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    Ethiopia Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu (right), SPLM-IO Chair of the National Committee for Security and Defense Angelina Teny (left). Photo: Provided/Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Addis Ababa, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) -- A high-level delegation of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) visited Ethiopia this week and discussed...
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News

SPLM-IO delegation visits Ethiopia

February 16, 2019Breaking News, News, South Sudansouthsudannews

Addis Ababa, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) — A high-level delegation of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) visited Ethiopia this week and discussed peace-related issues with Ethiopian officials, a source with the Ethiopian’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs with details of the meeting told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) in Addis Ababa today. The…

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‘Patriotic East African’ blasts IGAD over “illegal proposed constitutional amendments”

February 16, 2019News, South Sudan, Top Storiessouthsudannews

Addis Ababa, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) — The National Constitutional Amendment Committee (NCAC) is increasingly becoming ineffective as some elements within the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) collude with the government in the constitutional reform process, a self-proclaimed ‘Patriotic East African’ told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) on Saturday. The accusation comes nearly three weeks…

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World

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

February 12, 2019News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

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 scales, a statement obtained by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has confirmed. It is the first time the UK admitted that it has helped catch the…

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US bans citizens from traveling to South Sudan

February 5, 2019News, South Sudan, Worldsouthsudannews

Juba, February 5, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States has banned its citizens from visiting the war-ravaged South Sudan, saying the young nation is a threat to its national security, the USA Today reported. The report indicates that there are other 27 countries blacklisted by the US and South Sudan is listed on number 23….

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Education

South Sudanese woman drops out of school after her parents forced her to marry a man

February 16, 2019Education, News, South Sudan, Top Storiessouthsudannews

Juba, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) — A South Sudan young woman was forced to drop out of school and went into hiding after her parents forced her to marry a man nearly twice her age, the VOA reports. The report says a woman who goes by the name Akuac Ring Ariik, a 20-year old, briefly…

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South Sudanese girls in Kakuma refugee camp want better education

January 7, 2019Education, News, South Sudansouthsudannews

Nairobi, January 7, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudanese young girls in UN-run Kakuma camp want better education so that they can improve their lives and have better jobs after graduation, a news report says. The news article, published by The Hechinger Report, says South Sudanese girls in Kakuma want education and that the refugee life…

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Health

WHO 2018 health report in parts of South Sudan

February 16, 2019Health, News, South Sudansouthsudannews

Juba, February 16, 2019 (SSNA) — The World Health Organization has released its 2018 report about the progress it made in some parts of the country. The report is based on improving health access, emergency wash in health facilities in conflict-affected locations, quality essential clinical health services, and improving resilience. The world health body says…

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South Sudan bans skin bleaching products

January 22, 2019Health, News, South Sudansouthsudannews

Juba, January 22, 2019 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s Drugs and Food Control Authority (DFCA) says it has banned importation and sale of all skin bleaching or lightening products, a statement obtained by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) shows. In the statement, DFCA’s Secretary General, Mawien Atem Mawien, explains that skin lightening products have been…

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Business

South Sudan lacks adequate port as Africa become fast-growing grain import market

February 16, 2019Business, News, South Sudansouthsudannews

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…

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South Sudan’s Unity oil fields resume production

January 7, 2019Business, News, South Sudan, Top Storiessouthsudannews

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…

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Travel

Founder of ‘African Food Map’ once lived in South Sudan

February 16, 2019Culture, News, South Sudan, Travelsouthsudannews

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,…

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South Sudan tops list of ‘extreme risk’ nations

December 1, 2018News, South Sudan, Top Stories, Travelsouthsudannews

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…

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Opinion

South Sudan’s independence was not achieved through the struggle of one man (Salva Kiir), a rebuttal to Peter Mayuk’s article

February 5, 2019Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

By Deng Akok Muoradid February 5, 2019 (SSNA) — In response to peter Mayuk’s article in which he attributed the whole liberation struggle to the efforts of the current president H.E Salva Mayardit, I would like to clarify to all of you that he was seeking the attention of president to his financial rescue. Cde…

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Will SPLM/A-IO, SSOA, and OPP bring much-needed reform after their key ally FDS give in and abandon their reform agenda; or all opposition groups are going to die down after a rubber-stamp coalition government is put together?

February 5, 2019Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

By Lul Gatkuoth Gatluak February 5, 2019 (SSNA) — The five years old South Sudan civil war between the government and multiple rebel groups in the country, is set to come to an end by September 2018 Peace Agreement. Though it seems guns had silent between the government and all the signatory oppositions, especially the…

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The International Community should support South Sudan Peace Implementation

January 28, 2019Articles, Opinionsouthsudannews

By Roger Alfred Yoron Modi January 28, 2018 (SSNA) — The latest South Sudan peace deal signed between the government of President Salva Kiir, various armed and unarmed opposition groups and other parties, including the SPLM/A-IO led by the former First Vice President Dr Riek Machar is facing implementation challenges and at the centre of…

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