South Sudan barred media from covering Sudan’s protests
Sudanese Protesters. Photo: AFP Juba, January 8, 2019 (SSNA) — The media authority in South Sudan has issued an order, barring all media outlets in the country to cover the…
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South Sudanese girls in Kakuma refugee camp want better education
Jessica Deng in her class. Photo: The Hechinger Report Nairobi, January 7, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese young girls in UN-run Kakuma camp want better education so that they can…
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South Sudanese shred minister arrested over shisha-smoking claims
Maiwut State’s Minister of Rural Development, Simon Duop Puok. Photo: File Kampala/Juba, January 7, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese have harshly criticized on social media a state minister who was…
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South Sudan’s Unity oil fields resume production
Photo: Reuters Juba, January 7, 2018 (SSNA) — All 16 oil wells in Unity have restarted producing oil five years after the civil broke out, the New York-based Bloomberg news…
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UK Defense Secretary visits South Sudan, says his nation stands with South Sudanese
Gavin Williamson. Photo: Reuters Juba, January 7, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Kingdom Secretary of Defense Gavin Williamson said his country is working to bring stability to South Sudan and…
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South Sudan’s minister arrested in anti-tobacco operation in Uganda
Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire. Photo: softpower.ug Kampala, January 6, 2019 (SSNA) — The Ugandan police forces have arrested a South Sudanese minister on Saturday after they conducted raids…
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167 South Sudan’s soldiers are being trained as snipers in Uganda: Sources
Soldiers of the Ugandan Special Forces. Photo: Getty Images/whispereye/File Kampala, January 5, 2019 (SSNA) — More than 167 South Sudanese soldiers are being trained as snipers in Uganda as peace…
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Kiir pledges support to al-Bashir as Sudanese opposition leaders call for fresh protest
Kiir (R) meets al-Bashir (L) in this undated picture. Photo: Isaac Billy/File Khartoum/Juba, January 3, 2019 (SSNA) — A team sent to Khartoum by South Sudan’s government to register its…
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SSPDF, NAS accuse each other of civilian massacre in Central Equatoria
SSPDF Spokesman Maj. Gen. Lul Ruai Koang. Photo: File Juba, January 3, 2019 (SSNA) — Rival forces of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) and National Salvation Front (NAS)…
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China donates $7 million to South Sudan
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (left) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ahead of 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum…
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Zimbabwe to export unemployed graduates to South Sudan
Professor Amon Murwira. Photo: The Herald (Zimbabwe) Juba, January 1, 2019 (SSNA) — Zimbabwean minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Professor Amon Murwira says his nation is…
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Expert blasts South Sudan’s peace partners over “theatrical meetings”
Kiir (right), Machar (left). Photo: AFP Juba, December 31, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main peace partners, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) and the government have signed an…
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Tension rises as government officials fight for recognition over peace implementation
Tut Kew Gatluak (center), Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth (far-center). Photo: YouTube/File Juba, December 29, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudanese senior government officials with different interests on how the ongoing peace process…
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Ex-intelligence officer slams Uganda leader over weapons supply to South Sudan
This Air defense system is one of the weapons bought by South Sudan with help from Uganda. Photo: news24africa.com Kampala, December 26, 2018 (SSNA) — In an exclusive interview on…
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Pan-African bank to provide $15 million for Juba International Airport security system
Juba International airport. photo: File Juba, December 26, 2018 (SSNA) — The Egypt-based African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed an agreement with Securiport SUARL, a Senegal-based airport security entity, to…
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South Sudanese doctor honors his South Korean mentor
Thomas Taban Akot. Photo: Inje University College of Medicine. Juba, December 26, 2018 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese medical doctor Thomas Taban Akot who studied medicines in Inje University in…
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