WFP launches school feeding program
Photo: WFP Juba, January 25, 2023 (SSNA) — The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a school feeding program in South Sudan, saying the program is needed as the young…
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Pope’s Advance Team Arrived in Juba
Photo: File/AFP Juba, January 24, 2023 (SSNA) – A technical advance team of Pope Francis tasked to assess the preparations for Pope’s visit set for early next month has arrived…
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Practice of abductions in South Sudan is “barbaric,” UN says
Photo: AP Juba, January 23, 2023 (SSNA) — The head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Nicholas Haysom says recent abductions in the Greater Pibor Administrative area…
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Kiir, Machar in talks to close gaps before Pope’s arrival in juba
President Kiir (right) and First VP Machar (left). Photo: Reuters Juba, January 23, 2023 (SSNA) — The South Sudanese Salva Kiir and First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar are in…
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Why the UN Security Council Should Not Lift the South Sudan Arms Embargo
UNSC in a past session. Photo: UN By Duop Chak Wuol January 21, 2023 (SSNA) — Grave concern has been prompted by the recent statements of South Sudanese government officials,…
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Refocusing on nation-building beyond tribal mindsets and ethnic lines
Photo: BBC By James Tot Mathiang The obstacles to progress and development in South Sudan January 20, 2023 (SSNA) — Why does South Sudan remain poor despite its untapped natural…
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South Sudan loses UN voting rights over unpaid dues
President Kiir. Photo: Reuter/File New York, January 20, 2023 (SSNA) — The Republic of South Sudan has lost UN voting rights over unpaid dues as the young nation struggles to…
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Pope Francis to visit South Sudan early next month
Pope Francis. Photo: AP Juba, January 19, 2023 (SSNA) — Pope Francis will arrive in South Sudan on February 3 to meet South Sudanese political and religious leaders, both the…
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South Sudan to Participate in Education Conference in Switzerland
Juba, January 18, 2023 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan says it will co-host an educational conference that will be held in Switzerland next month. The conference, according to…
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National Security arrests journalists over footage of President Kiir urinating on himself
South Sudan Security forces are seen here in this September 2017 photo escorting soldiers accused of raping five foreign aid workers and killing one local journalist. Photo: Getty Images/File Nairobi,…
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