Locals at the new health center. Photo: MSF Yei/Juba, December 12, 2016 (SSNA) — Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has opened a new health clinic in Yei town to improve access…
Flags at the UNHRC building in Geneva. Photo: File Juba/Geneva, December 9, 2016 (SSNA) – The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will hold a special meeting next Wednesday to…
United States Congress. Photo: The Washington Post “A Groundbreaking Achievement”: Congress Passes “Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act” Enough Project applauds historic, bipartisan effort to combat corruption, protect journalists, whistleblowers, and human…
UN Security Council in a past session. Photo: UN/Getty Images/File New York/Juba, December 7, 2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has picked member of New Zealand parliament…
South Sudan’s security forces in Juba. Photo: Jubaweb/File Juba, December 6, 2016 (SSNA) — An American freelance journalist working for the US-based Associated Press (AP) has been forced to leave…
Chinese troops. Photo: Youtube/Getty Images/File Juba, December 5, 2016 (SSNA) — China has resumed the deployment of its 700-peacekeeping infantry battalion to South Sudan, dispatching 120 of them to the…
US State Department Spokesman Mark Toner. Photo: Youtube/Getty Images/File Washington, DC/Juba, December 5, 2016 (SSNA) — The United States says it is worries and alarmed over the escalation of violence…
South Sudan FVP Gai. Photo: Radio Tamazuj/File Addis Ababa/Khartoum, December 2, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudanese First Vice president Taban Deng Gai says governments of Ethiopia and Sudan agree with…
Photo: UN/Getty Images Juba, December 1, 2016 (SSNA) — A United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) has warned Thursday that a campaign of ethnic cleansing is underway in South…
“As South Sudan marks the first anniversary of its independence on July 9, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are struggling to save lives in one of the most complicated and…
“This file photo taken on October 10, 2016 shows Pilot Pedro Langdon flying his Travel Air 4000 biplane during a photocall for the launch of the Vintage Air Rally in…
EALA Speaker Daniel Kidega. Photo: East African Legislative Assembly. Kampala/Nairobi, November 23, 2016 (SSNA) — The Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Daniel Kidega tells Kenyan President Uhuru…
Photo: thetower.org Juba, November 21, 2016 (SSNA) — Japanese peacekeepers from Japan Self-Defense Forces have arrived in South Sudan today (Monday), making Tokyo one of UN troop-contributing countries in war-torn…
US President Barack Obama. Photo: Alex Wong/AP/Getty Images New York/Juba, November 18, 2016 (SSNA) — The United States proposed an arms embargo and targeted sanctions proposal seek to blacklist South…
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: Getty Images/File Tokyo/Juba, November 14, 2016 (SSNA) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told a parliamentary committee that Tokyo is ready to respond…
UNHCR human rights Council. Photo: UN/Getty Images Geneva/Nairobi, November 6, 2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) accuses Kenya of violating human rights over forced deportation…