Thurs, Dec 27th, 2018(SSNN) — Santino Deng Lou is an Education Supervisor from Aweil Town West Payam, in South Sudan. He has been working with the Girl Education South Sudan (GESS) project for some time and has seen first hand the critical role that this project has played in improving the status of young women and girls in the community. South Sudan […]
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Dec 6, 2018(SSNN) —- Thon Maker says his heart will always be in South Sudan but he is proud to play for Australia at the Olympics and World Cup. Maker, an athletic 216-centimetre-tall forward/centre for the Milwaukee Bucks, has described how there were attempts to coax him to play international basketball for Team USA and Canada. The 21-year-old rebuffed the […]
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The Vatican City, Dec 24, 2018(SSNN) — President of the Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference has expressed cautious optimism that the country’s latest peace agreement could signal the start of stability in South Sudan. Paul Samasumo – Vatican City Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio and President of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference for Sudan […]
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The United States is sending a message that the behavior of these persons is unacceptable and contrary to the ongoing and significant U.S. efforts to assist the people of South Sudan and establish a lasting peaceful resolution to the current conflict WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, December 18, 2018 Today, the United States imposed sanctions on three individuals for their […]
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The world’s youngest nation is home to the largest refugee crisis in Africa. By Morgan Winsor, Dec 15, 2018(Nyamiledia) — The world’s youngest nation on Saturday marked five years of vicious war in an ongoing conflict that is affecting millions of people, many of them children. South Sudan is home to the largest refugee crisis in Africa and the third largest […]
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Rise in state-sanctioned executions condemned by Amnesty International as ‘outdated and inhuman’ By Karen McVeigh Dec 7th, 2018(SSNN) — Children are among those being executed in South Sudan, in an “extremely disturbing” escalation of the state’s use of the death penalty, according to Amnesty International. This year, seven people, including one child, were hanged, the highest number since the county gained […]
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Organisers of Summer Slam tournament say coverage about ‘African gangs’ made it too difficult to find a venue, By Luke Henriques-Gomes, Wed, Nov 28th, 2018, For 15 years, the Summer Slam basketball tournament has attracted some of the most talented young athletes from across Australia. As a junior, South Sudanese Australian NBA player Thon Maker came from Perth to play. So […]
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A hat-trick from Fiston Abdul Razak helped Burundi win 5-2 away to South Sudan on Friday to keep alive their hopes of qualifying for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon. Atak Lual gave the hosts the lead early on with Cedric Amissi hitting an equaliser for Burundi. Stoke City’s Saido Berahino made it 2-1 to Burundi on the […]
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