By Agenagn Kebede, Asst. Prof, Woldia University, Woldia, Ethiopia. Dec 22, 2020(SSNN) — Even though you get a hoax from Tigray Media House, Digital Weyane and Tedros Adhanome, The Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) was the utmost terrorist in description. It was heathen. It did not give a value for religion, morality and culture which are bedrock for progressive and […]
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June 25, 2020 (SSNN) – The African Union’s Executive Council will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the dispute between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a diplomatic source told Ahram Online on Thursday. The source said that AU Executive Council members and representatives of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan will attend the video […]
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June 18, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan diplomats have been kicked out of an African Union (AU) meeting over failure by the world’s youngest country to pay membership fees to the continental body for three consecutive years, the South Sudan mission to the AU said. The South Sudan embassy in Addis Ababa and the country’s mission to the African Union […]
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June 12, 2020(SSNN) — Latest news across the region and middle east indicate that the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, could be a host to a regional war over the Ethiopian’s Grant Renaissance Dam that is currently under construction. Within the last five years, Egypt has signed multi-billion dollar deals with the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, ranging from land […]
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February 9th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s government has strongly criticized the East African regional bloc, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, for its failure to provide a win-win solution to the number of states and their internal boundaries, a pending issue that is likely to hamper the formation of a national unity government. On Saturday, the IGAD Council of Ministers adopted a […]
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December 29th, 2019 (SSNN)—With the release of funds to the R-ARCSS mechanisms, the Interim Chairperson of the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (RJMEC) has expressed confidence that significant progress will now be made in implementing Pre-Transitional period critical tasks within the remaining days. Speaking during the 12th RJMEC monthly meeting in Juba the Interim Chairperson, H.E. Ambassador Lt. Gen. […]
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December 23rd, 2019 (SSNN)-The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board has approved a three-year $2.9 billion financing package to support Ethiopia’s economic reform program, the IMF said said in a statement. The agreement, supported by the Fund’s Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and Extended Fund Facility (EFF), “aims to support the authorities’ implementation of their ambitious reform agenda and catalyze concessional […]
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Opinion, By Dr. Gatluak Ter Thach Dec 7th, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan has a population of 12.58 million (2017). This population represents approximately 64 ethnic groups that speak different languages or dialects, as well as practice varied cultural activities. Most of the population in South Sudan lives in the rural counties, depending heavily on farms and other basic means to survive. […]
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Dec 4th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Troika countries, (the United States, the UK and Norway) in a joint statement at the 13th Ordinary Summit of IGAD Heads of State & Government, held recently – called on IGAD to ensure immediate release of South Sudan’s opposition leader, Dr. Riek Machar Teny from long-term house arrest, so he can move freely and participate in […]
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Nov 30th, 2019 (SSNN)-The European Union congratulates the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on his recent appointment as IGAD Chairperson. On 29, 2019, during the 13th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the regional bloc, IGAD picked Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok as its new Chairman. “The Summit of the […]
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Nov 29th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD during its 13th Ordinary Summit of Heads of States and Government held in Ethiopia- has elected the Republic of Sudan as its new chair, the regional bloc announced on Friday following the conclusion of the Summit. “The 13th Ordinary IGAD Summit of Heads of States and Government has concluded in […]
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Nov 17th, 2019 (SSNN)-Two regional commercial airlines (Kenya and Ethiopia) are threatening to halt flights to South Sudan over frequent harassment by airport employees at Juba International Airport (JIA), said Minister of Information and Broadcasting Michael Makuei Lueth on Friday after a cabinet meeting. Speaking to the press on Friday, the senior government official said the two airlines had threatened […]
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Nov 3nd, 2019 (SSNN)-The Ethiopian Government is seeking to buy oil from neighboring South Sudan to reduce the cost of exporting oil from the Middle East and Arab countries at exorbitant prices, said Ethiopia’s Minister of Mines and Petroleum Koang Tutlam in a statement in the capital, Juba. “You can imagine bringing from the Middle East when you can tap […]
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Oct 10, 2019 (SSNN)-South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his accompanying delegation left on Thursday morning for the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to meet IGAD leaders. “The President of the Republic, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit traveled to Addis Ababa this morning.” According to presidential media, PPU, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit will hold meetings with IGAD heads of […]
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