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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June 17, 2020 (SSNN) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday launched a funding appeal worth 390 million U.S. dollars to boost response to COVID-19 pandemic in South Sudan. Alain Noudehou, the humanitarian coordinator in South Sudan, said the latest funding appeal will help provide assistance to 7.4 million people by the end […]
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June 9, 2020 (SSNN) – Burundi’s outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza has died, the government of the central African nation announced in a statement posted on Twitter. “The government of the Republic of Burundi announced with great sadness … the unexpected death of his Excellency Pierre Nkurunziza, President of Burundi,” the government said in a tweeted statement, adding he had died […]
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June 8, 2020(SSNN) — Speaking to media today in Juba, South Sudan, the Minister of Information and Postal Services, Hon. Michael Makuei Lueth, who has been battling Coronavirus for the last three weeks has been finally declared COVID-19 negative but Makuei could not admit the verbal results until he sees it written on a piece of paper. The Minister wants […]
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May 15, 2020(SSNN) — South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, lost at least 7 officials between 4pm on May 13 and 10am on May 14, 2020 to what the High level Taskforce reported as “short illness” while threatening the media over biased reporting of the Coronavirus. Among the first highest ranking veterans who died on May 13, 2020 was Lt. […]
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By Dimo Silva Aurelio, JUBA , SOUTH SUDAN, April 24, 2020(SSNN) —- The South Sudan High Level Taskforce for COVID-19 has extended the country’s partial lockdown until further notice. That means all schools and most shops will remain closed, as will South Sudan’s borders and Juba International Airport. The government was expected to lift the partial lockdown Monday, but at […]
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