Washington, DC/Juba, April 3, 2020 (SSNA) — A well-coordinated corruption scheme in South Sudan’s mining sector involves President Salva Kiir’s relatives and inner circle, military leaders, and other high-level officials, a new report released by the Washington, DC-based investigative and policy institute, The Sentry, shows. The report entitled, “Untapped and Unprepared: Dirty Deals Threaten South…
Djibouti, April 1, 2020 (SSNA) — East African countries have established a regional command solely for the purpose of dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic, the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has leaned. A document obtained by the SSNA reveals that nearly all East African countries with the exception of Eritrea signed up for the scheme….
Juba, March 25, 2020 (SSNA) — Sudan’s defense minister, Lt. General Jamal Omar, has died in Juba this morning, a senior South Sudanese government official told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA). The official, who asked his name be kept anonymous because of the sensitivity of the issue reveals that the late Sudanese minister died…
Juba, March 10, 2020 (SSNA) — A commission set up by the United Nations to investigate alleged widespread corruption in South Sudan says in a new report that South Sudan’s leaders systematically use corrupt practices to steal the wealth of the young nation. The report came more than two weeks after South Sudanese rival parties…
Gambella, October 6, 2019 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese refugee teacher Koat Reath has been praised by humanitarian agencies and the United Nations for his commitment to teaching children who escaped war and missed school for years. Koat, who is teaching in the Jewi refugee camp, says he is happy teaching children because they are…
Juba, September 6, 2019 (SSNA) — A school built by the Norwegian Refugee Council in 2014 has become the hope for young South Sudanese school children who want to build better future for themselves for the country. Teachers at the school inspire students by encouraging to learn. Some teachers say psychological help may be needed…
Juba, March 24, 2020 (SSNA) — The newly-formed transitional government of national unity has banned all international flights coming into or going out of the country due to fears of Coronavirus, the government said on Monday. Juba asserted that the move is to prevent the spread of the deadly virus. The government also banned public…
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, 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 March 27, 2020 (SSNA) — In recent days, the newly appointed minister of health Elizabeth Achuei Yol has come under intense criticism from many South Sudanese, most of whom mocked the minister on social media platforms. The minister was condemned because she incorrectly pronounced the COVID-19 or Coronavirus at a news…
By: Nhial Gatkuoth Chung, Accra, Ghana March 25, 2020 (SSNA) — The formation of the Revitalised transitional government of national unity on 12th March 2020 is another positive step toward the realisation of permanent tranquility in South Sudan though it was partly celebrated due to the fact that the betrayal attitudes of the South Sudanese…
By Duop Chak Wuol March 21, 2020 (SSNA) — The 17th of March 2020 defection of a Sudan People’s Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) high-ranking military officer Lieutenant General James Koang Chuol Ranley—a former armed opposition deputy chief of General Staff for Administration and Finance and former co-chair of Joint Defense Board (JDB) has raised many…
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