Vatican scraps South Sudan visit
Pope Francis. Photo: Getty Images/File Juba, May 31, 2017 (SSNA) — Pope Francis’s scheduled visit to South Sudan has been canceled, the Vatican has said. The announcement comes after a…
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Nuer Community kicks off annual convention in the United States
A section of the attendees… Photo: File Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 27, 2017 (SSNA) — The Nuer Community Development Services in the United States (NCDS-USA) under the leadership of Chairwoman…
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US, UK downplay significance of Kiir’s ceasefire announcement
United States’ deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Michele Sison. Photo: UN/Getty Images/File Juba/New York, May 24, 2017 (SSNA) — The United States and the United Kingdom said South Sudan’s…
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Exclusive: Former Ugandan intelligence officer accuses the West of failing South Sudan
Ugandan President Museveni. Photo: Getty Images/File Kampala, May 21, 2017 (SSNA) — A former Ugandan intelligence officer James Moises has accused Western countries of complicity in the going South Sudan’s…
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Millions of South Sudanese face “severe food insecurity”
“A woman carries a sack of food after a World Food Programme aid drop in South Sudan in February 2015.” Photo: Tony Karumba/AFP Juba, May 21, 2017 (SSNA) — The…
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UN accuses South Sudan of carrying out ethnic killings in Yei
Government soldiers… Photo: Reuters Geneva/Juba, May 19, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations has accused South Sudanese government troops of carrying out ethnic killings in Yei, saying at least 114…
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Rebel General blasts ousted army chief over recruitment of “blood-thirsty ethnic militias”
SPLA-IO Generals. Pagak/Juba, May 13, 2017 (SSNA) — A senior military official of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) has harshly criticized the recently sacked South Sudan national army…
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South Sudan army chief sacked
South Sudan’s Kiir. Photo: AFP Juba, May 9, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudanese national army (SPLA) Chief of General Staff Paul Malong Awan has been fired and replaced with James…
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UN deploys troops to Upper Nile to ‘enable aid delivery’
“United Nations peacekeepers patrol in the camp for displaced people inside the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Malakal, Upper Nile State, which is currently held by…
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South Sudan troops remove civilians from Wau-based church
“Civilians seeking refuge in the UN compound in the city of Wau.” Photo: UN/Getty Images/File Juba, May 5, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government forces have removed at least 5,000 civilians…
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