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Category: Breaking News

Home News Archive by Category "Breaking News" (Page 7)

Formation of transitional government begins in South Sudan

February 21, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top Stories1 commentsouthsudannews

Juba, February 21, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s warring parting has begun forming a transitional government of national unity by appointing four Vice Presidents and a few other posts. In a government’s official statement obtained by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) today, President Salva Kiir appointed the leader of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition…

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Leaked: South Sudan’s President has secret business dealings in Pibor

February 17, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top Stories2 commentssouthsudannews

Juba, February 17, 2020 (SSNA) — The President of South Sudan Salva Kiir has signed secret mining and gold business contracts with foreign companies operating in Pibor’s Boma areas, a 2-page document leaked to the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) shows. The alleged Kiir’s secret business dealings in Pibor came barely three days after the…

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South Sudan returns to 10 states

February 15, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, February 15, 2020 (SSNA) — The government of Sudan has accepted IGAD’s request to reduce the number of states to pave way for the implementation of the peace agreement. The decision came less than a week after the East African regional bloc, IGAD, voted to reduce the number of states from 32 to 23….

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Kiir, Museveni reject 23 states

February 8, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top Stories30 commentssouthsudannews

Addis Ababa, February 8, 2020 (SSNA) — The Presidents of Uganda Yoweri Museveni rejected a decision by IGAD’s Council of Ministers to reduce the number of South Sudan’s current 32 states to 23 plus Abyei. TThe Council of Ministers of the East African regional bloc, IGAD, made a decision today in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa….

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Resumption of face-to-face talks postponed 

February 4, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, February 4, 2020 (SSNA) — Peace negotiations scheduled to begin today in Juba have been cancelled, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition’s (SPLM-IO) Director for information and public relations, Puok Both Baluang, says. “H.E. Dr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon planned visit to Juba, South Sudan for the Consultation Meeting of the Parties to the R-ARCSS…

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Kiir, JCE clash over number of states: Source

January 29, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top Stories7 commentssouthsudannews

Juba, January 29, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and the Jieng Council of Elders (JCE) have clashed on Wednesday over best ways to handle the issue of the number of states seen as one of the key factors impeding the implementation of the September 2018 revitalized peace agreement, a reliable source with…

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South Sudan transfers $2 million dollars to South Africa

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

Juba, January 25, 2020 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has transferred at least $2 million dollars to a South African bank on or about January 22, a senior government official with full knowledge of the transaction and who does not want to be identified for fear of reprisal told the South Sudan News…

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SPLM-IO, government fail to agree on pending issues

January 15, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, January 15, 2020 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan  and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) have on Wednesday failed to resolve issues related to the execution of the September 2018 revitalized peace agreement, a senior government official with full knowledge of the matter says. The official who asks for anonymity because…

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U.S. imposes sanctions on South Sudan Vice President 

January 8, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Washington, DC, January 8, 2020 (SSNA) — The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on South Sudan’s First Vice President, Taban Deng Gai, a document published by the U.S. Department of Treasury and obtained by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) shows. In the document, the United States says Taban involved in the disappearances of…

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South Sudan’s economist releases from detention

January 2, 2020Breaking News, News, South Sudan, Top StoriesNo Commentssouthsudannews

Juba, January 2, 2020 (SSNA) — A prominent South Sudanese economist Peter Biar Aajak who was arrested in July 2018 has been released from South Sudan’s national security notorious blue house, a source with the national security with full knowledge of the matter told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) today. The source explained that…

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