Juba International Airport

Details on Ethiopian-Tigrayans contingent fighting at Juba International Airport

February 23, 2021 Breaking News, East Africa, Ethiopia, News, Newsbeat, Sudan

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 […]

S. Sudan’s envoy to China ‘disappointed’ over health ministry’s handling of coronavirus

March 16, 2020 News, Newsbeat, World

South Sudanese officials and Chinese representatives after the commencement ceremony on April 16 (Photo credit: powerchina.cn)

March 16th 2020 (SSNN) – South Sudan’s ambassador to China, Andruga Duku, has expressed disappointments over the handling of coronavirus screening at the Juba airport. Amb. Andruga Duku said he saw the ministry of health staffs screening arrivals at Juba airport were not wearing masks which is risky according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “I found those working at […]