SSNA) — More children have chances to attend school this year after the civil war prevented them from attending school, Finn Church Aid (FCA) said in a statement. FCA explained in its statement that they first established in Fangak in 2016 and that they managed to construct 6 schools in the…
Pibor, January 21, 2021 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s health ministry has launched cholera vaccination in the Greater Pibor Administrative area after initial evaluation show that the people in the area are at risk of the disease including the Coronavirus. Health minister Achuei Yol said the immunization campaign was also launched in other areas deemed to…
Juba, December 27, 2020 (SSNA) — A former South Sudanese ambassador to Russian Federation and legal advisor to President Salva Kiir has died of Coronavirus, a senior government official who does not want to be named because he was not authorized to speak on behave of the family of the deceased told the South Sudan…
Juba, December 27, 2020 (SSNA) — Egypt is set to hold an exhibition of Egyptian products from January 20-27, 2021 in Juba, the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has learned. Egypt’s Chemical Industries Export Council Chairman, Khaled Abul Makarem, disclosed on Sunday that Egypt is ready to promote its industrial products in South Sudan. The…
Juba, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) — Africa is rapidly becoming one of the world fast-growing grain importer as some land-locked African nation face difficulties in terms of deliveries. A report, published in the world-grain website points out that South Sudan is one of the countries in the East Africa region, lacking port services. The report…
Juba, December 27, 2020 (SSNA) — The United States-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention popularly known as CDC has recommended that U.S citizens should avoid “all travel” to South Sudan due to what it described as a “very high” risk of COVID-19 pandemic in the war-ravaged young nation. The CDC places South Sudan under…
Juba, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) –– In a recently featured article in South Africa, a woman named Tuleka Prah – a chief, was named as one of the best African known chiefs. Tuleka is best known for traveling around the globe and makes “Africa’s rich cuisines to the world, according to the report. Her blog,…
By Peter Reat Gatkuoth Abstract April 25, 2021 (SSNA) — The effective and efficient management of water is one of the major problems in Nile Basin territories, not just for economic growth and development in the Nile River basin, but also for the peaceful coexistence of the millions of people who live in the region….
By Peter Reat Gatkuoth Abstract October 27. 2020 (SSNA) — Too many resource-rich countries remain challenged by undiversified economic structures with weak industrial bases, high unemployment, and economic vulnerability to commodity cycles. Many of them are reviewing or revising mining and investment codes and contracts; looking to local content policies to help exploit mining’s powerful…
By Duop Chak Wuol July 19, 2020 (SSNA) — Born a fighter, revered for his presumptuous good behavior during the struggle, worked his way up to the then Southern Sudan anti-Khartoum armed group, and his accidental rise to the helm of the now ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party. The man in question is…
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