Juba, March 8, 2019 (SSNA) — The United States Department of State has awarded the annual International Women of Courage Awards to an Irish nun who has been educating South Sudanese girls since 2006, the State Department said in a statement. Orla Treacy along with nine other women was honored on Thursday at the State…
Juba, March 6, 2019 (SSNA) — Oil companies operating in South Sudan have contributed or are contributing to ongoing South Sudan’s civil war, a confidential United Nations report seen by the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) says. The report asserts that Chinese and Malaysian oil firms are complicit in the ongoing conflict in the war-wracked…
Juba, March 4, 2019 (SSNA) — The Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki visited South Sudan on Monday. PM Abiy’s office says on a social media post that the trip is centered on bolstering peace and economic ties in the region. “PM Abiy Ahmed and President Isaias Afwerki have arrived…
Juba, February 28, 2019 (SSNA) — The Republic of South Sudan will receive $105.4 million US dollars to help strengthen its national healthcare system, the World Bank announced on Wednesday. The bank says its Board of Executive Directors approved the money because it wants to improve access to mental health treatments for the people of…
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, February 18, 2019 (SSNA) — The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Lutheran World Foundation, South Sudan’s Ministry of Education, CRA, and UNHCR refugee community have launched ‘back to school’ campaign in former Unity State, Ajuong Thok and Pamir refugee camps. The UNHCR and its partners say they are waging the campaign to…
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 18, 2019 (SSNA) — The World Health Organization (WHO) increases its medical operations in South Sudan in hope to help contain diseases in case of an outbreak, the agency has announced. WHO’s South Sudan representative, Dr. Olushayo Olu, explains that his agency main goal is to intervene, investigate, and contain “suspected disease outbreaks.”…
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 Moses Nyara March 3, 2019 (SSNA) — Rights over land in South Sudan are never lost or abandoned so as to become res nullius. The idea that the land must belong to the government is not only a deliberate plan to extinguish seisin of the land in South Sudan but a threat to the…
By Duop Chak Wuol March 2, 2019 (SSNA) — Salva Kiir claims his government does not have the necessary financial means to finance the implementation of the September 2018 peace agreement and demands that the international community finance the process so that peace will prevail. It is no secret that the rationality of investing money…
By Deng Akok Muoradid Sub: Appeal for the withdrawal of registration certificate from Twic Mayardit Intellectual Forum March 2, 2019 (SSNA) — First and foremost, allow me to congratulate you and your entire administration on the strong relationship which you have built with the relief agencies in the country. I commended the initiatives which your…
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