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 are “barbaric” and that such a practice should not be used in any shape or form. On its part, the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, condemns the abductions…
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 Vatican and Juba have confirmed. The highly anticipated visit was first announced in 2020 months after the Pope met with South Sudanese leaders at a retreat at the Vatican…
Juba, December 9, 2022 (SSNA) — The government of the United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on two county commissioners in South Sudan’s Unity State, the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has learned. The commissioners targetted by the UK are Koch County commissioner Gordon Koang Biel and Gatluak Nyang Hoth, who is the County Commissioner for…
Juba, December 7, 2022 (SSNA) — The Chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) Major General Charles Tai Gituai today briefed visiting United Nations delegation on the status of the revitalized peace agreement. Gen. Gituai told the delegation that some progress has been made and that more works need to be done…
Juba, November 8, 2022 (SSNA) — The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for peace Jean-Pierre Lacroix praised principal signatories of the 2018 revitalized peace agreement, saying the parties to peace have shown positive steps forward. In a statement released by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Lacroix calls on the South Sudanese leaders to continue…
New York/Juba, March 8, 2022 (SSNA) — The United Kingdom said it wants the 2018 revitalized peace agreement to be fully implemented, saying it is the only way for the people of South Sudan will have “positive change.” In prepared remarks to the United Nations Security Council, UK Deputy Permanent Representative Ambassador James Kariuki told…
Juba, January 3, 2022 (SSNA) — The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has directed his government to send medical and humanitarian aid to South Sudan, senior Egyptian and South Sudanese government officials said. The aid, which Cairo brands as “humanitarian” is meant to help communities affected by rains, floods, and other health-related problems, arrived at…
Juba, December 16, 2021 (SSNA) – The government of Egypt has begun carrying out major projects in South Sudan, a senior government official with the ministry of foreign affairs who demanded his name remains anonymous because he was not authorized to talk to the media told the South Sudan News Agency on Thursday. The revealed…
Washinton, DC, December 9, 2021 (SSNA) — The United States on Thursday slapped fresh sanctions on companies it believes involves in massive corruption in South Sudan, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury has announced. In the statement by the South Sudan News Agency, the US targeted ARC…
Juba, March 10, 2021 (SSNA) — The United Nations has asked the government of South Sudan to allow its aid personnel access to Jonglei State’s Pibor and Akobo counties. The UN says people in Akobo and Pibor counties face insecurity every day due to rising of violence and that authorities need to contain it to…
Juba, February 19, 2021 (SSNA) — Fighting has been ongoing in South Sudan even after the formation of a transitional government in February last year, the United Nations says in a report on Friday. In the report, a UN commission formed to investigate and verify violence and peace implementation states that the violence has been…
Juba, January 22, 2021 (SSNA) — The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) who spent years in South Sudan removing unexploded mines and ammunition warned that the young nation still in a dangerous phase after they determined that many locations must be cleared before local people can resume their normal farming and other activities. Thousands…
Juba, December 27, 2020 (SSNA) — Egypt is set to hold an exhibition of Egyptian products from January 20-27, 2021 in Juba, the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has learned. Egypt’s Chemical Industries Export Council Chairman, Khaled Abul Makarem, disclosed on Sunday that Egypt is ready to promote its industrial products in South Sudan. The…
Juba, December 25, 2020 (SSNA) — The World Food Programme (WFP), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have a released s joint statement, saying conflict between South Sudan’s government and rebels including armed groups, floods, and coronavirus have pushed the people into extreme hunger. The three main United Nations agencies were…
Juba, July 18, 2020 (SSNA) — The United States is willing to lift sanctions imposed on South Sudan if the young nation successfully implements lasting peace and reforms, U.S Ambassador to South Sudan Thomas Hushek told the BBC on Friday. Ambassador Hushek explained during the interview that his country laid out a specific language in…
Djibouti, July 15, 2020 (SSNA) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has given parties to South Sudan’s revitalized peace agreement 30 days to resolve all outstanding issues, warning that the regional bloc will intervene beginning on or after August 13, In its 36th extraordinary assembly of IGAD heads of state and government held through…