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Category: Breaking News

Home News Archive by Category "Breaking News" (Page 3)

South Sudan urges European Union to support lifting sanctions

February 11, 2021Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

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…

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Health ministry launches cholera vaccination in Pibor

January 21, 2021Breaking News, Health, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

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…

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Months of flooding displaced nearly 1 million people in South Sudan: report

January 2, 2021Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

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…

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President Kiir appoints six deputy governors

December 30, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, December 30, 2020 (SSNA) — President Salva Kiir has appointed six deputy governors of Unity, Eastern Equatoria, Lakes, Western Equatoria, Western Bar el Ghazal, and Jonglei States. The two main parties to the revitalized peace agreement, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement -In Opposition (SPLM-IO) and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement -In Government (SPLM-IO) each got…

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South Sudan’s Rival Forces Clash in Central Equatoria State

December 27, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, December 27, 2020 (SSNA) — The Sudan People’s Liberation army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) and South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) have clashed in Central Equatoria State’s kajo-Keji county, SPLA-IO spokesman Brig. General William Gatjiath Deng says. The SPLA-IO states that government soldiers launched surprised attacks on its Kirwa and Ajoh barracks at 6:00 am South…

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Pope Francis, Archbishop Welby call on South Sudanese leaders to implement peace

December 27, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, December 27, 2020 (SSNA) — Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury have called on South Sudan’s political leaders to fully implement the peace agreement. In a joint letter seen by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA), the church leaders said they will visit South Sudan, urged President Kiir, First Vice President…

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Former South Sudan’s ambassador dies of Covid-19

December 27, 2020Breaking News, Health, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

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…

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South Sudan on the brink of famine, UN warns

December 25, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba/Pibor, December 25, 2020 (SSNA) — At least 105,000 South Sudanese are at risk of starvation, the United Nations warned. The warning comes days after hunger experts visited several cities in the greater Pibor administrative district areas. Among the towns visited by the experts was Lekuangole. Residents of the town told the visiting experts that…

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Pope Francis to visit South Sudan

December 25, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, December 25, 2020 (SSNA) — Pope Francis says he will visit South Sudan as soon as possible. On Thursday, the Pope delivered his 2020 Christmas message, saying he is prepared to visit South Sudan and Lebanon. The Vatican says South Sudan has been in Pope’s prayers for some time. In April 2019, Pope Francis…

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Cargo plane crashes in South Sudan, at least 7 people dead

August 22, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, August 22, 2020 (SSNA) — A cargo plane carrying three passengers and five crew members crashed on Saturday in an area locally known as ‘Kameru neighborhood’. The lone survivor is a passenger. The authorities said the plane owned by a local company called South West Aviation crashed after it took off from Juba International…

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