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Just in: UK issues Travel Advisory as heavy gunfire rocks Sudanese capital Khartoum

January 14, 2020 Newsbeat, UK

January 14th, 2020 (SSNN)—In the wake of today’s incidents and heavy shootouts in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued travel advisory, urging Britons living in Sudan to remain vigilant and strictly observe safety precautions in certain parts of the country. “There were incidents of gunfire and a heavy security presence in and around […]

Full text: Holding onto peace in South Sudan

December 18, 2019 Speeches, UK, UN, World

Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN (Photo: Supplied)

Statement, By Ambassador Jonathan Allen, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the Security Council briefing on South Sudan December 18th, 2019 (SSNN)-Thank you very much, Madam President. And let me, like others, thank Special Representative Shearer for his briefing and not only that, but for his work and that of all his team out on the ground of […]

SPLM/A-IO welcomes recent US and British ambassadors’ statements on formation of unity government

October 14, 2019 News, South Sudan, UK, USA

October 14th, 2019 (SSNN)-The SPLM/SPLA (IO) has welcomed recent statements by the United States Ambassador to South Sudan, Thomas Hushek and the British ambassador to South Sudan, H.E Christopher Trott. Mabior Garang De Mabior, Chairperson of the SPLM-IO National Committee For Information, says Salva Kiir’s Administration has taken advantage of benevolence shown by South Sudan’s international partners. “The regime in […]

UK calls on South Sudan’s gov’t, opposition parties to agree on outstanding issues

October 8, 2019 News, South Sudan, UK

Oct 8th, 2019 (SSNN)-The United Kingdom has called upon South Sudan’s peace partners to agree on the number of states and finalize security arrangements before the formation of a Transitional Government of National Unity. “We are still waiting for a discussion to take place around the number of states [in South Sudan] during the transitional period,” said the British Ambassador […]