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/ — 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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ayment to be made in four instalments starting January. Abuja, Nigeria, January 11, 2022: The Federal Republic of Nigeria has pledged to pay the full capital arrear of US$28.7m in Shelter Afrique, Nigeria’s Finance Minister Dr. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed disclosed at a meeting with Shelter Afrique Group Managing Director and CEO Mr. Andrew Chimphondah in Abuja. The Minister further disclosed […]
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By OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON, Oct 3, 2021 (SSNN) — The United States, the United Kingdom, and Norway (the Troika) commend the Sudanese people as they celebrate the first anniversary of the signing of Juba Peace Agreement (JPA) on October 3, 2020. This historic agreement responds to the Sudanese people’s calls for freedom, peace, and justice, especially from those affected […]
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Sep 24, 2021(SSNN) — South Sudan’s three-year-old peace deal is doomed to collapse unless the parties can settle disputes and create a unified army, the main opposition faction said on Wednesday. The accord signed in September 2018 calls for the reunification of all fighters involved in the civil conflict, but the process has been marred by delays. The peace deal signed […]
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Sep 19, 2021 — South Sudanese international, Koang Deng Kun Koang, popularly known by his stage name as K-Denk has released an emotional song, “Peter Gatdet” in memory of heroes who fought for the liberation of the Republic of South Sudan. The song, which was premiered on Youtube on September 16, was shot and launched in Alberta, Canada but K-Denk […]
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The 77 participants were drawn from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and DR Congo. 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 to recognize industry’s outstanding practices for Excellence, Sustainability, Training, Technology, Initiative, Personality and Leadership from the eastern Africa region. The Awards were […]
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Juba, South Sudan July 9,2021 — While commemorating the 10th independence anniversary of South Sudan, religious leaders regret how the euphoria, hope, optimism and reign of sustainable peace with prosperity have been watered down the drain by a senseless violent conflict in just 10 years. According to a statement issued by the South Sudan Council of Churches and read […]
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June 5, 2021(SSNN) — The Nigerian popular pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua, popularly known as Prophet TB Joshua has died this evening in Lago, Nigeria at the age of 57. TB. Joshua, who was the founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) and Emmanuel TV station, died on Saturday evening shortly after finishing a church program with Emmanuel TV […]
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Juba, South Sudan, May 27th, 2021 — South Sudan’s President H.E Gen. Salva Kiir Mayardit issued a presidential decree two days ago appointing an ad hoc committee to engage in talks with Sudanese Transitional Government over the status of contested Abyei Administrative Area. The formation of the committee comes a week after armed militia from Sudan’s Messiriya tribe allegedly backed […]
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May 17, 2021(SSNN) — Lifting the UN arms embargo on South Sudan could have dire consequences for human rights, Amnesty International warned today, ahead of a UN Security Council vote on 27 May to decide the future of the embargo. The Security Council must ensure a range of human rights benchmarks are met before the embargo can be lifted. These […]
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May 17, 2021(SSNN) — At least 12 people have been killed and seven left struggling for life after Misseriya, an armed militia group fired assault rifles at civilians in Abyei according to Kon Manyiet Matiok, the Chief Administrator of the area. Manyiet says the incident started at 11:00 am on 14th May 2021 after the armed group supported by the […]
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May 6, 2021(SSNN) — Indian Battalion based at Malakal in UNMISS effectively carried out 02 days veterinary aid camp and animal health awareness campaign to livestock owners at Kodok in South Sudan from 16 April to 17 April, 2021. Kodok, formally known as Shilluk Kingdom, is located at Western Nile in Upper Nile State. According to Lt. Col. Philip Varghese, […]
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March 30, 2021(SSNN) — The Eastern Equatoria State governor, Louis Lobong Lojore’s envoy was on Monday ambushed by a group of armed youth in Budi County as they were leaving the area after a peace mission. The governor narrowly survived the attack that left one of his bodyguards and a wife to the Division Commander killed in the ambush while […]
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March 27, 2021(SSNN) — South Sudan’s incumbent president, General Salva Kiir Mayardit, who has led his country through a brutal civil war for the last seven, has received an African Peace Award for this year 2021. According to the office of the president, His Excellency President Salva Kiir won the peace medal for his tireless efforts to bring peace and […]
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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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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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Juba, South Sudan, March 16, 2021(SSNN)– The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), UNHCR, the Refugee Agency and partners, applaud progress toward lasting solutions for forcibly displaced persons as national consultations took place last week in Juba, South Sudan. The two day event successfully marked another milestone for South Sudan’s implementation of the Sudan and South Sudan Solutions Initiative, under the auspices of […]
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March 8, 2021(SSNN) — As the world celebrates International Women’s Day with the theme ‘Choose to Challenge’, South Sudan women chose to challenge the issues facing women in leadership especially in the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on Conflict Resolution in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). These women focused on the clause on a clause that demands 35 percent representation of women […]
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March 5, 2021(SSNN) — The SPLM-IO has dismissed Gen. Taban Deng Gai’s call to suspend the implementation of the revitalized peace agreement. Responding to Taban Group’s press release, Dut Majokdit, who is a member of the SPLM-IO National Council, said that the Vice-president is attempting to create another situation that is likely to jeopardize the implementation of the peace agreement. The […]
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Mar 2, 2021(SSNN) — A South Sudan commercial plane crashed on Tuesday in the Pieri area of Uror County, Jonglei State killing all the ten people who were on board. According to some eyewitnesses, the plane which was carrying two crew members and nine passengers crashed immediately after takeoff from Pieri airstrip. Eyewitness Sebit Kuol says the aircraft took off […]
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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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Feb 23, 2021(SSNN) — Sudan’s Central Bank n Sunday announced that it has floated its currency to help stabilize its economy. The dollar has been trading between 350-400 pounds in the black market while its official exchange rate was 55 pounds. The Central bank put the exchange rate at 375 pounds per dollar and will fluctuate according to supply and […]
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Military experts recommend the brain-based technology called Invincible Defense Technology (IDT) which incorporates practices of non-religious Transcendental Meditation® (TM®) 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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By Devin Watkins Dec 24, 2020(Nyamilepedia) — Pope Francis signs an ecumenical Christmas message to the political leaders of South Sudan, and urges them to make greater strides along the path of peace and service to the nation. Pope Francis has sent Christmas greetings to the political leaders of South Sudan once again this year. As with last year’s message, the […]
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Dec 23, 2020(SSNN) — Three United Nations organizations are calling for immediate humanitarian access to parts of South Sudan’s Jonglei State and Pibor Administrative Area, where people have run out of food and are facing terrible levels of hunger. This call came following a new report of Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on Friday which put South Sudan on heightened […]
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Prosecute Killings, Prioritize Security Sector Reforms For Immediate Release Nairobi, Dec 21, 2020(SSNN) – Sudanese 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 a security official, Human Rights Watch said today. About 25 people were injured, most from bullet wounds. The protests […]
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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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Dec 4, 2020(SSNN) — Sudan’s opposition leaders on Wednesday gave the Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdock a go-ahead to continue serving in his office until the end of the transition period. In an extraordinary meeting in Khartoum, members of the opposition coalition said Hamdok should continue to be prime minister during the next 39 months of the transitional period. Hamdok is […]
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KHARTOUM, Sudan. Dec 4, 2020(SSNN) — Representatives of the governments of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan agreed this week on a regional roadmap which will outline the next steps toward medium to long-term solutions for seven million forcibly displaced persons originating from and hosted by the two countries, and other States hosting displaced populations from both countries. The […]
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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. “Travellers should avoid all travel to Tanzania. If you must travel, talk to your doctor ahead of […]
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Dec 1, 2020(SSNN) — Thousands of people who have been displaced by violence and floods in Warrap State hardly get enough food or shelter. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that at least 377,300 people have been displaced by floods and violence in Warrap since July. Most of the displaced people are living on aid […]
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Edith M. Lederer Tanzania, The Associated Press December 1, 2020(SSNN) — UN experts say South Sudan’s latest peace effort has stalled, with the coalition government formed in February failing to meet deadlines and President Salva Kiir locking opposition leader and now First Vice-President Riek Machar “out of the government’s decision-making process.” The panel of experts said it was told by […]
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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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