Uganda to import gold from South Sudan
‘South Sudanese pan for gold in Nanakanak, Eastern Equatoria’. Photo: Hannah McNeish/AFP Juba, February 21, 2017 (SSNA) — A newly established Ugandan gold factory is set to import gold and…
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Kenyan police demand ransom for South Sudanese hostages
Kenyan police officers. Photo: Getty Images/File Nairobi, February 19, 2017 (SSNA) — Top intelligence officials of Kenyan police demand the families of South Sudanese rebel figures who were kidnapped last…
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SSHURSA background statement alerting the public on plot to kidnap and deport its head
SSHURSA’s logo. Press release February 19, 2017 (SSNA) — There is reliable information from credible sources that a team of South Sudanese security members has been sent to Kampala, Uganda,…
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Civilians flee as violence intensifies in Equatoria region
“South Sudanese refugees gather at a UNHCR collection center on the South Sudan border in Egelo, Uganda.” Photo: UNHCR Kampala/Juba, February 15, 2017 (SSNA) — Heavy fighting between South Sudan warring…
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South Sudan rebels accuse JMEC Chairman of colluding with Juba, call for his resignation
Festus Gontebanye Mogae. Photo: AFP Juba, February 12, 2017 (SSNA) — The Youth League of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition has accused the Chairman of Joint Monitoring and Evaluation…
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SPLA-IO says it killed many government military officers in recent clashes
Col. William Gatjiath Deng. Photo: File Pagak/Juba, February 11, 2017 (SSNA) — The Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) claimed it had killed two Major Generals, two Brigadier Generals,…
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UN Security Council Condemns Fighting in South Sudan
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…
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South Sudanese army General resigns, cites “tribally engineered war”
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…
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Exxon Mobil in talks with South Sudan over oil deal
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…
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South Sudan deploys more troops to Upper Nile as fighting intensifies
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…
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Colonel Gai Chatim Pouch’s statement on his defection to the SPLM/A-IO
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…
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SSHURSA calls on President Kiir to restrain from harmful public statements
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…
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UN peacekeepers arrived in Central Equatoria after a three-day road block
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…
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Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in South Sudan
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,…
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Sudan accuses Egypt of supporting rebels
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…
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UK troops to protect humanitarian aid in South Sudan
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…
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