Eastern Jikany Peace Initiative Council (EPIC) Office of the Executive Committee Joint Press Release Date 26th December 2020 To: Padang Community Leadership Upper Nile State, Republic of South Sudan Subject: Response to Padang Community rejection on Upper Nile State Peace Conference December 27, 2020 (SSNA) — After the decision of the Presidency dated 9, December…
Juba/Pibor, December 25, 2020 (SSNA) — At least 105,000 South Sudanese are at risk of starvation, the United Nations warned. The warning comes days after hunger experts visited several cities in the greater Pibor administrative district areas. Among the towns visited by the experts was Lekuangole. Residents of the town told the visiting experts that…
Juba, December 25, 2020 (SSNA) — Pope Francis says he will visit South Sudan as soon as possible. On Thursday, the Pope delivered his 2020 Christmas message, saying he is prepared to visit South Sudan and Lebanon. The Vatican says South Sudan has been in Pope’s prayers for some time. In April 2019, Pope Francis…
Juba, August 22, 2020 (SSNA) — A cargo plane carrying three passengers and five crew members crashed on Saturday in an area locally known as ‘Kameru neighborhood’. The lone survivor is a passenger. The authorities said the plane owned by a local company called South West Aviation crashed after it took off from Juba International…
Juba, August 11, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government soldiers have carried out a disarmament campaign which resulted in the death of more than 70 people, the government has said. According to the government, the clash between civilians and government forces began last weekend after civilians refused to hand their guns to the authorities. The…
Juba, August 7, 2020 (SSNA) — Church leaders in Tambura and Yambio are terrified as the rest of the people of South Sudan after killers or a killer slaughtered three innocent children in Juba. Still in shock, the church leaders reaffirm their sadness after August 2, 2020 the children and describe the unknown culprits or…
Nairobi/Juba, July 24, 2020 (SSNA) — A prominent South Sudanese economist and activist Peter Biar Ajak has fled to the United States with his family on Thursday after he was warned by a senior government official that President Salva Kiir has secretly ordered the national security to kill him in Kenya. Peter Biar told Reuters…
Juba, July 15, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan President Salva Kiir has today issued a republican decree, appointing Denay Jock Chagor as governor of Jonglei State. The announcement comes as Kiir and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar involve in an intense debate over who should be the governor of Upper Nile State. The decision…
Malakal, July 14, 2020 (SSNA) — A public prosecutor has been assassinated in Upper Nile State’s capital, Malakal, the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has learned. Thomas Aban Akol Ajawin, who is a brother of Dr. Lam Akol Ajawin, was killed last night while having dinner with family members and friends. Thomas Aban, who worked…
Juba, July 13, 2020 (SSNA) — A senior official of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) Mabior Garang de Mabior has staunchly denied social media reports that he has abandoned the SPLM-IO. The move comes barely a day after a fake press resignation statement attributed to him was widely shared on social media. The…