Juba, May 1, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s ministry of health said Friday that the number of Coronavirus has increased from 35 to 45, raising fears the virus could devastate the young nation with a poor health sector. The government the new ten cases include normal citizens who have no history of traveling outside the…
His Excellency Mousa Faki Mahamat Chairman of African Union commission New York, April 30, 2020 Subject: South Sudanese people suffering Dear Mr. Chairman Musa: April 30, 2020 (SSNA) — We, the undersigned representatives of the South Sudanese, Sudanese, and the entire community of African civil society organizations in the United States, are writing to express…
Juba, April 28, 2020 (SSNA) — Officials of South Sudan and Eastern Equatoria State governments are involved in corrupt gold mining business practices in Eastern Equatoria State, a leaked document obtained by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) shows. The 5-page document given to the SSNA in Juba by an Eastern Equatoria State official who…
Re: Mukaya Community in Diaspora’s statement over violence in Central Equatoria April 25, 2020 (SSNA) — Reports emerging from the ground in Mukaya Payam ( former county of the defunct Yei River State) that a large number of the government of South Sudan forces also known as SSDF swarmed the area two days ago beating…
Juba, April 24, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar are finalizing steps to form state governments, a senior Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) official who prefers anonymity told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) today. In an exclusive interview on Friday, the official explained in…
Date: 19th of April 2020 April 20, 2020 (SSNA) — The Gajaak leadership in Juba has learned with dismay the defection of Hon Dak Duop from Sudan People Liberation Movement- in Opposition (SPLM-IO) to Sudan People Liberation movement-in Government (SPLM-IG), in a press conference held in Juba on the 16th of April 2020. The reasons…
Office of the EPIC Executive Council JOINT PRESS RELEASE Date:16th April 2020 Subject: Position paper on the current defection of Hon Dak Duop Bichiok to SPLMIG led by President Salva Kiir Mayardit April 17, 2020 (SSNA) — We, the Eastern Jikany Peace Initiative Conference (EPIC) is surprised by the recent defection of a group of…
Juba, April 16, 2020 (SSNA) – The Juba College of Nursing and Midwifery is set to receive educational materials from Solar Powered Educational Learning Library (SolarSpell) to help students learn through technology, a spokesman for the college told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) on Thursday. “We are glad to announce that our students will…
Juba, April 16, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s Ministry of Health has stepped up its readiness to contain the spread of the Coronavirus by partnering with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Stated-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a memo obtained by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) shows. The text…
Juba, April 15, 2020 (SSNA) — The newly formed transitional government of national unity is in danger of imminent collapse as President Salva Kiir and his allies secretly planning ways to block full implementation of the September 2018 revitalized peace agreement, an official with South Sudan’s national security who has full knowledge of the matter…
Juba, April 12, 2020 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s former justice minister, Paulino Wanawilla Unango, has died, a senior government official who declined to named in the report because of he was not authorized to speak to the media told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) on Sunday evening in Juba. The official explained that the…
Juba, April 11, 2020 (SSNA) — The Health Organization (WHO) said the deadly fever has been detected in Kajo-keji, a South Sudan’s town bordering Uganda. The WHO revealed in a statement that two positive cases were identified last month and that the young nation faces the imminent spread of the virus as the rainy season…
Juba, April 5, 2020 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has reported its first case of Coronavirus also known as COVID-19, the country’s First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar announced on Sunday. The news came barely a day after the head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISSS) David Shearer told Newshub…
Washington, DC/Juba, April 3, 2020 (SSNA) — A well-coordinated corruption scheme in South Sudan’s mining sector involves President Salva Kiir’s relatives and inner circle, military leaders, and other high-level officials, a new report released by the Washington, DC-based investigative and policy institute, The Sentry, shows. The report entitled, “Untapped and Unprepared: Dirty Deals Threaten South…
Djibouti, April 1, 2020 (SSNA) — East African countries have established a regional command solely for the purpose of dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic, the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has leaned. A document obtained by the SSNA reveals that nearly all East African countries with the exception of Eritrea signed up for the scheme….
Addis Ababa, March 31, 2020 (SSNA) — The newly appointed minister of health has been unfairly criticized for her limited English language, a prominent South Sudanese news editor and writer says. Last week, South Sudan’s minister of health Elizabeth Achuei Yol updated the nation about the coronavirus and thanked foreign institutions for their help. The…