Juba, December 15, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s signatories to the September 2018 peace agreement will resume discussions over peace tomorrow, both the government and the main opposition party SPLM-IO announced Saturday evening. The move comes hours after the government announced that it has released at least $41 million dollars for peace implementation. The armed…
Washington, DC, December 10, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States has identified at least five people it believes directly involved in the abduction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) officials in Kenya in 2017, according to a statement published today by the US Treasury Department and seen by the South Sudan News Agency…
Juba, December 9, 2029 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s rival leaders, President Salva Kiir and the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) Dr. Riek Machar are scheduled to meet tomorrow in Juba to discuss the issues of the number of states and boundaries. Kiir and Machar including other opposition leaders were initially set…
Juba, December 8, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has bought a powerful communication interception device from an unnamed foreign company, a senior government official who has full knowledge of the deal told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) on Sunday. The alleged acquisition of the new communication eavesdropping machine comes less than a month after…
Juba, December 3, 209 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government and the opposition parties have failed to find a solution to the issue of the number of States and boundaries, a senior official with the ministry of foreign affairs who asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media told the South…
Press Release Subject: Simon Ruot Duop, Director of Logistic and Utility at the Office of First Vice President of The Republic of South Sudan Gen. Taban Deng Gai has resigned and joined the IO Juba, November 30, 2019 (SSNA) — With due respect to all colleagues whom I admire to work with at the office…
Addis Ababa, November 30, 2019 (SSNA) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) failed to release South Sudan’s main opposition leader, Dr. Riek Macahar, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) says. The armed states that leaders of IGAD met on November 29 in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa and that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni objected…
Kampala, November 27, 2019 (SSNA) – The Presidents of South Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya presidents Salva Kiir , Yoweri Museveni, and Uhuru Kenyatta are working days and nights to further destabilize South Sudan and that the two leaders will never accept a peace deal that that strip Kiir of some of his current powers, a…
New York/Juba, November 27, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has recruited at least 10,000 people from Bahr el Ghaza region, a direct violation of the September 2018 peace agreement, a new report by the United Nations obtained by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) shows. The report says President Kiir has secretly…
Juba, November 25, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States’ ambassador to South Sudan, Thomas Hushek, has been recalled by Washington for consultations over the failure of South Sudan’s rival parties to form a transitional government, the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has learned. The announcement comes less than two weeks after South Sudan’s parties failed…
Juba, November 25, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Nations is urging donor countries to raise at least $10 million dollars to help people who have been displaced by the floods. The UN says the money will be used to help nearly one million people who have been affected by the disaster. Maban County is one…
Juba, November 21, 2019 (SSNA) — The Eritrean-based Ezra Group has invested $289 million dollars in a South Sudan’s power project based int eh capital, Juba. The nation’s first electricity grid and power distribution system was launched on November 21 in Juba. The South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) understands that the project was and still being…
New York, November 6, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called on South Sudan’s parties to fully implement the September 2018 revitalized peace agreement, saying that the only for the young nation to have peace is to implement all provisions stipulated in the pact. The 15-member Council was briefed today by…
Juba, November 6, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) have involved in a ‘tit-for-tat’ game, accusing each other of impeding the implementation of the September 2018 revitalized peace agreement less than a week before November 12 dateline. The accusations emerged soon after South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir,…
Kampala, November 5, 2019 (SSNA) — The leaders of South Sudan, Uganda, and Egypt are working days and nights to prevent Ethiopia from completing the construction of the $4 billion dollars Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a Ugandan ex-spy who uses a pseudonym name James Moises to protect his identity has claimed. In a 3-page…
Juba, November 4, 2019 (SSNA) — The Republic of South Sudan is heading toward a renewed conflict as November 12 dateline set by the September 2018 peace agreement to form a transitional government approaches, a new report released today by the International Crisis Group (ICG) and obtained by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) finds….