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Kenya accused of kidnapping South Sudanese rebel officials

9 years ago

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (right), South Sudan’s Kiir (left). Photo: CapitalFM (Kenya) Nairobi/Juba, January 24, 2017 (SSNA) — Kenya has been accused of kidnapping two South Sudanese opposition figures for…

Enough Project Calls for Immediate Release of South Sudanese Citizens Aggrey Idri and Dong Samuel

9 years ago

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Dong Saluel Luak (right), Aggrey Idri (center), and James Gatdet Dak who was deported to Juba in November last year. Photo: Sirir Gabriel Yiei Ruot/File Washington, DC, January 24, 2017…

UN says it receives reports of fresh fighting in Central Equatoria, calls for cessation of hostilities

9 years ago

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Stephane Dujarric. Photo: UN Audiovisual Library New York/Juba, January 24, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations (UN) says it has received credible reports of renewed fighting between South Sudan national…

UN calls for “swift deployment” of regional protection force to South Sudan

9 years ago

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UNSC in a past session… Photo: AP New York/Juba, January 23, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday called for an immediate deployment of the regional…

India and South Sudan oil talks resume

9 years ago

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India’s Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi (right), meeting South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir (left), in New Delhi; October 2015.’ Photo: National Informatics Centre of India Juba, January 19, 2017 (SSNA)…

Troika blasts South Sudan over “reckless” regime change statements, demands retraction

9 years ago

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Troika Representatives… Photo: The Oslo Times Juba/Khartoum, January 18, 2017 (SSNA) — The Troika counties, Norway, United Kingdom, and the United States have criticized South Sudanese government over what they…

US Assistant Secretary of State to visit South Sudan

9 years ago

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Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Photo: US State Department/Getty Images/File Juba, January 17, 2017 (SSNA) — The United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield is set to arrive in…

South Sudan accused of impeding deployment of more UN peacekeepers

9 years ago

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Photo: AFP/Getty Images New York/Juba, January 17, 2017 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has been accused of obstructing UN process to deploy additional 4,000…

Hate-inciting South Sudanese named in report

9 years ago

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Gordon Buay Malek is an Ambassador without portfolio at South Sudan’ embassy in Washington, DC. Photo: YouTube/File Juba, January 17, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudanese citizens have been accused of…

UN pledges to support DRC in finding solutions to issue of the SPLA-IO disarmed elements

9 years ago

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SPLA-IO troops. Photo: AP Kinshasa, January 16, 2017 (SSNA) — In a joint statement, the United Nations Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Said Djinnit, and the Special Representative…

South Sudan reverses threat to reject deployment of more UN peacekeepers

9 years ago

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Stephane Dujarric, the Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General. Photo: UN/Getty Images/File Juba/New York, January 12, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudanese government said on Thursday its previous position on the deployment…

S. Sudan opposition leader urges JMEC chairman to resign, calls for AU takeover

9 years ago

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JMEC Chairman Festus G. Mogae. Photo: jmecsouthsudan.org Juba/Nairobi, January 11, 2017 (SSNA) — The leader of the People’s democratic Movement (PDM) Dr. Hakim Dario has strongly criticized the chairman of…

South Sudan rejects more UN peacekeepers

9 years ago

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South Sudan’s Kiir. Photo: Reuters/Getty Images/File Juba, January 11, 2017 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has announced that Juba no longer accepts the deployment of additional United Nations…

Egypt and South Sudan accused of “dirty deal”

9 years ago

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South Sudanese President Kiir (right), Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi (left). Photo: Getty Images/File Addis Ababa/Juba, January 9, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s armed opposition (SPLM/A-IO) on Monday accused Cairo and…

US issues fresh South Sudan travel warning

9 years ago

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“Civilians flee the violence that erupted in the Protection of Civilians site in Malakal, Upper Nile State, South Sudan,” February 2016. Photo: Nyang Touch/UNMISS Washington, DC/Juba, January 5, 2017 (SSNA)…

South Sudan to receive $105 billion for budget

9 years ago

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Photo: Getty Images Juba, January 4, 2017 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has received a financial offer from a mysterious European financier after reports on the ground suggest…

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