South Sudan legal administrator dies in Kenya
Late Majok Mading Majok. Photo: GOSS/File Juba, December 24, 2019 (SSNA) — Majok Mading Majok, a long-time legal assistant to President Salva Kiir has died today, a senior government official…
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Gaatjaak Community in Australia’s condolence message on General Chayoth Manyang’s death
Late Lt. General Chayot Manyang Wur. Photo: File Press Release Subject: Condolence on Passing of Lt.Gen. Late Sadam Chayuot Manyang Wur Date: 23rd December 2019 Australia, December 23, 2019 (SSNA)…
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South Sudan recalls ambassador to U.S.
Philip Jada (left) with a U.S. protocol official. Photo: VOA/File Juba, December 21, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s ambassador to the United States, Philip Jada, has been recalled from…
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Kiir, Machar disagree over number of states
Machar (right), Kiir (left). Photo: VOA Juba, December 17, 2019 (SSNA) — The meeting between South Sudan’s rival leaders President Salva Kiir and the main opposition leader Dr. Riek Machar…
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US imposes sanctions on South Sudan’s defense minister
US Treasury department building in Washington, DC. Photo: PBS Washington, DC, December 16, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States has imposed sanctions on two Sourh Sudan senior government officials, a…
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South Sudan’s Kiir cancels today’s face-to-face meeting
Salva Kiir. Photo: VOA 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…
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Talks over security arrangements to resume tomorrow
Machar (right), Kiir (left). Photo: Getty Images/File Juba, December 15, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s signatories to the September 2018 peace agreement will resume discussions over peace tomorrow, both the…
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US identifies killers of SPLM-IO officials
US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Photo: CNBC/File Washington, DC, December 10, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States has identified at least five people it believes directly involved in the abduction…
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Kiir, Machar to discuss boundary issues as JCE objects to reduction of states
Kiir (right), Machar (left). Photo: AFP/File 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)…
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Exclusive: South Sudan acquires new electronic spy device
Photo: Getty Images/File 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…
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Machar (right), Kiir (left). Photo: Getty Images/File Juba, December 3, 209 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government and the opposition parties have failed to find a solution to the issue of…
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FVP’s office director of logistics resigns
KHARTOUM, SUDAN – AUGUST 22: Vice President of South Sudan Taban Deng Gai (R) holds a press conference after his meeting with President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir (not seen) at…
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IGAD fails to lift Dr. Machar house arrest
SPLM/A-IO leader Dr. Riek Machar. Photo: EPA Addis Ababa, November 30, 2019 (SSNA) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) failed to release South Sudan’s main opposition leader, Dr. Riek…
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Exclusive: South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya are working to further prolong the civil war
Kampala, November 27, 2019 (SSNA) – The Presidents of South Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya presidents Salva Kiir Museveni (right), Kiir (left). Photo: File , Yoweri Museveni, and Uhuru Kenyatta are…
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South Sudan recruits 10,000 new force
South Sudan’s government and the SPLA-IO soldiers pose for a picture in Kajo Keji town in January 2019. Photo: VOA/File New York/Juba, November 27, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of…
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US pulls ambassador out of South Sudan over unity government failure
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photo: TNS Juba, November 25, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States’ ambassador to South Sudan, Thomas Hushek, has been recalled by Washington for consultations…
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