Juba, April 10, 2021 (SSNA) — The President of South Sudan Salva Kiir has removed Chief of Staff of the military General Johnson Juma Okot and replaced him with General Santino Deng Wol. Kiir also fired many officials including Minister of Presidential Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial, Director-General of the South Sudan National Intelligence Bureau (External…
Nuer Community in Victoria Sub-Community leaders 13th of March 2021 Re: Warning letter to the general public of the Nuer community about social media abuse and bullying Dear beloved members, Victoria, Australia, March 13, 2021 (SSNA) — On behalf of the Nuer community in Victoria and its sub-communities leaders we wish our community members all…
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, March 5, 2021 (SSNA) — The government of the United Kingdom is prepared to dramatically reduce its yearly financial aid to South Sudan by 59%, a document leaked to the Britain media and seen by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) shows. The Britain media says Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to gut humanitarian…
Juba, March 2, 2021 (SSNA) — A plane carrying 8 passengers and two pilots crashed after it took off from Pieri local airport bounded for the capital, Juba, Jonglei State authorities said. A senior government official who has not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media told the SSNA…
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, February 11, 2021 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has asked the European Union to help in its bid to lift arms embargoes imposed on the young nation in 2018 by both the United States and the United Nations. The move comes as parties to South Sudan’s revitalized peace agreement wrestle with its…
Juba, January 22, 2021 (SSNA) — The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) who spent years in South Sudan removing unexploded mines and ammunition warned that the young nation still in a dangerous phase after they determined that many locations must be cleared before local people can resume their normal farming and other activities. Thousands…
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, January 2, 2021 (SSNA) — A new report by the Associated Press (AP has found that close to 1 million South Sudanese have been displaced by months of flooding. The AP based its report on discussions with local people in Jonglei State’s Old Fangak County. The AP’s report concludes that the 2020 flood “is…