By Holy Crook Juba, January 8, 2013 (SSNA) — This is not a report. It is not an opinion article either. Nor is it a news story. It is what it is. So, please, read it carefully. Strive to understand every single letter, every single word, every single sentence, every single paragraph. The photos too (check…
By Luk Kuth Dak “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. July 11, 2011 (SSNA) — Not even in my wildest dreams have I ever thought that this day will eventually emerge. After all, it took a little over five decades of vicious…
Khartoum, August 26, 2010 (SSNA) — Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir will attend the ceremony of Kenya’s new constitution, Sudan state run media SUNA reports on Thursday. SUNA initially broke the news saying al-Bashir will head to Kenya on Friday at the invitation from his Kenyan counterpart president Mwai Kibaki to attend the celebrations of the declaration…
Bentiu, August 11, 2010 (SSNA) — The Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) on Wednesday said unidentified gunmen ambushed a lorry carrying soldiers and civilians in Unity State, killing 23 people and wounded eight others. The attack took place on Sunday, but, it is not clear as to why the authority did not report the incident…
Nairobi, August 1, 2010 (SSNA) — Dr. Samson L. Kwaje, the minister of agriculture and forestry in the semi-autonomous Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has died in Nairobi, Kenya. Late Kwaje joined SPLM/A in early 1990s. At the time of his service with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), he was an active member and later…
Hague, July 12, 2010 (SSNA) — Pre-trial chamber at the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a second round of arrest warrant on Monday for Omar Hassan al-Bashir on three counts of genocide. The court charged the Sudanese president on the same day the African Union/United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said that at least 221 people have…
Juba, July 9, 2010 (SSNA) — The ruling party of the semi-autonomous government of Southern Sudan said its chairman flew to Kenya for medical check-up, amid speculation he sufferered from ‘exhaustion’. "It was exhaustion. He simply was not feeling well but there was nothing specific," the minister of cabinet affairs in the Government of Southern…
June 28, 2010 (Khartoum) — Sudan on Monday announced it will close down its borders with Libya, a reference seen as a sign of Khartoum’s growing frustration with Libya over its refusal to expel Darfur’s rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader, Khalil Ibrahim. The decision comes just one day after Sudan asked Libya to extradite…
By Reuters June 23, 2010 (Khartoum) — Sudan on Wednesday denied trying to import arms on a ship intercepted in Cyprus, saying explosives on board had been ordered by a mining company. Cypriot authorities on Tuesday said they had prevented a cargo vessel from leaving their waters since June 11, saying it contained prohibited military…
By Reuters June 22, 2010 (Nicosia) — Cyprus has intercepted a vessel carrying military equipment thought to be bound for Sudan, under an arms embargo by the United Nations and the European Union. Authorities said on Tuesday the Antigua and Barbuda flagged cargo vessel had been prevented from leaving Cypriot waters since June 11, when…