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UN Security Council Condemns Fighting in South Sudan

8 years ago

The United Nations Security Council. Photo: UN/Getty Images New York/Juba, February 11, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned renewed fighting in South Sudan, particularly in…

South Sudanese army General resigns, cites “tribally engineered war”

8 years ago

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Lt. Gen. Thomas Cirillo Swaka. Photo: File Nairobi/Juba, February 11, 2017 (SSNA) – A senior South Sudanese military officer has resigned from the national army (SPLA), describing the ongoing civil…

Exxon Mobil in talks with South Sudan over oil deal

8 years ago

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Photo: The New York Times Juba, February 9, 2017 (SSNA) — The US-based Exxon Mobil Corporation is in secret talks with Juba to buy a stake in South Sudan’s vast…

South Sudan deploys more troops to Upper Nile as fighting intensifies

8 years ago

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Government troops. Photo: Reuters/Getty Images Juba/Pagak, February 9, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government has relocated its troops from Unity State to Upper Nile as SPLA-IO appears to have gained…

Colonel Gai Chatim Pouch’s statement on his defection to the SPLM/A-IO

8 years ago

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SPLA-IO Generals in Pagak. Photo: File For Immediate Release: February 2, 2017 February 9, 2017 (SSNA) — After a long struggle against my own conscience to represent that rogue ethnocentric…

SSHURSA calls on President Kiir to restrain from harmful public statements

8 years ago

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South Sudan’s Kiir. Photo: Getty Images/File Press Release: 8 February 2017 February 8, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy (SSHURSA), strongly calls again on President Salva…

UN peacekeepers arrived in Central Equatoria after a three-day road block

8 years ago

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UN peacekeepers. Photo: Reuters Juba/New York, February 7, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s military and security personnel have finally allowed the United Nations peacekeepers to enter Kajo Keji town of…

Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in South Sudan

8 years ago

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Adama Dieng, UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. Photo: UN New York, February 7, 2017 (SSNA) — The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide,…

Sudan accuses Egypt of supporting rebels

8 years ago

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. Photo: Getty Images/File Juba, February 6, 2017 (SSNA) – Sudan’s President, Omar al-Bashir, has accused Egyptian Intelligence of arming and harboring Sudanese rebels and threatened to…

UK troops to protect humanitarian aid in South Sudan

8 years ago

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British’s 16 air assault brigade in Afghanistan. Photo: Getty Images Juba, February 6, 2017 (SSNA) — Britain’s Secretary of State for the Department for International Development, Priti Patel, suggested the…

Egypt denies involvement in Upper Nile airstrikes

8 years ago

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Egyptian foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid. Photo: Al-Ahram/Getty Images/File Nairobi, February 4, 2017 (SSNA) — The Egyptian government has denied reports that it carried out deadly airstrikes on South…

Egyptian Air Force bombs South Sudanese rebels in Upper Nile

8 years ago

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“This file photo shows two Dassault Rafale fighter jets operated by the Egyptian Air Force.” Photo: Getty Images/File Pagak/Juba, February 3, 2017 (SSNA) — The military command of the Sudan People’s…

MSF calls for humanitarian access for civilian population in Upper Nile

8 years ago

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“An MSF team walking through the swamps between the villages of Padith and Pattaw to assess the needs of the villages in November 2016.” Photo: MSF February 3, 2017 (SSNA)…

Uganda rejects external intervention in South Sudan

8 years ago

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Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem. Photo: PBS/Redpepper/File Juba, February 2, 2017 (SSNA) — Ugandan Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem said Kampala would reject…

UNMISS reiterates commitment to support South Sudan’s peace process

8 years ago

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South Sudanese IDPs in Wau. Photo: UNMISS Juba/New York, February 2, 2017 (SSNA) — The new head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), David Shearer, today reiterated that the Mission…

UN chief calls for a peaceful solution in South Sudan

8 years ago

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“UN Secretary-General António Guterres (3rd right, front row) poses for a group photo with African Union leaders at the opening of their Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.” Photo: Antonio Fiorente/UN…

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