South Sudan President Dismisses Intelligence Chief
Gen. Akol Koor Kuch. Photo; File Juba, October 2, 2024 (SSNA) — The Director General of the Internal Security Bureau (ISB), a branch of the National Security Service, was removed…
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Foreign Minister Says Financial Difficulty Forces South Sudan to Extend Peace Agreement
South Sudan Foreign Minister Ramadhan Abdalla Mohammed Goc (left) meets with UN Secretary-General António Guterres (right). Photo: UN Spokesperson Juba/New York, September 27, 2024 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s Minister of…
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South Sudan News Agency Top Editor Resigns
Duop Chak Wuol. Photo; File. September 26, 2024 (SSNA) — The editor-in-chief of the US-based South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) Duop Chak Wuol is set to step down at the…
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South Sudan opposition leader under house arrest, source says
South Sudan’s First Vice President and Opposition Leader, Dr. Riek Machar. Photo; Reuters Nairobi, July 27, 2024 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s First Vice President and Chairman of the Sudan People’s…
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National Examination Council Says Lack of Funding Delays Release of CSE Results
South Sudan`s National Examination Council officials at a news conference. Photo: Sudans Post/File Juba, July 17, 2024 (SSNA) — The Secretary-General of South Sudan`s National Examination Council Simon Nyok Deng…
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South Sudan Lashes Out at Western Countries Over National Security Bill
Photo: File Juba, July 12, 2024 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation lashes out at what it describes as “ a group of missions” that…
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Sudan orders foreigners to leave Khartoum
Sudan Transitional Sovereignty Council Chair General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Photo: AFP Addis Ababa, July 12, 2024 (SSNA) — Sudan’s military-run government has ordered foreign nationals in Khartoum to leave immediately,…
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US, European Envoys Criticize South Sudan Security Bill
Photo: File Juba, July 10, 2024 (SSNA) — Envoys of Western countries have raised concerns over the recent National Security Act 2024 passed by the transitional parliament on July 3rd.…
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In Loving Memory: Honoring Father and Heroic Grandpa Chuol Tut Kuannyang Jock Meen
Heartfelt Letter to Honoring the Loving Memory of Father and Heroic Grandpa Chuol Tut Kuannyang Jock Meen. Wednesday, June 19, 2024 June 19, 2024 (SSNA) — It is hard to…
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United Democratic Revolutionary Movement’s Statement on the 10th Anniversary of the December 2013 Juba Massacre
“…Nyamet Steven, who was born with cerebral palsy, walks with a walker at Mahad camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in Juba on April 17, 2018.” Photo: AFP UDRM/K Press…
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South Sudan Withdraws Troops From DRC
South Sudanese soldiers. Photo: File Juba, December 9, 2023 (SSNA) — South Sudanese troops who were sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in April this year have returned…
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South Sudan’s Kiir takes over EAC chair as Somalia joins the bloc
Photo: File. Arusha/Juba, November 24, 2023 (SSNA) — The President of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit has been elevated to the chairperson of the East African Community…
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European banks invest over $761m in brutal campaign against civilians in South Sudan
South Sudanese IDPs in the South Sudan-Uganda border. Photo: AFP Juba, November 16, 2023 (SSNA) — Major European banks and investors invest more than $761m (€700m) in oil companies tied…
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Political Parties Council, Constitutional Review Commission, and Elections Commission Reconstituted as Elections Loom
Photo: File Juba, November 3, 2023 (SSNA) — President Salva Kiir has reconstituted the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC), National Elections Commission (NEC), and Political Parties Council (PPC), according to…
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Evangelical Group Offers Farming Opportunities for Families in Unity State
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…
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South Sudan, Ethiopia to Promote “People-to-People” Relations
President Salva Kiir (right); Ethiopian Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen (left). Photo: Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC)/File Juba, November 1, 2023 (SSNA) — South Sudan and Ethiopia say they are committed to…
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