May 17, 2021(SSNN) — Lifting the UN arms embargo on South Sudan could have dire consequences for human rights, Amnesty International warned today, ahead of a UN Security Council vote on 27 May to decide the future of the embargo. The Security Council must ensure a range of human rights benchmarks are met before the embargo can be lifted. These […]
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By Kang JJ, Oct 5, 2020(SSNN) — The UNMISS should fulfil their humanitarian mission in South Sudan by protecting the IDPs until there is a tangible success in the peace process that has become static unless IGAD and AU are allowing another genocide or something worse than the 2016 massacres, they should forbid. The assumption that the IDPs should feel […]
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By Emmanuel Kele, Oct 3, 2020(SSNN)— Civil society and faith-based groups in Northern Bahr-el-Ghazal State have called for the speedy formation of a state government to strengthen peace and security and improve service delivery, not least the construction of roads and health facilities. “Forming a state government has delayed, and this has a big negative impact on everyone living here,” […]
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May 16, 2020(SSNN) — In response to combat Coronavirus in South Sudan, the United Nations High Commissioner for the Refugees(UNHCR) has handed over at least three vehicles and beddings to South Sudan Ministry of Health. According to the Assistant External Relations Officer, Gift Friday Noah, of the UNHCR in South Sudan, the refugee agency in the world’s youngest nation has […]
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May 1, 2020 (SSNN) – The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has been urged to renew South Sudan’s arms embargo which was imposed on the world’s youngest nation in July 2018 months before a peace agreement to end the seven-year-old conflict could be signed. Deprose Muchena, the Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa said if the African Union […]
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By GARANG A. MALAK, April 24, 2020(SSNN) — A United Nations employee in South Sudan is facing disciplinary action from the global body after he reportedly left the country despite being under quarantine over suspected Covid-19. The move followed revelations by South Sudan’s High-Level Taskforce on coronavirus which said the staffer had left the country under unclear circumstances, thus breaking […]
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By EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS(SSNN) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Monday for an immediate cease-fire in conflicts around the world to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The U.N. chief said: “It is time to put armed conflict on lock-down and focus together on the true fight of our lives.” Guterres said the world faces “a common enemy — COVID-19” […]
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March 15th 2020 (Nyamilepedia) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and its partners are jointly appealing for US$1.3 billion this year to address the vast humanitarian needs of refugees fleeing seven years of unrest and conflict in South Sudan. “We welcome the formation of the Transitional Government of National Unity of South Sudan. However, many challenges remain […]
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BRIEFING BY THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MR. DAVID SHEARER RJMEC 23 JANUARY 2020 • Chair • Excellencies • Friends and colleagues I want to begin by wishing everyone a happy new year. We all hope that 2020 will be the year in which sustainable peace is consolidated in South Sudan. Next month we will again hit the deadline […]
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January 23rd, 2020 (SSNN)—South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit and the Deputy Chairperson of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo have held a meeting on the recent incident in which more than 30 civilians, including children, were indiscriminately killed by armed men from the Misseriya tribe in the Disputed Abyei region. “President Salva Kiir Mayardit met with the […]
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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 […]
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January 2nd, 2020 (SSNN)—A new analysis released by the World Food Program has ranked South Sudan as one of the sub-Saharan countries most likely to be affected by extreme hunger in 2020. “Escalating hunger needs in sub-Saharan Africa dominate a World Food Programme (WFP) analysis of global hunger hotspots in the first half of 2020 with millions of people requiring […]
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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 […]
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Dec 10th, 2019 (SSNN)-The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, expresses deep concern about the recent intercommunal clashes reported in various parts of the country over the weekend. “These clashes in areas that have been relatively calm for many months is worrying,” said UNMISS chief David Shearer. “The […]
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Nov 30th, 2019 (SSNN)-The 13th Ordinary Summit of the IGAD Heads of State and Government was held on 29 November 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the chairmanship of H.E. Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The meeting was attended by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda; H.E. […]
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Nov 15th, 2019 (SSNN) —The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, David Shearer, during a press conference on Thursday before the African Union Peace and Security Council on the situation in South Sudan, urged South Sudanese leaders to put an immediate end to the conflict that has claimed more than 400,000 lives and forced million from their homes. “The […]
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Nov 12th, 2019 (SSNN)-The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the extension of the pre-transitional period and urged all parties concerned to make use of the extended pre-transitional period to resolve other critical tasks pending implementation. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, “the Secretary-General of the United Nations welcomes the decision of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development […]
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Opinion, By: Richmond Blake, approving bipartisan Senate resolution is a way to reaffirm U.S. support for peace deal. Nov 9th, 2019 (SSNN)- South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar on Thursday pulled back from the brink and agreed to delay the formation of a government of national unity by 100 days. A crucial element of the peace […]
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Nov 5, 2019(SSNN) – While water levels are continuing to rise, UNICEF in South Sudan launched a flash appeal asking for US$10 million to respond to the most immediate needs of children affected by the floods. Over 900,000 people in South Sudan, including 490,000 children, are in need of urgent assistance. Almost one-fifth of the country, which is the size […]
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Oct 12th, 2019 (SSNN)-The U.S. Agency for International Development on Friday congratulated the Prime Minister of The Federal Republic of Ethiopia, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, on being the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner. Mark Andrew Green, Director of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), affirmed his country’s commitment to helping the people of Ethiopia as they embark on taking steps […]
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Oct 8th, 2019 (SSNN)-The European Union (EU) pledges to provide US$10.4 million (€9.5 million) in humanitarian funding to the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) in South Sudan to provide food and nutrition support to tens of thousands of people as hunger persists in the country. The contribution will provide life-saving food and nutrition assistance to more than 700,000 vulnerable […]
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Juba, South Sudan. June 19, 2019(SSNN) – The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR will be hosting a ceremony on 20 June to commemorate World Refugee Day in the capital of South Sudan, Juba, together with refugees, government officials, donors, partners, and South Sudanese public. According to Richard Ruati, UNHCR’s Assistant External Relation for South Sudan Program, the celebration will take place at […]
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