Addis Ababa, May 19, 2015 (SSNA) — South Sudanese rebel military command on Tuesday warned of “full-scale war” after government troops launched coordinated attacks against their forces in Upper Nile, Unity, and Jonglei States. The SPLA-IO military command which is fully tasked to oversee the opposition forces blasted South Sudanese President Salva Kiir handling of…
Juba/Addis Ababa, May 4, 2015 (SSNA) — South Sudanese rebels has announced that government troops and their unnamed foreign allies are preparing to launch coordinated assaults against their forces in Unity and Jonglei States, adding that the SPLA-IO is on "high alert," ready to counter any attack from Juba. The new warning comes a week…
Addis Ababa/Juba, April 27, 2015 (SSNA) — Heavy fighting broke out on Monday between government and rebel forces in Unity State after government troops launched surprised attacks on rebels’ outposts in Guit County and Nhial-Diu Payam. The new attacks came in the early hours of Monday as Juba is desperate to take back Unity State’s…
Washington, DC, March 31, 2015 (SSNA) — The United States’ President, Barack Obama, on Tuesday signed an Executive Order 13664, saying South Sudan’s raging civil war poses a direct threat to US’s national security and foreign policy. Obama decided to extend US’s national emergency of April 2014 beyond April 2015 so that the US can…
Addis Ababa, March 27, 2015 (SSNA) — Spokesman for the armed opposition of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-in Opposition (SPLA-IO) Colonel Lony T. Ngundeng has released a statement on Friday, saying rebel forces and Local Defense Force (LDF) have launched a joint operation against government soldiers and recaptured Ayod county of Jonglei State. The rebel…
Juba, March 22, 2015 (SSNA) — The United Nations (UN) has warned that the overall economy of the Republic of South Sudan is at its final stage of collapse as the new country began printing money since December of last year. UN’s top humanitarian official in South Sudan, Toby Lanzer, on Tuesday warned that the…
Addis Ababa, March 6, 2015 (SSNA) — Rival factions of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party have failed to reach a peace deal after many days of intense negotiations in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. In a statement released on Friday, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, disclosed that South Sudanese President Salva Kiir…
New York, March 3, 2015 (SSNA) — The United Nations Security Council has passed US-proposed sanctions against South Sudan on Tuesday, paving the way for the international body to impose punitive measures against the young nation if the ongoing peace talks in Ethiopia failed. The UNSC’s action comes as the future of peace negotiations between…
Juba/Addis Ababa, February 10, 2015 (SSNA) — Heavy fighting between government and rebel forces broke out in the capital of South Sudan’s oil-rich Unity State, on Tuesday with both sides using heavy artilleries, the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has learned. Fighting has been raging since early Tuesday with both sides accusing each other of…
Addis Ababa, February 9, 2015 (SSNA) — A senior official of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in Opposition (SPLM-IO) has announced that the Equatoria Region has been labeled as a military zone, effective February 10, 2015. The official also urges civil population to leave all government-controlled cities. In a press statement extended to the South Sudan…