AMISOM Troops Commit Brutal Gang Rape in Mogadishu, Somalia
Press Statement: AMISOM Troops Commit Brutal Gang Rape in Mogadishu, Somalia 14th August 2013 Kampala, August 14, 2013 (SSNA) -- On the 8th August 2013, a 20 year old Somali woman was kidnapped close...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Law Society Condemns Threats Made Against South Sudanese Lawyers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Juba, South Sudan 15 August 2013 Juba, August 15, 2013 (SSNA) -- Earlier this month, a group of five prominent South Sudanese advocates petitioned the Supreme Court of the...
View ArticleUN Ambassador Samantha Power: Jean Ziegler "Unfit" for UNHRC
Geneva, August 16, 2013 (SSNA) -- Newly-appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, who became famous as a human rights activist, Harvard professor, and genocide expert, entered her...
View ArticleSSANSA's Press Statement on the Situation in Jonglei State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2013 Juba, August 20, 2013 (SSNA) -- Lou Nuer and Murle tribesmen involved in inter-communal violence should cease hostilitiesand begin immediate dialogue, SSANSA said...
View ArticleJames Wani Igga Appointed as South Sudan’s VP
Juba, August 23, 2013 (SSNA) -- The president of the Republic of South Sudan has issued a presidential decree naming the speaker of parliament James Wani Igga as new VP. President Kiir dissolved his...
View ArticleTrauma and Poverty are Barriers to Peace in Abyei
Press Release For Immediate Release Juba, August 29, 2013 (SSNA) -- A political solution alone will not resolve the conflict plaguing Abyei. Urgent attention needs to be paid to local conditions and...
View ArticleSudanese Woman Activist Faces Trail
Sudanese Woman Activist Faces Trial; Is it about a Scarf or the Assumed Ideology that Forces Sudanese Women to Disappear Public Statement 30th August 2013 Omdurman, August 30, 2013 (SSNA) -- On August...
View ArticlePetroleum confrence: Strong unions are needed to make oil a blessing
PRESS RELEASE Ref: Strong unions are needed to make oil a blessing Juba, August 31, 2013 (SSNA) -- The conference “Petroleum workers, employers and the host nation/government: A mutual relationship for...
View ArticleEmployment Opportunity: SIHA South Sudan is Looking for an Outreach Officer
Job title: Project Outreach Officer Closing date: 27/09/2013 Location: Wau, Western Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan Duration: 6 Months with the possibility of renewal Status: Full Time Job Summary:...
View ArticleEmployment Opportunity: SIHA South Sudan is Looking for a Programme Officer
Job title: SIHA South Sudan Programme Officer Closing date: September 27th, 2013 Location: Wau, Western Bahr El Ghazal, South Sudan Duration: Annual contract with three month probationary period...
View ArticleMat Media South Sudan Invites Public to a Film Screening Event
Hai Thoura Street (Next to the University of Juba) Central Equatoria State, CES Juba, South Sudan Vivacell +211 (0) 954 784803 E-mail: ding.yual@gmail.com Subj: Invitation to The Art for Peace Film...
View ArticleLand Grabs: Will Cameroon Bear the Brunt of Herakles' Implosion?
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release September 18, 2013 Contact: Anuradha Mittal, +1 510 469 5228 amittal@oaklandinstitute.org...
View ArticleA unique and analytical book on pre-independent South Sudan, Sudan’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Calgary, AB, September 18, 2013 (SSNA) -- South Sudanese prolific author, poet and publisher, Kuir ё Garang, has just published a new book, South Sudan Ideologically: Tribal...
View ArticleSouth Sudan Law Society Launches “In Brief”, a Periodic Newsletter
Juba, September 20, 2013 (SSNA) -- It is my great pleasure to introduce to you the inaugural edition of In Brief, a periodic newsletter from the South Sudan Law Society (SSLS) highlighting issues of...
View ArticleSPLM-DC Chairman to Arrive in Juba on November 2nd
31st October 2013 Press Statement Juba, October 31, 2013 (SSNA) -- 1. The General Secretariat of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – Democratic Change (SPLM-DC) is honored to announce to the...
View ArticleWorld Veterans Federation Delegation Met Defense Officials And More on a Tour...
November 1, 2013 (SSNA) -- The World Veterans Federation’s delegation on a three day official visit to South Sudan with the view to share its vast experience on war veterans’ affairs met relevant South...
View ArticleThe Bishops of Bor and Twic Dioceses on the Continuous Killings of Innocent...
Press Release Preamble Bor, November 2, 2013 (SSNA) -- The towns of Maar and Paliau are not cattle camps as is widely publicized in the wake of recent unprovoked Murle attacks in Twic East County....
View ArticleLawyers for Democracy Call on President Kiir and his Vice Wani to respect the...
“The absence of President Kiir and his Vice Wani from the Country creates a Constitutional Vacuum" For immediate Release Juba, November 03, 2013 (SSNA) -- Article 105 paragraph (a) of the Transitional...
View ArticleSSHURSA remembers Isaiah Abraham and calls on the prosecutor to bring...
PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate Release: November 5, 2013 New York, November 5, 2013 (SSNA) -- November 5th, 2013, marks 11 months without justice for the family of late Isaiah Abraham and such a failure...
View ArticleSSHURSA Urges South Sudan Minister of Information to Respect Rule of Law
PRESSS STATEMENT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE; NOVEMBER 7, 2013 New York, November 7, 2013 (SSNA) -- The South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy (SSHURSA) strongly urges the South Sudan’s Minister for...
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