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Sudan Sanctions July Deadline “Won’t Work”: Trump Administration Should Delay Decision

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Photo: dabangasudan.org/Getty Images/File “July Deadline Won’t Work”: Trump Administration Should Delay Decision on Sudan Sanctions Washington, DC, June 22, 2017 — The Trump administration should delay a July decision on U.S.…

UN warns of worsening food crisis in South Sudan

8 years ago

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South Sudanese refugees… Photo: AFP Juba/Washington, DC, June 6, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations has warned that South Sudan’s hunger crisis is worsening and blames South Sudanese warring factions…

US, UK downplay significance of Kiir’s ceasefire announcement

8 years ago

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United States’ deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Michele Sison. Photo: UN/Getty Images/File Juba/New York, May 24, 2017 (SSNA) — The United States and the United Kingdom said South Sudan’s…

Ethiopia to lead the World Health Organization

8 years ago

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Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: Ethiopian News gency (ENA)/File. Geneva/Addis Ababa, May 23, 2017 (SSNA) — The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has emerged as the winner to run the World…

UN accuses South Sudan of carrying out ethnic killings in Yei

8 years ago

South Sudan, World

Government soldiers… Photo: Reuters Geneva/Juba, May 19, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations has accused South Sudanese government troops of carrying out ethnic killings in Yei, saying at least 114…

UN deploys troops to Upper Nile to ‘enable aid delivery’

8 years ago

News, South Sudan, World

“United Nations peacekeepers patrol in the camp for displaced people inside the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Malakal, Upper Nile State, which is currently held by…

UN urges South Sudan warring factions to cease hostilities

8 years ago

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Stéphane Dujarric. Photo: UN/Getty Images/File New York/Juba, April 30, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations has called on South Sudanese government and armed opposition forces to stop fighting along the…

UK declares South Sudan killings as ‘genocide’

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Priti Patel. Photo: Conservative Friends of Israel Juba/Kampala, April 12, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Kingdom has accused South Sudanese government of pursuing a “scorched-earth policy,” saying killings in South…

Rights activist to speak on famine in South Sudan

8 years ago

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John Prendergast. Photo: Getty Images Washington, DC, April 3, 2017 (SSNA) — American human rights activist and Founding Director of the US-based Enough Project John Prendergast will speak on famine in South…

UN says over 60,000 South Sudanese refugees enter Sudan in 2017

8 years ago

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South Sudanese refugees in Elegu, Uganda. Photo: UNHCR/Will Swanson Khartoum, March 29, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said at least 60,000 South Sudanese have…

US warns South Sudan over “deliberate starvation tactics”

8 years ago

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US Deputy Ambassador to UN Michele Sison. Photo: AP New York/Juba, March 23, 2017 (SSNA) — The United States has warned South Sudanese government over what it described as “deliberate…

UNHCR and UK supporting South Sudanese Refugee Response in Sudan

8 years ago

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Photo: Borgen Magazine/File Khartoum, March 8, 2017 (SSNA) — The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) welcomed a recent contribution of £2 million (approximately US$2.5 million)…

Exclusive: Egypt sneaky strategy against Ethiopia

8 years ago

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Photo: AP/MENA, Mohammed Samaha Kampala, March 5, 2017 (SSNA) – In an exclusive interview on Sunday, a former Ugandan intelligence agent told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) that Egyptian…

Uganda to import gold from South Sudan

8 years ago

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‘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…

UN Security Council Condemns Fighting in South Sudan

8 years ago

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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…

Exxon Mobil in talks with South Sudan over oil deal

8 years ago

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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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