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…
January 30, 2020 (SSNA) — Exactly three years ago, our son, brother, father, and hero, Dong Samuel Luak, was abducted from Nairobi, Kenya, where he had been living as a refugee. For more than two years, we waited in vain for information on his whereabouts. Although we feared the worst, we made repeated attempts to…
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…
Washington, January 2, 2020 (SSNA) — The Troika countries (the United Kingdom, Norway, and the United States) have issued a statement, saying South Sudanese leaders should implement the September 2018 revitalized peace agreement. In a statement obtained by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA), the 3-nation bloc calls on signatories to the September 2018 peace…
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…
Press Release Subject: Condolence on Passing of Lt.Gen. Late Sadam Chayuot Manyang Wur Date: 23rd December 2019 Australia, December 23, 2019 (SSNA) — On behalf of Gaatjaak Community Leadership and the Community members in Australia, we would like to take this opportunity to send our deepest sympathy and condolences to his family and others close…
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…
Washington, DC, December 16, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States has imposed sanctions on two Sourh Sudan senior government officials, a document published on the Treasury department’s website and seen by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) shows. The new sanctions targeted Defense Minister Kuol Manyang Juuk and Cabinet Affairs Minister Martin Elia Lomuro. The…
Juba, December 16, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, has cancelled his face-to-face meeting with the opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar, the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has learned. The two leaders were initially scheduled to meet yesterday but Kiir abruptly called off the meeting, saying he was busy. The meeting was then…