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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…