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Troika condemns South Sudan for assaulting peace monitors

6 years ago

Photo: The Oslo Times Juba, December 22, 2018 (SSNA) — The Troika countries, namely the United Kingdom, Norway, and the United States have condemned South Sudan’s government over peace monitors…

Exclusive: Central bank, Lukiza Ltd sign mobile money transfer deal

6 years ago

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South Sudanese pound. Photo: File Nairobi/Juba, December 21, 2018 (SSNA) — The Bank of South Sudan and a Kenya-based Lukiza Ltd have signed a deal which will allow the young…

South Sudan security forces “assaulted and illegally detained” peace monitors

6 years ago

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South Sudan’s Security Forces in Juba. Photo: File/Juba Eye Juba, December 19, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s security forces have detained, attacked, blindfolded, kicked, robbed, stripped, and handcuffed peace monitors…

Ugandan engineer suspected of having evidence about John Garang death resurfaces in Kampala

6 years ago

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Andrew Ndawula (left) with his newly wedded wife Deborah Nankwanga Kawaala (right). Photo: The New Vision (Uganda). Kampala, December 19, 2018 (SSNA) — A Ugandan telecommunications engineer Andrew Ndawula who…

South Sudan troops accused of committing environmental crimes in Pagak

6 years ago

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Photo: Global Forest Watch Pagak/Addis Ababa, December 18, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government soldiers based in Pagak have systematically been cutting down trees, burning, and selling them in the…

Ebola fears hit South Sudan-DRC border residents

6 years ago

Health, News, South Sudan

Ebola outbreak in DRC. Photo: AP Tambura/Juba, December 18, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudanese residents living in areas bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say they are living in…

Refugee Response Plan to help South Sudanese refugees access to education

6 years ago

Education, News, South Sudan

Kakuma refugee camp. Photo: The Lutheran World Federation/James Macharia Nairobi, December 19, 2018 (SSNA) — A Kenyan-based Refugee Response Plan (RRP) has partnered with the government of Kenya to help…

Juba secures $2 billion in oil investments, vows more firms will join

6 years ago

Business, News, South Sudan

Photo: File/africanarguments.org Juba, December 18, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s petroleum minister, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, said his government has so far secured more $2 billion dollars from Malaysia, South Africa,…

South Sudan accuses US of working against peace over aid cut

6 years ago

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Salva kiir. Photo: File/Getty Images Juba, December 17, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government has accused the United States of acting against the ongoing peace process, saying Washington’s recent decision…

Israeli ex-general under US sanctions denies arming South Sudan

6 years ago

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Juba, December 16, 2018 (SSNA) — An ex-general with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who has been sanctioned by the United States for fueling South Sudan’s civil war by supplying…

Ex-Machar’s spokesman arrives in Khartoum

6 years ago

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James Gatdet Dak. Photo: File Khartoum, December 16, 2018 (SSNA) — The former spokesman for the leadership of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) has arrived in Sudanese capital…

US targets three people over activities in South Sudan’s civil war

6 years ago

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Photo: US Department of the Treasury/steemit.com Washington, DC, December 14, 2018 (SSNA) — The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on…

US ends financial assistance to South Sudan, warns of consequences

6 years ago

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US National Security Adviser John Bolton. Photo: The National Interest/Getty Images/File Washington, DC, December 13, 2018 (SSNA) — The United States has announced on Thursday that it is ending financial…

South Africa’s Deputy President calls for peace implementation in South Sudan

6 years ago

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South African Deputy President David Mabuza. Photo: BizNews.com/Getty Images Juba, December 11, 2018 (SSNA) — South African Deputy President David Dabede Mabuza has called on the East African regional leaders…

Djibouti to provide port services to South Sudan

6 years ago

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Djibouti’s Duraleh Multipurpose Port’s (DMP). Photo: Reuters Juba, December 6, 2018 (SSNA) — Djibouti has announced that it will resume port services to South Sudan after a peace deal was…

Government forces attack SPLA-IO position in Guit County

6 years ago

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SPLA-IO Spokesman William Gatjiath Deng. Photo: File Juba, December 4, 2018 (SSNA) — A fierce battle erupted between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) and a government forces on…

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