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Home News Archive by Category "Breaking News" (Page 30)

Juba panics as Kampala distances itself from the alleged coup plot

June 13, 2014Breaking NewsNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, June 13, 2014 (SSNA) — The government of the Republic of South Sudan is caught off guard and alarmed by the recent disclosure by the Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, who publicly admitted in a closed-door IGAD meeting in Ethiopia that there was no coup and that the nearly six months old conflict was in…

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Source: Headless Bodies Turn up in Juba Teaching Hospital’s Morgue

June 1, 2014Breaking NewsNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, May 31, 2014 (SSNA) — A high level government source in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, reported that at least twenty (20) bodies with their heads cut off lay in Juba’s Teaching Hospital. The source added that there was a security presence in and around the hospital. In a chilling message to the South Sudan…

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Kiir and Machar signed peace deal in Ethiopia

May 9, 2014Breaking NewsNo Commentssouthsudannews

Addis Ababa, May 9, 2014 (SSNA) — Leaders of South Sudan’s warring factions have on Friday signed a peace deal in Ethiopia paving the way for the peace talks to continue. South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardiit and his main rival, Former Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurghon, agreed the pact in the Ethiopian Capital,…

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U.S. Sanctions South Sudan’s Military Commanders

May 6, 2014Breaking NewsNo Commentssouthsudannews

Washington, DC, May 6, 2014 (SSNA) — The United States Treasury Department has on Tuesday issued sanctions against South Sudanese military Generals, Maj. General Peter Gadet Yak and Maj. General Marial Chanuong. The move comes just days after the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Kiir has agreed to hold direct talks with…

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South Sudan Army Chief Sacked

April 24, 2014Breaking NewsNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, April 23, 2014 (SSNA) — The president of South Sudan Salva kir Mayardiit has removed his longtime army chief, Lt. General James Hoth Mia. Kiir issued a presidential decree on Wednesday removing Mai and replaced him with Paul Malong Awan. Awan is the Governor of Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. The president also sacked…

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Mass Killing in the United Nations Compound in Jonglei

April 17, 2014Breaking NewsNo Commentssouthsudannews

Bor, April 17, 2014 (SSNA) — Armed Youth alleged to come from Bor community had on Thursday stormed UNMISS compound in Bor, the capital of Jonglei State, killing women and children from the Nuer ethnic group. At least 43 civilians have been killed when the United Nations Peacekeepers failed to block the heavily armed angry…

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U.S. to Impose Sanctions on South Sudan

April 3, 2014Breaking NewsNo Commentssouthsudannews

Washington, DC, April 3, 2014 (SSNA) — The president of the United States Barack Obama on Thursday signed an executive order, clearingthe way for the U.S. to impose sanctions against anyone the Obama’s administration sees as a threat to peace in the war-wracked South Sudan. The order also threaten to punish people who target the United…

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South Sudan Rebels Deny the Killing of their Leader; Accuse Sudan Tribune of ‘Irresponsible Journalism’

April 1, 2014Breaking NewsNo Commentssouthsudannews

Addis Ababa, April 1, 2014 (SSNA) — South Sudanese rebels have denied the death of their leader, Dr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurghon, and described the report as fake and unfounded. The deputy spokeperson of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in Opposition (SPLM/A-O), Mabior Garang de Mabior, has issued a statement, condemning Sudan Tribune for what he calls…

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South Sudan Rebels Recapture Malakal, Government Troops on the Run

February 18, 2014Breaking NewsNo Commentssouthsudannews

Malakal, February 18, 2014 (SSNA) — Rebel forces loyal to the South Sudanese Former Vice President Dr. Riek Machar have recaptured Malakal in the early hours of Tuesday. The rebels seized the capital of the oil-rich Upper Nile State early Tuesday after days of fierce fighting. The government of South Sudan depends heavily on oil…

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Ethiopia Wants Ugandan Troops out of South Sudan, Warns of a Regional Conflict

February 11, 2014Breaking NewsNo Commentssouthsudannews

Addis Ababa, February 10, 2014 (SSNA) — Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has on Monday said that foreign troops participating in South Sudan’s conflict must withdraw from South Sudan. Desalegn’s comment is the first direct hit from a regional player against Uganda’s military intervention and comes in time when South Sudanese opposing factions trade accusations…

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