Nairobi/Juba, June 14, 2018 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese government official has denied recent accusations by the United States that South Sudan’s government officials buy expensive mansions and invest in Uganda, Kenya, and other East African countries. South Sudan’s deputy ambassador to Kenya, Jimmy Makuach, dismissed the accusation and said the United States is trying…
Addis Ababa, June 13, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudanese rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar will meet face-to-face with Salva Kiir on June 20 in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the armed opposition said on Wednesday. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) has confirmed the report, saying the chairman of the Intergovernmental Authority on the Development…
Kampala/Juba, June 11, 2018 (SSNA) — The United States has called on East African governments to stop South Sudanese government officials from using their capitals as places to hide war money, saying Uganda must tell South Sudan that exploitation of the young nation wealth is not welcome in Kampala. The United States’ Under Secretary for…
Pretoria/Addis Ababa, June 8, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudanese rebel leader Dr. Riek Machar is expected to travel to Kenya after his meeting with his arch-rival President Salva Kiir in Khartoum, a rebel source who has complete knowledge of discussion between Machar and Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga in South Africa told the South Sudan…
Juba, June 6, 2018 (SSNA) — A senior Africa researcher for Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the decision to keep some reports on South Sudan’s atrocities secret is wrong and suggests the reports be made public. The Associated Press (AP) recently obtained secret reports which show government troops systematically gang-raped young girls and blocked door…
Kampala/Juba, June 1, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s defense minister, Kuol Manyang Juuk, invests heavily in Ugandan real estate, buying luxurious mansions, towers, and huge land for further development, a document leaked to South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) shows. The SSNA has received from a group which calls itself “Youths for Liberation of South Sudan…
New York, May 31, 2018 (SSNA) — The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday approved a resolution, imposing an arms embargo on South Sudan and sanctions against six senior government and rebel officials. The measure which was passed by 9-6 votes was a “milestone,” according to one African Union official who spoke exclusively to…
Juba, May 31, 2018 (SSNA) — Since the end of April, the conflict-ravaged counties of Leer and Mayendit, in South Sudan’s north, have once again been wracked by violence. Thousands of people are caught between the frontlines of the fighting, and health facilities have been attacked. The high level of violence prevents many people from…
Addis Ababa, May 30, 2018 (SSNA) — In an exclusive interview on Wednesday, a senior Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) official has accused South Sudanese President Salva Kiir of waging a campaign of a “deadly charm,” saying Kiir has been using an “evil tactic” to get what he wants. The accusation comes just hours…
Juba, May 30, 2018 (SSNA) — An educational charity group said its South Sudan’s projects in the war-torn young nation have increased drastically. The agency states that new 60,000 South Sudanese children have been enrolled in schools. Windle Trust International (WTI), a UK-based education advocacy group, operates schools in Unity, Lakes, and the Western Equatoria…
Addis Ababa/Juba, May 26, 2018 (SSNA) — A South Sudanese ambassador has accused the United States government of being behind a recent decision by South Sudan’s rebels and other oppositions groups to reject IGAD’s newly power-sharing proposal. The accusation comes barely three days after South Sudan’s main rebel group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition…
May 25, 2018, Geneva/Juba (SSNA) — At the 71st World Health Assembly today, 194 countries adopted a resolution on “Addressing the burden of snakebite envenoming.” This resolution is expected to provide a strong mandate for the World Health Organization secretariat to implement an ambitious snakebite ‘roadmap,’ mobilising governments and donors to respond to snakebite with…
Addis Ababa, May 23, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudanese rebels have rejected the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) power-sharing proposal and described it as “an endorsement of the status quo.” In a statement released Wednesday evening, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition’s (SPLM-IO) Chairman for National Committee for Information and Public Relations, Mabior Garang Mabior,…
Addis Ababa, May 21, 2018 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s main rebel group, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-In Opposition (SPLM/A-IO), has denied reports that it has strike a deal with the government on security arrangements, specifically on the integration of the rival forces. In a statement issued late Monday, deputy SPLA-IO spokesman Col. Lam Paul Gabriel…
Addis Ababa, May 19, 2018 (SSNA) — The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is set to present to South Sudan’s warring factions a new peace proposal, an IGAD diplomatic source who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media told the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Addis…
Malakal, May 18, 2018 (SSNA) — Médecins Sans Frontières /Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is today officially opening its new hospital in Malakal town to replace a temporary field structure the organisation had been using until now. The new hospital increases the quality of health care MSF provides to all the population in the nothern part…