Education Fund for African Students in Energy

Soldiers patrol an oil field in Paloug, in South Sudan's Upper Nile state(Photo Credit: Jared Ferrie/IPS)

The African Energy Chamber launches its annual Energy Scholarship Award under efforts to expand the participation of youth in energy JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, June 9, 2023/ —Ā We are thrilled to announce the launch of the AEC African Energy Education Fund (www.EnergyChamber.org), an annual program aimed at supporting young individuals across Africa who are pursuing undergraduate studies in oil, gas and […]

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We Must Stop Attacks on Children Immediately

With a third of schools destroyed, occupied or closed since the beginning of the civil war, South Sudan holds the highest proportion of out-of-school children in the world at around two million children. The poor economic situation and continuing instability have left an estimated 1.1 million children under the age of five acutely malnourished and in need of life-saving aid in 2018. VIKTORIJA MICKUTE/AL JAZEERA

4 June 2023, New York – Children are not targets. Children are not soldiers. Children are not weapons. As we commemorate theĀ International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, we call on leaders everywhere to embrace the commitments outlined in theĀ Convention on the Rights of the ChildĀ and theĀ Safe Schools DeclarationĀ to ensure girls and boys everywhere are able to reach their […]

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Sudan: Concrete UN Security Council Action NeededĀ  African Council Members Should Take Leading Role in Ending Abuses

For Immediate Release Nairobi, June 10, 2023(SSNN) – The United NationsĀ Security Council should take stronger steps to reverse the rapidly deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan, Human Rights Watch said today. During theĀ Security Council discussion onĀ June 2, 2023Ā to renew the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), all council members, including the three African members, should support […]

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Kenya Ports Authority Awards Regional Port Users

The 77 participants were drawn from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and DR Congo.Ā  Mombasa, Kenya, Sep 19, 2021(SSNN) — Kenya Ports Authority held its second East Africa Maritime Awards EAMA 2020 ON September 17, 2021 in Kenya’s coastal City of Mombasa toĀ recognize industry’s outstanding practices for Excellence, Sustainability, Training, Technology, Initiative, Personality and LeadershipĀ from the eastern Africa region. The Awards were […]

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Sudan’s al Buhran arrives in Juba for peace talks with holdout oppositions

President Salva Kiir receiving the Chairman of Sudan Transitional Sovereign Council, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Buhran at Juba International Airport(Photo credit: courtesy image)

March 27, 2021(SSNN) — The Sudan’s Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Buhran, has arrived in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, to meet with the leaders of the holdout oppositions. According to president Salva Kiir’s office, Gen. Fattah was received in the airport by President Salva Kiir this morning, March 27, 2021. “27th March 2021, H.E. […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died.

Tanzanian President John Magufuli waves as he attends a ceremony marking the country’s 58th independence anniversary in 2019(Photo credit: Stringer/AFP)

March 17, 2021(SSNN) — The Tanzania’s President, John Pombe Magufuli, has died of heart complications this evening in Dar es Salam, vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced on TV. Speaking on a live broadcast, the Tanzanian Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed that President Magufuli died this evening, March 17, 2021 at 6pm. Hassan confirmed that president Magufuli was hospitalized […]

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Details on Ethiopian-Tigrayans contingent fighting at Juba International Airport

Members of Tigrayan contigents who took blows at Juba International Airport following a fistfight that attempted to return them to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia(Photo credit: supplied)

Feb 23, 2021(SSNN) — A fistfight broke-out at Juba International Airport on Monday afternoon as the Tigrayans forces, who served in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan(UNMISS), refused to board a scheduled plane to return to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Speaking to media after the fistfight, the UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, explained that the argument began in the airport on […]

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Ethiopia: Invincible Defense Tech is an Effective Strategy to Combat Ethnic Tensions-Experts

Military experts recommend the brain-based technology called Invincible Defense Technology (IDT) which incorporates practices of non-religious Transcendental MeditationĀ® (TMĀ®) to quell violence and bring about peace in the Horn of Africa Country,     Jan 30, 2021(SSNN) — While the ongoing Tigray conflict continues to be fueled by high ethnic tensions, there is available an ideal method to calm tensions, […]

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Opinion | Shorthand about the evil deeds of TPLF and disapproval on the reluctance

Members of Tigray people liberation front(Photo credit: courtesy image)

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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Sudan: Security Forces Kill Protesters in Eastern Sudan

Sudanese protesters take to the streets against a worsening economic crisis and to demand justice for people killed during past demonstrations that toppled president Omar al-Bashir. AFP

Prosecute Killings, Prioritize Security Sector Reforms For Immediate Release Nairobi, Dec 21, 2020(SSNN) – SudaneseĀ authorities used excessive force, including lethal force, against protesters on October 15, 2020, leading to the deaths of seven protesters, including a 16-year old boy, as well as aĀ security official, Human Rights Watch said today. About 25 people were injured, most from bullet wounds. The protests […]

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Museveni lobbies U.S and U.K to help him push for elections in South Sudan

Ugandan President H.E. Kaguta Museveni ...

Dec 8, 2020(SSNN) — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met and held discussions with the United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) Special Envoys to Uganda about the situation in South Sudan. The US Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Natalie E. Brown was accompanied by the US Special Envoy for South Sudan H.E Stuart Symington IV to the meeting while the […]

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Disease Control experts warns US citizens against travelling to Tanzania declared at Level 4 of COVID-19 risk

Dec 3, 2020(SSNN) — The Center for Disease Control has warned American citizens to avoid travelling to Tanzania as the country has been categorized at COVID-19 level 4. CDC urged travellers to consult with a doctor if their travel can not be avoided. ā€œTravellers should avoid all travel to Tanzania. If you must travel, talk to your doctor ahead of […]

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Breaking: Somalia expels Kenyan Ambassador, recalls Ambassador to Kenya

Somalian ambassador to Kenya, Amb. Mohamud Ahmed Nur ā€˜Tarzan’(left) and the Kenyan ambassador to Somalia, Amb. Lucas Tumbo(Photo credit: supplied)

Nov 29, 2020(SSNN) — In a political turmoil over the electoral process and foreign interference, the Republic of Somalia has recalled its ambassador to Kenya and orders the Kenyan ambassador in Mogadishu to leave the country with immediate effect for further consultations. “The Federal Government of Somalia notes the Kenyan government’s attempt to infringe upon the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political […]

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Ethiopia’s Government and the TPLF Leadership Are Not Morally Equivalent

Former and current Primer Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn and Abiy Ahmed Ali holding Ethiopian flag(Photo credit: supplied)

THE ARGUMENT The leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front are seeking to manipulate the international community into backing a power-sharing deal that grants it impunity for past crimes and gives it far more future influence over the country than it deserves. BY HAILEMARIAM DESALEGN, Nov 24, 2020(SSNN) — Most Ethiopia analysts or so-called experts on the Horn of Africa […]

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Ethiopian Prime Minister gives Tigrayan forces 72 hours to surrender

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali addressing the military in April 2019(Photo credit: courtesy image)

Nov 22, 2020(SSNN) — The Ethiopian Prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has given the Tigrayan regional forces, also known as the Tigray People Liberation Front, less than 72 hours to surrender before the Ethiopian military begins an offensive on the regional capital of Mekelle. ā€œWe urge you to surrender peacefully within 72 hours, recognizing that you are at the point […]

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Nova Stevens crowned Miss Universe Canada

Miss Universe Canada Nova Stevens being crowned on October 24, 2020(Photo credit: courtesy image/Thenovastevens instagram)

South Sudanese -Canadian Nova Stevens crowned Miss Universe Canada Oct 26, 2020(SSNN) — Nova Stevens, a 27-year-old South Sudanese-Canadian activist who is popularly known for co-organizing the Vancouver’s Freedom marches that saw thousands of people turning up to support the Black Lives Matter Movement in Summer this year, has been crowned Miss Universe Canada, a title she will carry on […]

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First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar meets UNMISS head David Shearer

UN Special Representative of the Secretary General, David Shearer, meeting FVP Dr. Riek Machar Teny in the capital, Juba(Photo credit: courtesy image/UNMISS)

Oct 26, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan’s First Vice President, Dr. Riek Machar Teny, met the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General, David Shearer, earlier today at his residence in the capital, Juba. Speaking to media after the meeting, the Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan said the two leaders discussed the need for him and Machar to […]

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Central Equatoria State bans illegal trading of foreign currency

President Salva Kiir meets Emmanuel Adil Anthony, the governor of Central Equatoria State today, September 9, 2020(Photo credit: Courtesy of office of the president)

Oct 18, 2020(SSNN) — On Friday, the governor of Central Equatoria state, Emmanuel Adil Anthony Wani, banned the operations of illegal dealings in foreign currency operating without authorization from concerned authorities in Central Equatoria State. The illegal dealings are blaming for soaring prices and depreciation of South Sudan local currency, SSP. ā€œI Emmanuel Adil Anthony Wani, Governor of equatorial state […]

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Gawaar Global Leadership calls for Intercontinental Leadership Conference

The Gawaar leapord announcing the Gawaar Global Leadership Conference....

Oct 6, 2020(SSNN) — The leadership of the Gawaar Global Community, comprising of the Gawaar community associations in the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe, is organizing an intercontinental leadership conference for the Gawaar community leaders in all the continents. The leaders’ conference, which is scheduled for this coming Saturday October 10th, 2020 invites all Gawaar leaders, especially in African […]

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South Sudan President Kiir wins international peace prize

President Salva Kii being presented with an international peace prize by the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) for mediating Sudan's peace agreement(Photo credit: file)

Oct 4, 2020(SSNN) — The South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit has won an internationally facilitated peace prize for mediating the Sudanese peace agreement that was signed this afternoon in South Sudan capital, Juba. The least expected award was presented by the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) at Dr. John Garang mausoleum today, October 3, 2020, where the Sudanese leaders signed […]

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BREAKING: Sudan government and oppositions sign a ground breaking peace deal

Oct 3, 2020(SSNN) — The Sudanese peace agreement, whose signing was delayed by rain this morning in the South Sudan capital, Juba, is officially signed by the government of Sudan and a coalition of armed oppositions under the banner of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (RSF), among others. The peace agreement has given Blue Nile, Southern Kordofan and Darfur self-autonomy during […]

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South Sudan borrows $88 millions from the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)

Leaders of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank)(Photo credit: African Business)

Oct 3, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan cabinet of ministers has secured at least $88 millions in loans from the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), according to the government spokesman and the Minister of Information, Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth. Briefing the media after a cabinet ministers meeting in the capital, Juba, the Minister of Information said the Council of Ministers has agreed […]

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President Kiir meets UNHCR officials

President Kiir meets Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Affey, in the Presence of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Deng Dau(Photo credit: Office of the president)

Sep 23, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan incumbent, H.E.President Salva Kiir, received officials from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) at his office in Juba. According to officials from the office of the president, President Kiir was briefed by the UNHCR officials on the commissioner’s comprehensive solution for South Sudan refugees in the region. “H.E.President Salva Kiir, recieved a […]

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Ex-Sudanese president back to court over 1989 coup

Sudan's former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir stands guarded inside a cage at the courthouse where he is facing corruption charges, in Khartoum, Sudan, August 19, 2019 (Photo credit: Reuters)

July 21, 2020 (SSNN) – Sudan’s former long-serving President Omar al-Bashir faces trial starting Tuesday in Khartoum over the military coup that brought him to power in 1989. Al-Bashir is already behind bars for corruption, but AFP reports that he could face the death penalty if convicted in the new charge. The 76-year-old is accused alongside 16 others. The trial […]

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Renowned Kenyan journalist tests positive for COVID-19

Kenyan journalist Jeff Koinange (Photo credit: Supplied)

July 20, 2020 (SSNN) – Kenya’s Citizen TV news anchor and radio host Jeff Koinange has tested positive for coronavirus. The TV anchor is the latest Citizen TV employee to confirm to have contracted the deadly virus. Koinange went on social media to inform Kenyans of his status saying he had no symptoms of the virus and felt very okay. […]

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Ethiopia starts filling dam despite Egyptian opposition

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – GERD (Photo credit: Unknown)

July 15, 2020 (SSNN) – Ethiopia began filling the reservoir of its giant Nile dam without signing an agreement on water flows; a step Egypt has warned will threaten regional security. The announcement was made by Ethiopian Water, Irrigation and Energy Minister Seleshi Bekele, according to a report on the state-owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Corp.’s Facebook page. The move came two […]

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East African Community struggles to pay regional MPs as S. Sudan fail to pay

East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) during a session in Nairobi. EALA employees are yet to get their June salaries, while members of parliament have gone three months without their full pay. (Photo credit: unknown)

July 4, 2020 (SSNN) – The East African Community is struggling to pay its members of parliament as South Sudan becomes incapable to pay its membership arrears, regional MPs have said. ā€œEALA members have not been paid their sitting allowances since March. We demand that the secretariat pays all staff including MPs. EAC partner states need to honor their remittance […]

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South Sudan did not pay its AU membership fees – sources

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit arrives for the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and the Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia January 29, 2018. (Photo credit: REUTERS)

June 30, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan government has not paid its African Union membership (AU) fees as claimed by senior government officials in separate statements to the media last week, a South Sudan diplomat in Addis Ababa has said. Last week, the African Union sanctioned South Sudan for failure to pay membership fees for over three years which the […]

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AU to hold emergency meeting over Egyptian-Ethiopian dam dispute

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Photo credit: Getty Images)

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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BREAKING: Kenya wins UN Security Council seat

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta is currently facing crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal Court. (Photo credit: EPA)

June 18, 2020 (SSNN) – Kenya has won the UN Security Council seat after beating Djibouti in a second round of votingĀ  Thursday. The contest between Kenya and Djibouti headed to the second round of voting Thursday after the first phase saw Nairobi’s victory insufficient to win the UNĀ seat. With 191 of 193 countries voting, Kenya scored 129 votes, beating […]

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Burundi swears in new president

General Evariste Ndayishimiye of the ruling CNN-FDD party won presidential elections that were held last week (Photo credit: AP)

June 18, 2020 (SSNN) – Maj. Gen. Evariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday was sworn in as the new president of Burundi for a seven-year term in office, renewable once. The swearing-in ceremony before Burundi’s Constitutional Court took place at the Ingoma Stadium in the administrative capital Gitega. It followed the ruling of the same court which upheld Ndayishimiye as the winner […]

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How South Sudan ties to Egypt could spark a regional war

Egyptian students and Air Force Academy graduates attend the graduation of 83 aviation and military science cadets at the Air Force Academy in Cairo, Egypt, July 20, 2016. (Photo credit: The Egyptian Presidency/SSNN)

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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