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China-Africa Summit - Beijing

Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, meets with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, who is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), in Beijing, capital of China, September 6, 2024. Photo by Yue Yuewei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China-Africa Summit - Beijing

Li Xi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, meets with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, who is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), in Beijing, capital of China, September 6, 2024. Photo by Yue Yuewei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China-Africa Summit - Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, who is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, September 6, 2024. Photo by Ding Lin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) - Beijing

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir arrives for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, capital of China, ob September 1, 2024. Photo by Chen Zhonghao/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) - Beijing

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir arrives for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, capital of China, on September 1, 2024. Photo by Zhang Yuwei/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SOUTH SUDAN-JUBA-CHINESE-BUILT CENTRAL BANK HEADQUARTERS-INAUGURATION

(240709) -- JUBA, July 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows the new headquarters of the Bank of South Sudan built by China's Shandong Hi-Speed Group Co (SDHS) in Juba, capital of South Sudan. South Sudan's President Salva Kiir on Monday inaugurated the new headquarters of the Bank of South Sudan built by a Chinese firm as part of the country's Independence Day celebration on July 9. (Photo by Denis Elamu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SOUTH SUDAN-JUBA-CHINESE-BUILT CENTRAL BANK HEADQUARTERS-INAUGURATION

(240709) -- JUBA, July 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows the new headquarters of the Bank of South Sudan built by China's Shandong Hi-Speed Group Co (SDHS) in Juba, capital of South Sudan. South Sudan's President Salva Kiir on Monday inaugurated the new headquarters of the Bank of South Sudan built by a Chinese firm as part of the country's Independence Day celebration on July 9. (Photo by Denis Elamu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Egypt, South Sudan call for immediate ceasefire in Sudan, offer to mediate

STORY: Egypt, South Sudan call for immediate ceasefire in Sudan, offer to mediate DATELINE: April 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:43 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Egyptian presidential palace 2. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi meeting with his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir STORYLINE: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir called for an "immediate ceasefire" in neighboring Sudan during a phone talk on Sunday. Stressing the seriousness of the ongoing military clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the two leaders expressed their readiness to mediate for making peace between the fighting parties in Sudan, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement. Sisi and Kiir warned the Sudanese parties that "escalation of violence will only lead to more deterioration of the situation, which could spiral out of control," according to the statement. "Solidifying security and stability

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Sudan, South Sudan presidents

JUBA, South Sudan - File photo shows Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (L) and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir shaking hands at Kiir's presidential office in Juba in April 2013.

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South Sudan President Kiir in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir shake hands ahead of their talks at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on May 31, 2013. (Pool photo)

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South Sudan President Kiir

JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudanese President Salva Kiir holds a press conference in Juba, South Sudan, on April 12, 2013. Kiir intends to visit Japan to attend a major conference on African development in June, Marial Benjamin, the country's information minister, told Kyodo News on April 12.

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Sudan President Bashir in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (L) and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir shake hands at Kiir's presidential office in Juba on April 12, 2013.

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Sudan president in S. Sudan

JUBA, South Sudan - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (L) and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir shake hands at Kiir's presidential office in Juba on April 12, 2013.

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S. Sudan president in China

BEIJING, China - Salva Kiir (L), president of newly independent South Sudan, and Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang shake hands ahead of their talks in Beijing on April 25, 2012. (Pool photo)

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S. Sudan president in China

BEIJING, China - Salva Kiir (R), president of newly independent South Sudan, and Chinese President Hu Jintao attend a ceremony to welcome Kiir to China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 24, 2012.

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South Sudan declares independence

JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit (L) and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (C) attend a ceremony to declare the official independence of the Republic of South Sudan in Juba on July 9, 2011. South Sudan became the 54th state in Africa and is expected to be approved as the 193rd member state of the United Nations by the U.N. General Assembly in the following week.

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Southern Sudan to gain independence

JUBA, Sudan - Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit delivers a speech on Jan. 30, 2011, after a referendum commission announced that over 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan had voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich region will become Africa's 54th state as early as in July after decades of civil war.

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Sudan referendum

JUBA, Sudan - Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir waves after casting his vote in a referendum in Juba, southern Sudan, on Jan. 9, 2011. The referendum began the same day to question whether southern Sudan will go independent.

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Chairman of Sudan's sovereign council receives message from South Sudan president

STORY: Chairman of Sudan's sovereign council receives message from South Sudan president DATELINE: Oct. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. general shot of the meeting of Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan and South Sudan's presidential adviser on security affairs Tut Gatluak Manime 2. side shot of the meeting 3. side shot of South Sudan delegation 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): TUT GATLUAK MANIME, South Sudan's presidential adviser on security affairs 5. shot of Gatluak delivering a message from South Sudan president to Al-Burhan 6. shot of Al-Burhan and Gatluak 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): TUT GATLUAK MANIME, South Sudan's presidential adviser on security affairs 8. shots of the South Sudanese official STORYLINE: Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Saturday received a written message from South Sudan President Salva Kiir. Tut Gatluak Manime, South Sudan's presidential adviser on security affair

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Nigeria pledges support for South Sudan in fight against insurgency

STORY: Nigeria pledges support for South Sudan in fight against insurgency DATELINE: May 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:12 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari welcoming the South Sudan envoy 2. various of the meeting STORYLINE: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will lend a helping hand to South Sudan in fighting insurgency, and restoring cohesion to the country. The President said so on Friday at the State House, Abuja, when meeting Albino Mathom Ayuel, Special Envoy of President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan. He told the Special Envoy of the situation this administration met on ground in the North East in 2015, and how great strides have been taken in comparison with present days. "We will study your situation, and see how we can help," President Buhari said. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Abuja. (XHTV)

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African leaders pay tribute to former Kenyan president Kibaki

STORY: African leaders pay tribute to former Kenyan president Kibaki DATELINE: April 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:56 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of of cortege on military procession on streets of Nairobi 2. various of leaders giving last respects 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): UHURU KENYATTA, Kenyan President 4. various of funeral service 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CYRIL RAMAPHOSA, South Africa's President 6. various of leaders paying last respect 7. various of funeral service STORYLINE: African leaders on Friday paid tribute to Kenya's former President Mwai Kibaki during a requiem mass in the capital Nairobi. President Kibaki died aged 90 on April 22 after a long illness, leaving the east African nation into a period of mourning. South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, Ethiopia's President Sahle-Work Zewde and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, alongside representatives of Heads of States from Uganda, Tanzania and Malawi, joined Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at the ceremony. Keny

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SOUTH SUDAN-JUBA-DISPLACED FAMILY-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-TREATMENT-BURDEN-EASING

(220113) -- JUBA, Jan. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Joseph Maker Gordon (2nd R), his wife Nyanchuor Kiir Guem (2nd L) and his son Ngok Joseph Maker (1st R) pose for a photo with a member of a Chinese medical team at Juba Teaching Hospital in Juba, South Sudan, on Jan. 13, 2022. Joseph Maker Gordon, a 59-year-old minister in a local church in Juba who fled conflict from his hometown of Malakal in Upper Nile state in 2014 to Juba, is now grateful to Chinese doctors who treated his family members with complicated ailments. (Photo by Denis Elamu/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Chinese doctors ease treatment burden of displaced family in South Sudan

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S. Sudan peace deal signed but ceasefire still uncertain

File photo taken in April 2013 shows South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit (R) and then Vice President Riek Machar standing side by side at the presidential palace in Juba. The peace process in the African country remains uncertain amid confrontation between the president and Machar who has turned a rebel leader. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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South Sudan declares independence

JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit (L) and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (C) attend a ceremony to declare the official independence of the Republic of South Sudan in Juba on July 9, 2011. South Sudan became the 54th state in Africa and is expected to be approved as the 193rd member state of the United Nations by the U.N. General Assembly in the following week. (Kyodo)

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S. Sudan president in China

BEIJING, China - Salva Kiir (L), president of newly independent South Sudan, and Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang shake hands ahead of their talks in Beijing on April 25, 2012. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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S. Sudan president in China

BEIJING, China - Salva Kiir (R), president of newly independent South Sudan, and Chinese President Hu Jintao attend a ceremony to welcome Kiir to China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 24, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Sudan referendum

JUBA, Sudan - Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir waves after casting his vote in a referendum in Juba, southern Sudan, on Jan. 9, 2011. The referendum began the same day to question whether southern Sudan will go independent. (Kyodo)

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Southern Sudan to gain independence

JUBA, Sudan - Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit delivers a speech on Jan. 30, 2011, after a referendum commission announced that over 99 percent of voters in Southern Sudan had voted for secession from the north, ensuring that the oil-rich region will become Africa's 54th state as early as in July after decades of civil war. (Kyodo)

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Special advisor to prime minister visits Juba

Masahiko Shibayama (L), special advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, delivers a letter from Abe to South Sudan President Salva Kiir in Juba on Nov. 1, 2016. Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force personnel have been involved in a U.N. mission in South Sudan since 2012 and Tokyo is controversially seeking to expand their role to include duties such as going to the aid of U.N. staff and others under attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo