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…
Nairobi/Juba, December 21, 2018 (SSNA) — The Bank of South Sudan and a Kenya-based Lukiza Ltd have signed a deal which will allow the young nation to have its first mobile money transfer service, a senior central bank official who agreed to talk on condition of anonymity told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) on…
Juba, December 18, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s petroleum minister, Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, said his government has so far secured more $2 billion dollars from Malaysia, South Africa, Nigeria, and local oil firm based in Juba. Ezekiel revealed that many oil firms pledged more money with a South African state-run oil firm pledging $1 billion,…
Juba, December 6, 2018 (SSNA) — Djibouti has announced that it will resume port services to South Sudan after a peace deal was agreed between parties to the conflict, Djibouti’s Duraleh Multipurpose Port’s (DMP) Chief Executive, Wahib Daher Aden, told the media. The announcement comes nearly three months after South Sudanese warring factions signed an…
Washington, DC/Juba, March 5, 2018 (SSNA) — A global financial investigative group has accused South Sudanese government of using state oil money to fund the ongoing war, saying Juba’s regime has been offering financial support to a Dinka militia responsible for serious crimes and attacks in northern Upper Nile. In a new report released by…
Juba, June 16, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s government will commission an audit of national oil production and petroleum industry activities, the Ministry of Petroleum announced today. The Ministry invites companies to bid on a public tender to perform the audit and produce a 2017 audit report on the industry. Objectives of the audit include…
Juba, May 3, 2017 (SSNA) — The government of South Sudan has increased registration fees for international aid organizations seeking to operate in South Sudan, a document obtained by the Reuters has shown. The decision to increase registration and licensing fees comes as the young nation struggles to pay government and civil service personnel. The…
Juba, January 25, 2017 (SSNA) – The Republic of South Sudan has been named in a Transparency International’s annual report as one of the world’s most corrupt nations. The report ranked Somalia most corrupt, followed by South Sudan, North Korea, and Syria. Transparency International says its rankings is done based a mix of government and business sources. South…
Juba, January 19, 2017 (SSNA) — The government of India and South Sudan have resumed talks over the resumption of oil production in Unity State. The South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) has learned from a confidential government source that the two nations have been in secret talks since last November, hammering out best ways to…
Juba, January 3, 2017 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s embassy official in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Juba is planning to increase oil production as global oil markets reported hike in prices, the Gulf News reported. “We are planning to increase oil production as oil prices go up to increase our revenue and expand the…