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UK calls for full implementation of peace in South Sudan

March 8, 2022News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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…

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Egypt delivers aid to South Sudan

January 3, 2022News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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…

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Egypt launches development projects in South Sudan

December 16, 2021News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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…

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US imposes sanctions on companies over corruption in South Sudan

December 9, 2021News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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…

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

March 10, 2021News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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…

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Fighting rages in South Sudan despite peace deal, UN says

February 19, 2021News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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…

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Unexploded mines pose threat to South Sudan, UN warns

January 22, 2021News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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…

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Egypt to hold industrial products exhibition in Juba next year

December 27, 2020Business, News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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…

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

December 25, 2020News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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…

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US wants South Sudan to execute reforms before lifting sanctions

July 18, 2020News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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…

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South Sudan leaders must resolve outstanding issues within 30 days, IGAD says

July 15, 2020News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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…

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UN condemns killing of its aid worker in Cueibet County

July 1, 2020News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

Juba, July 1, 2020 (SSNA) SSNA) — The United Nations humanitarian coordinator in South Sudan Alain Noudéhou has condemned the brutal killing of a UN local staff in  Cueibet. The UN harshly criticized the killing and calls on South Sudan’s government to conduct an investigation and find those who carried out the killing. These violent…

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Indian peacekeepers launched veterinary center in Upper Nile State

May 20, 2020News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

Malakal, May 20, 2020 (SSNA) — Indian peacekeepers based in Malakal town of Upper Nile State have launched a veterinary camp to vaccinate cattle in a move to keep them healthy. The group also said the free cattle vaccination camp will also serve as a center to spread awareness about the danger of the COVID-19…

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East Africa establishes Coronavirus task force 

April 1, 2020News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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….

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Sudan’s defense minister dies in Juba

March 25, 2020News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

Juba, March 25, 2020 (SSNA) — Sudan’s defense minister, Lt. General Jamal Omar, has died in Juba this morning, a senior South Sudanese government official told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA). The official, who asked his name be kept anonymous because of the sensitivity of the issue reveals that the late Sudanese minister died…

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UN accuses South Sudan of widespread corruption, calls for criminal probe

March 10, 2020News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

Juba, March 10, 2020 (SSNA) — A commission set up by the United Nations to investigate alleged widespread corruption in South Sudan says in a new report that South Sudan’s leaders systematically use corrupt practices to steal the wealth of the young nation. The report came more than two weeks after South Sudanese rival parties…

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  • South Sudan Parliament appoints specialized committees January 3, 2022
  • Source: “Disgruntled politicians” in Juba advocating against peace January 2, 2022
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