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South Sudan Joint Defense Board to visit cantonment sites, vows to unify troops

7 years ago

“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…

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

7 years ago

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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 girls in Kakuma refugee camp want better education

7 years ago

Education, News, South Sudan

Jessica Deng in her class. Photo: The Hechinger Report Nairobi, January 7, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese young girls in UN-run Kakuma camp want better education so that they can…

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

Business, News, South Sudan, Top Stories

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

News, South Sudan, World

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…

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