coronavirus news in South Sudan

SPLA-IO general dies of coronavirus in Juba

May 19, 2020 News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

May 19, 2020 (SSNN) – A South Sudan main armed opposition military general has died on Monday in Juba of COVID-19 which is caused by the novel coronavirus, officials have confirmed. Maj. Gen. Ohisa Robert passed away in Juba on Monday died in the capital Juba after he was rushed to the Dr. John Garang Center for Infectious Diseases after […]

S. Sudan threatens to jail journalists over “unethical” coverage of coronavirus

May 14, 2020 COVID-19 South Sudan, Health, News, Newsbeat, South Sudan

South Sudan's incumbent President, Gen. Salva Kiir Mayar, points at his opponents in a battle to consolidate power (Photo: file)

May 14, 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan government threatened on Thursday to jail journalists over unethical reporting urging media houses to strictly desist from what it said is a non-professional reporting practices. In a statement this evening, South Sudan’s high-level taskforce said it “strongly denounces the wave of information and disinformation around COVID- 19 disease including publishing in social media, […]