Juba, May 25, 2019 (SSNA) — The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has imposed ten years ban on South Sudanese football official Chabur Goc Alei, saying the former President of South Sudan Football Association misused $499,000 dollars intended for development and other football-related projects. The world football governing body discloses that Chabur misused the…
May 22, 2019 SSNA) — We learned with shock and horror the news of the murder of our son, father, brother, and comrade, Dong Samuel Luak Kok by the South Sudan government. While we wish this was a bad dream, we are now beginning to come to terms with the reality that the forces of…
Juba, May 9, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States government says South Sudanese September 2018 peace partners should use the six months pre-transitional extension to form a provisional government, saying the warring factions should “start thinking beyond.” In an interview with the German-based DW news website, Thomas Hushek, the U.S. ambassador to South Sudan explains…
Juba, May 8, 2019 (SSNA) — The recently agreed extension of South Sudan pre-transitional period for six months to allow South Sudanese parties to the September 2018 peace deal enough time to execute security arrangements has been approved, the Ethiopian government announced today. Ethiopia says on a Facebook post that council of East African ministers…
Juba, April 19, 2019 (SSNA) — The European Union (EU) has pledged to fund a five-year educational program designed to help South Sudanese children attend schools, cover their meals, equip them with educational supplies, and provide psychosocial support services to children and youths. Both the EU and the United Nations said the program will be…
Juba, March 6, 2019 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan will introduce new text books for new school curriculum tomorrow, a source at the ministry of education told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) today. The official says Vice President James Wani Iggga will introduce the new text book tomorrow and that many officials…
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…
Former child soldiers from the armed conflict in South Sudan are being helped to reintegrate into society by a team from Médecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Mental health activity manager Silvia Márquez describes the project, which is a first for MSF. February 27, 2019 (SSNA) — All across South Sudan, children have been used…
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 Duop Chak Wuol May 18, 2019 (SSNA) — In his Easter message, President Salva Kiir called on the leader of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO), Dr. Riek Machar, to go to Juba to form a transitional government. so that the two leaders could form a provisional government as stipulated in the September…
Sub: Appeal for the removal of Hon. Salvatore Garang Mabiordit, the minister for finance and economic planning By Ayok Thon Akoon May 18, 2019 (SSNA) — Your Excellency, I would like to express my maximum appreciation to you and your leadership for bringing sustainable and lasting peace to the people of South Sudan through the…
The Red Card Movement – Office of the Citizen, Kenya May 17th, 2019 Our Ref; RCM-NRB 004/19 TO: Comrades, Red Card Movement, South Sudan Free Streets, +211, Greetings! May 17, 2019 (SSNA) — I want to take this opportunity to thank all my teammates in Kenya Front and in other fronts across the world for…
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