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Evangelical Group Offers Farming Opportunities for Families in Unity State

1 month ago

Photo: samaritanspurse.org Bentiu, November 3, 2023 (SSNA) — A nondenominational evangelical Christian organization, Samaritan’s Purse, is helping South Sudan’s Unity State struggling families grow their own food. The agency helps…

UN Honors Chinese Peacekeepers in South Sudan

1 month ago

News, South Sudan, World

Chinese peacekeepers receive UN peace medals in Wau, South Sudan. Photo: UNMISS Juba, October 30, 2023 (SSNA) — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has awarded peace medals…

Practice of abductions in South Sudan is “barbaric,” UN says

11 months ago

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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…

Pope Francis to visit South Sudan early next month

11 months ago

News, South Sudan, World

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…

UK sanctions two South Sudan’s commissioners over crimes in Unity State

1 year ago

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UK’s Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly. Photo: AP Juba, December 9, 2022 (SSNA) — The government of the United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on two county commissioners in South Sudan’s Unity…

RJMEC Chair briefs UN on peace implementation

1 year ago

News, South Sudan, World

RJMEC Chairperson Maj. Gen. Charles Tai Gituai. Photo: JMEC Juba, December 7, 2022 (SSNA) — The Chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) Major General Charles Tai…

UN lauds South Sudan peace efforts, urges partners to do more

1 year ago

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UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix. Photo: AP 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…

UK calls for full implementation of peace in South Sudan

2 years ago

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Ambassador James Kariuki. Photo: gov.uk 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…

Egypt delivers aid to South Sudan

2 years ago

News, South Sudan, World

Photo: File 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…

Egypt launches development projects in South Sudan

2 years ago

News, South Sudan, World

South Sudanese and Egyptian officials at a news conference announcing the deal in the capital, Juba, Photo: SSNA/File Juba, December 16, 2021 (SSNA) – The government of Egypt has begun…

US imposes sanctions on companies over corruption in South Sudan

2 years ago

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Seal of the US Department of the Treasury. Photo: AP Washinton, DC, December 9, 2021 (SSNA) — The United States on Thursday slapped fresh sanctions on companies it believes involves…

UN asks South Sudan to allow humanitarian access to Akobo and Pibor counties

3 years ago

News, South Sudan, World

Photo: UN 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…

Fighting rages in South Sudan despite peace deal, UN says

3 years ago

News, South Sudan, World

Photo: UN 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…

Unexploded mines pose threat to South Sudan, UN warns

3 years ago

News, South Sudan, World

Photo: File 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…

Egypt to hold industrial products exhibition in Juba next year

3 years ago

Business, News, South Sudan, World

Chairman of the Egyptian Chemical Industries Export Council Khaled Abul Makarem. Photo: Getty Images/File Juba, December 27, 2020 (SSNA) — Egypt is set to hold an exhibition of Egyptian products…

Aid agencies say conflict, floods, and Covid-19 push South Sudanese into “extreme hunger”

3 years ago

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Photo: UN/File 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…

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