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Ethiopian Prime Minister, Eritrean President visit South Sudan

6 years ago

Ethiopian PM Dr. Abiy (right), South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (center), and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. Photo: Fana Broadcasting Corporation Juba, March 4, 2019 (SSNA) — The Ethiopian Prime Minister…

World Bank approves $105.4 million to improve South Sudan health system

6 years ago

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The World Bank. Photo: Getty Images/ goobjoog.com Juba, February 28, 2019 (SSNA) — The Republic of South Sudan will receive $105.4 million US dollars to help strengthen its national healthcare…

China donates anti-malaria drugs to South Sudan

6 years ago

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Photo: Reuters Juba, February 26, 2019 (SSNA) — The Chinese government has donated anti-malaria drugs to South Sudan, enabling the war-wracked young nation to respond to tropical-related disease, China’s state-run…

Troika ‘alarmed’ by renewed clashes in Yei River State

6 years ago

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Photo: The Oslo Times Juba, February 20, 2019 (SSNA) — The Troika countries (the United States, Norway, and the United Kingdom) issued a statement on Wednesday, expressing concern about the…

UK ambassador to South Sudan to be replaced in May

6 years ago

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Christopher Trott. Photo: The New Times/gov.uk Juba, February 19, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Kingdom has picked a new ambassador to replace its current Ambassador who will be transferred to…

UK helps Uganda seized 750 pieces of ivory smuggled from South Sudan in January: report

6 years ago

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Photo: globalnoticeboard.com Juba, February 12, 2019 (SSNA) — A United Kingdom-funded program helped Uganda captured two Vietnamese nationals suspected of illegally transporting 750 pieces of ivory and thousands of pangolin…

US bans citizens from traveling to South Sudan

6 years ago

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US President Donald Trump. Photo: ABC News Juba, February 5, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States has banned its citizens from visiting the war-ravaged South Sudan, saying the young nation…

Israeli Prime Minister makes a secret fly over South Sudan

6 years ago

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Shutterstock/ lobelog.com Juba, January 20, 2019 (SSNA) — The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu went to Chad and flew over South Sudan from Chad…

UK to send maggots to war zones in South Sudan to help treat wounds

6 years ago

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Maggots… Photo: Live Science Juba, January 16, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of the United Kingdom through its Department for International Development (DFID) will fund international war zones to use…

UK Defense Secretary visits South Sudan, says his nation stands with South Sudanese

6 years ago

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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…

China donates $7 million to South Sudan

6 years ago

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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…

Zimbabwe to export unemployed graduates to South Sudan

6 years ago

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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…

Pan-African bank to provide $15 million for Juba International Airport security system

6 years ago

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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…

Troika condemns South Sudan for assaulting peace monitors

6 years ago

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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…

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…

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…

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