South Sudan News Agency

10/03/2025

Open Letter to the International Community Regarding the Nasir Clashes.

March 8, 2025 (SSNA) — Before condemning the incident that tragically resulted in the loss of lives, including that of UN personnel, the international community, including my country, Canada, must first investigate the underlying causes of the conflict that led to the deadly confrontation between ...

10/02/2025

BREAKING: President Salva Kiir sacks SPLM Secretary General Peter Lam Both.

10/02/2025

BREAKING: President Kiir fires vice presidents James Wani Igga and Hussein Abdelbagi in a presidential decrees read on the state-run SSBC TV. This is a developing story.

31/12/2024

Happy New Year (2025) to all of you.

29/12/2024

International International interventions is needed in South Sudan's Unity State after cholera outbreak

Press release To the word bodies: IGAD, African Union, Troika, and the United Nations December 26, 2024 (SSNA) — The South Sudan International Advocacy for Human Rights (SSIAHR) urgently calls upon the international community to intervene in the escalating cholera outbreak devastating Unity State,...

25/12/2024

Happy Merry Christmas, everyone.

28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving to all our supporters and followers in the United States of America.

03/10/2024

South Sudan President Dismisses Intelligence Chief

Juba, October 2, 2024 (SSNA) — The Director General of the Internal Security Bureau (ISB), a branch of the National Security Service, was removed from his position on Wednesday. In a decree broadcast live on the state-run SSBC TV, President Kiir dismissed General Akol Koor Kuc as the Director Gene...

28/09/2024

Foreign Minister Says Financial Difficulty Forces South Sudan to Extend Peace Agreement - South Sudan News Agency.

Juba/New York, September 27, 2024 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ramadhan Abdalla Mohammed Goc, told the United Nations in New York on Thursday that the transitional government of South Sudan and elections have been extended due to a lack of fun...

27/09/2024

South Sudan News Agency Top Editor Resigns

September 26, 2024 (SSNA) — The editor-in-chief of the US-based South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) Duop Chak Wuol is set to step down at the end of this month, saying he has other commitments that need his attention. In a letter to SSNA management, Wuol thanks the South Sudan News Agency for allowing ...

13/09/2024

Rising Tensions Over the Nile: Egypt’s Strategic Maneuvers Against Ethiopia’s GERD.

By Duop Chak Wuol September 9, 2024 (SSNA) — Egypt’s stance against Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has escalated, raising the possibility of military conflict between Cairo and Addis Ababa. Egypt has openly aligned itself with Somalia and covertly with Eritrea in opposition ...

28/07/2024

Breaking News: South Sudan opposition leader under house arrest, source says

Nairobi, July 27, 2024 (SSNA) — South Sudan’s First Vice President and Chairman of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) party Dr. Riek Machar is confined to Juba and cannot travel outside South Sudan, a senior government official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...