Juba/New York, May 24, 2017 (SSNA) — The United States and the United Kingdom said South Sudan’s President recent declaration of the unilateral ceasefire is not new, saying Kiir is simply repeating the same promises he previously announced. United States’ deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Michele Sison, blasted Kiir’s announcement, saying South Sudanese President…
Kampala, May 21, 2017 (SSNA) — A former Ugandan intelligence officer James Moises has accused Western countries of complicity in the going South Sudan’s civil war, claiming that Western nations have allowed South Sudan’s neighbor, Uganda, to manage South Sudan’s peace process. Moises, who is widely credited for exposing Uganda’s involvement in South Sudan’s civil…
Geneva/Addis Ababa, May 23, 2017 (SSNA) — The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has emerged as the winner to run the World Health Organization (WHO) after three rounds of an intense voting. Ethiopia’s Former health and foreign minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, beats Pakistan’s Dr. Sania Nishtarand UK’s Dr. David Nabarro. Geneva-based African experts told the…
Geneva/Juba, May 19, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations has accused South Sudanese government troops of carrying out ethnic killings in Yei, saying at least 114 civilians were killed by Juba-backed forced. The Geneva-based office of the United Nations human rights said in a report on Friday that attacks that resulted in the death of…
Yei/Juba, December 12, 2016 (SSNA) — Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has opened a new health clinic in Yei town to improve access to healthcare for the locals in Yei and the Greater Equatoria region, the group said. MSF says its new primary healthcare clinic is free to anyone seeking medical assistance, adding that diseases such…
Juba, December 7, 2016 (SSNA) — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has hosted a discussion intended to educate South Sudanese women the importance of education, especially in “conflict and post-conflicts” areas. Saadia Aleem, who represents the UNMISS rights body says the “dialogue was necessary so they could identify the issues women face”,…
Bentiu/Juba, November 16, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudanese living inside a UN camp in South Sudan’s Unity State are facing humanitarian problems, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) International has warned. The independent medical humanitarian agency which operates a hospital inside a Protection of Civilians (PoC) in Bentiu says there are alarming signs and that aid groups…
Juba, November 8, 2016 (SSNA) — The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised an alarm, saying cholera-related cases have spiked in the war-torn South Sudan and that close to 3,000 people have so far contracted the disease. The UN’s health arm discloses that it began monitoring the disease since July. World Health Organization South Sudan…
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…
Bentiu/Juba, November 16, 2016 (SSNA) — South Sudanese living inside a UN camp in South Sudan’s Unity State are facing humanitarian problems, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) International has warned. The independent medical humanitarian agency which operates a hospital inside a Protection of Civilians (PoC) in Bentiu says there are alarming signs and that aid groups…
By Eric Reeves May 21, 2017 (SSNA) — In a wide-ranging interview with Radio Dabanga published a week ago, the Obama administration’s third and final Special Envoy for the Sudans, Donald Booth, offered a reprise of much that has been reported about the decision by President Obama to lift longstanding U.S. economic sanctions on the genocidal…
By Eric Reeves May 8, 2017 (SSNA) — The militia attacks near Nierteti (western Central Darfur) reported today by Radio Dabanga are identical to those that were occurring fourteen years ago, down to such grim details as the cutting down of mature fruit trees to ensure there is nothing to come back to in the…
By Eric Reeves May 6, 2017 (SSNA) — If anyone thought that the views expressed by former Special Envoy for the Sudans in December 2011—arguing that the National Islamic Front/National Congress Party regime is capable of “carrying out reform via constitutional democratic measures”—might have been chastened by the dramatic increase in domestic repression in Sudan,…
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