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Category: Breaking News

Home News Archive by Category "Breaking News" (Page 4)

SPLM/A-IO leadership in USA says the vision of the Kitgwang rebellion is misguided

August 6, 2021Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

August 6, 2021 (SSNA) — The leadership of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) has shapely criticizes the decision made by its military command to depose the current South Sudan First Vice President and chairman of the SPLM/A-IO Dr. Riek Machar. In an announcement, the SPLA-IO military led by its Chief of General Staff…

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Planned establishment of Hybrid Court in South Sudan in limbo as US prepares to divert its funding

July 22, 2021Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Nairobi/Juba, July 22, 2021 (SSNA) — The United States is secretly finalizing a plan to reallocate the money it has committed to the creation of a hybrid court in the war-ravaged South Sudan, a senior African Union official with full knowledge of the situation and who asked for anonymity because of the sensitivity of the…

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New Parliament to be sworn in

May 8, 2021Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, May 8, 2021 (SSNA) — The South Sudanese main parties to the revitalized peace agreement have agreed to dissolve the current Parliament paving the way for the Reconstitute Parliament to be sworn and take over, the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has learned. The move comes more than a year after a transitional government…

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South Africa’s Haysom takes over UN role in South Sudan

April 25, 2021Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, April 25, 2021 (SSNA) — The United Nations has appointed Nicholas Haysom to head the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has confirmed. UN Secretary-General António Guterres first made public the appointment of Haysom in January this year. The new UNMISS head who took over today (Sunday)…

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President Kiir returns to Juba from South Africa

April 18, 2021Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, April 18, 2021 (SSNA) — The South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has returned to Juba from Pretoria Sunday evening after three days of talks with his South African counterpart President Cyril Ramaphosa. Kiir left Juba for Pretoria on Thursday for what his office described as “bilateral relation and peace-related talks” with the South African…

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South Sudan President fires army chief

April 10, 2021Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, April 10, 2021 (SSNA) — The President of South Sudan Salva Kiir has removed Chief of Staff of the military General Johnson Juma Okot and replaced him with General Santino Deng Wol. Kiir also fired many officials including Minister of Presidential Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial, Director-General of the South Sudan National Intelligence Bureau (External…

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Leaked document: UK to cut South Sudan’s financial assistance by 59 percent

March 5, 2021Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

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…

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Plane crashes in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, 10 people dead

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

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…

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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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