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“Think about your people’ UN chief tells S. Sudan leaders

February 8, 2020 Newsbeat, UN

February 8th, 2020 (SSNN)—UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said it was “unacceptable” South Sudan’s warring parties had yet to make peace as a deadline approaches for the rivals to join forces in government. President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have failed to break a deadlock over key terms of a power-sharing agreement with just two weeks […]

U.S. holds FVP Taban responsible for loss of lives, enforced disappearance of opposition members

January 9, 2020 Newsbeat

January 9th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s First Vic-President Taban Deng Gai has been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians and enforced disappearance of opposition members, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office said on Wednesday. “The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the First Vice President of South Sudan, Taban Deng Gai […]

JMCC dispatches 10 team to transport armed forces to their respective cantonment areas

December 23, 2019 Newsbeat, South Sudan

December 23rd, 2019 (SSNN)-On Monday, the Joint Military Ceasefire Commission (JMCC) a body responsible for oversight and co-ordination of cantonment-related issues, dispatched around 10 teams on purpose to organize and transport government and opposition forces to their permanent cantonment areas. In a statement extended to SSNN, the Deputy Military Spokesperson of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-IO, Lam Paul Gabriel […]