Addis Ababa, July 21, 2019 (SSNA) — The chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) Dr. Riek Machar has arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa today, a senior armed opposition official who has full of the trip and asked his name not be published because he was not authorized to talk to…
Juba, July 21, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan Joint Defense Board (JDB) has ordered troops from both the Military leaders of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO), the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) to report to their assigned areas for possible integration as simulated in the September 2018 peace agreement, military spokespersons for…
Juba, July 4, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Nations in South Sudan (UNMISS) says South Sudan’s government troops killed at least 100 civilians in Central Equatoria between September 2018 and April 2019. In a report released on Wednesday, UN states that Juba-backed forces deliberately killed civilians I pretext that they are reel supporters. South Sudan…
Juba, June 24, 2019 (SSNA) — The European Union (EU) says it will keep supporting South Sudan’s agriculture sector, saying 100,000 South Sudanese farmers benefit from the program. The EU also says it has spent nearly $300,000,000 million dollars on agricultural projects in South Sudan. “The EU has been a development partner in South Sudan’s…
Public Announcement: Naath Honoring Graduates Class of 2019 August 17, 2019 Washington, DC, July 20, 2019 (SSNA) – The Naath Education Foundation (NEF) is a USA based non-profit and non-political organization founded on January 30, 2019 with headquarter in Washington, DC, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia office represent Africa continent. The founders were inspired by the…
Juba, July 5, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese teachers are planning a huge demonstration to show their dissatisfaction over government failure to pay their salaries, a Juba University lecturer who talked exclusively with the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) and demanded anonymity for fear of reprisal said on Friday. The lecturer explains that teachers have…
Juba, July 5, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan health ministry is on high-alert after Ebola virus killed a woman 70 kilometers away from the capital, Juba. South Sudan’s Director General for disease control, Dr. Pinyi Nyimol, told VOA’s South Sudan in Focus program that the ministry of health sent seven people Yei River State –…
Juba, April 19, 2019 (SSNA) — Diseases are as deadly as the ongoing civil war in South Sudan, humanitarian organizations said. The report comes as aid groups operating in the northern part of the country witnessed an increase in the death of people, especially children. The Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) which operates in…
Juba, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) — Africa is rapidly becoming one of the world fast-growing grain importer as some land-locked African nation face difficulties in terms of deliveries. A report, published in the world-grain website points out that South Sudan is one of the countries in the East Africa region, lacking port services. The report…
Juba, January 7, 2018 (SSNA) — All 16 oil wells in Unity have restarted producing oil five years after the civil broke out, the New York-based Bloomberg news agency reported. Juba wants to generate money from oil to fund a transition government proposed in September 2018 Khartoum’s peace agreement. South Sudan is currently producing 155,000…
Juba, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) –– In a recently featured article in South Africa, a woman named Tuleka Prah – a chief, was named as one of the best African known chiefs. Tuleka is best known for traveling around the globe and makes “Africa’s rich cuisines to the world, according to the report. Her blog,…
Juba, December 1, 2018 (SSNA) — The Republic South Sudan has been named as one of the countries with extreme danger level based on the current threat posed to anyone who wants to travel to the young nation, a report released last month by the Travel Risk Map shows. The company with help from International…
By Kuir ë Garang June 20, 2019 (SSNA) — This article addresses some issues in Dr. Nyaba’s article, Letting the Cat out: Jieng Dinka Attempt to Impose Hegemony and Domination in South Sudan!! [SSN, June 03, 2019]. Note that this is not a rebuttal to the central idea of the article but a reminder about…
By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi June 2, 2019 (SSNA) — In March 2011, Bari Community BC issued their position rejecting to offer land to the South (thern) Sudan government to build a national capital in or around Juba. Gen. Alfred Lado Gore, who was the chair of BC at the time, officially submitted the document…
By Deng Akok Muoradid May 25, 2019 (SSNA) — On 22nd May 2019, a certain disoriented and disgruntled technical advisor in Latjor State Mr. Riek Yak Guandong wrote an imprecise and disgusting open letter to the First Vice President H.E Taban Deng Gai, accusing Amb. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth of ruining the SPLM IO in Juba…
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