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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Juba, January 1, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir, has called on all parties and partners to the September 2018 revitalized peace agreement to work hard for peace to return to the war-ravaged nation. Kiir made his remarks at a state dinner on the eve of the new year 2020. The dinner was…
Juba, December 31, 2019 (SSNA) — The President of South Sudan Salva Kiir and leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A) Dr. Riek Machar are set to resume face-to-face meetings in an attempt to try to resolve the outstanding issues before the 100-day dateline, a senior government official with the ministry of foreign…
Juba, December 24, 2019 (SSNA) — Majok Mading Majok, a long-time legal assistant to President Salva Kiir has died today, a senior government official says. The South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) team in Juba reached out to many people in the Greater Bor Community and confirmed that the late administrator died in a Kenyan hospital…
Juba, December 21, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s ambassador to the United States, Philip Jada, has been recalled from Washington nearly a week after the U.S. imposed sanctions on defense minister Kuol Manyang Juuk and cabinet affairs minister Martin Elia Lomuro, a senior government official told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA). “Ambassador Philip…
Juba, December 17, 2019 (SSNA) — The meeting between South Sudan’s rival leaders President Salva Kiir and the main opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar has ended without a resolution, a senior official of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) who was a part of the armed opposition delegation and who asked for anonymity because…