sanctions

Rights activist urges US to impose additional sanctions on peace spoilers

January 11, 2020 Newsbeat

January 11th, 2020 (SSNN)—The Center for Peace and Advocacy (CPA), A Ugandan-based civil society group, has welcomed the recent sanctions imposed on South Sudan’s First Vic-President Taban Deng Gai and urged the United States to keep imposing more sanctions on those who jeopardize the implementation of the peace agreement. Ter Manyang Gatwech, a human rights defender, welcomes the sanctions and […]

US urges S. Sudan’s leaders to distance themselves from peace spoilers or risk being sanctioned

January 10, 2020 Newsbeat, South Sudan, USA

January 10th, 2020 (SSNN)—The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has advised leaders from South Sudan’s government and opposition groups to stay away from those who undermine the implementation of the peace agreement or face more sanctions. The head of the United States Department of State, delivered the statement barely a day after the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office […]

Latest: Full Text of Trump’s Speech on ballistic missiles launched by Iran against U.S. military bases

January 8, 2020 Speeches, USA, World

President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House on January 8, 2020. January, 8th, 2020 (SSNN)—As long as I am President of the United States, Iran will never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. Good morning. I’m pleased to inform you: The American people should be extremely grateful and happy no Americans were harmed in last night’s […]

Just in: Taban’s office regrets U.S. sanctions, citing his innocence

January 8, 2020 Newsbeat

January 8th, 2020 (SSNN)—In response to today’s actions, the office of the First Vice-President, Taban Deng Gai has expressed regret over the latest measures taken by the United States, saying that the imposed U.S. sanctions were misplaced and wrongly directed towards an innocent person. In a statement addressed to the media, the press secretary of the FVP, Agel Machar, pointed […]

Breaking: US sanctions First Vic President Taban Deng, freezes his financial assets

January 8, 2020 Breaking News, Civil War, South Sudan, UN, USA, World

January 8th, 2020 (SSNN)—The United States Government has imposed financial sanctions on South Sudan’s First Vice President Taban Deng Gai, accusing him of masterminding the murder of two opposition members who were kidnapped in Kenya by the South Sudan Internal Security Bureau and killed in South Sudan. The Treasury Department has identified Taban as an individual responsible for creating a […]

Gen Malong defies US-EU sanctions, flights to Italy

January 6, 2020 EU, Newsbeat, UN

January 7th, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan’s former Chief of General Staff and Chairman of the South Sudan United Front (SSUF), General Paul Malong Awan has traveled to Italy for a meeting organized by the community of Sant’Edidio, despite sanctions imposed on him by the United States and the European Union in 2018. Sunday De John, a spokesman of the South Sudan […]

US to slap fresh sanctions on South Sudan’s oil sector- US official

December 23, 2019 Civil War, Corruption, economy, Newsbeat, South Sudan, USA

December 23rd, 2019 (SSNN)-In view of the government’s reluctance to implement the Revitalized Peace Agreement, a US official said on Sunday that, the United States will impose fresh sanctions on anyone who buys South Sudan crude oil or engages in business with the government of South Sudan and no oil exemptions will be offered to that country whatsoever. “We […]