Somali National News Agency
So
Ar
Search
  • Home
  • Local News
    Local NewsShow More
    Minister of Ports and Maritime Transport Oversees Leadership Transition at Mogadishu Port
    August 29, 2025
    African Union Commission Welcomes Somalia’s Revised Electoral Framework Agreement
    August 29, 2025
    Somali President Appoints Mohamed Ali Nur as New Mogadishu Port Director
    August 28, 2025
    President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Meets with Djiboutian Foreign Minister in Mogadishu
    August 28, 2025
    Somali Foreign Minister Welcomes Djiboutian Counterpart to Mogadishu
    August 28, 2025
  • World News
    World NewsShow More
    Hamas accepts an Arab ceasefire proposal on Gaza as Palestinian death toll passes 62,000
    August 19, 2025
    “Gunman Kills 3 in Texas; Explosion in Pennsylvania Leaves 2 Dead”
    August 12, 2025
    Somali-American Candidate Abdirizak Mohamed Ali Runs for Mayor of Hopkins, Minnesota
    August 8, 2025
    Israel kills aid worker in Gaza amid rising starvation deaths, US envoy meets with hostages’ families
    August 3, 2025
    Ghana Donates 40 Metric Tonnes of Cocoa to Palestine in Act of Solidarity
    August 2, 2025
  • Articles
    ArticlesShow More
    Somalia’s Political Leaders Forge a Path to Democracy
    August 25, 2025
    Ode to Yan’an: How a Song Inspired Chinese Youth During Wartime
    August 19, 2025
    Somalia’s Story Is More Than the Siege Narrative. It’s Time the World Reported It That Way
    August 13, 2025
    Somali and Allied Forces Deal Major Blow to Al-Shabaab in Coordinated Offensive
    August 6, 2025
    Somalia’s Financial War Against Al-Shabaab: Key Achievements and Strategic Milestones (2022–2025)
    August 4, 2025
  • Business
    BusinessShow More
    Somalia Unveils the Blueprint for a Modern and Sustainable Mogadishu
    December 21, 2024
    Djibouti Launches $57.4 Million Youth Entrepreneurship Project to Combat Climate Change
    November 25, 2024
    FM meets Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia
    October 28, 2024
    President Hassan Sheikh Inaugurates New LPG Storage Center in Mogadishu
    May 12, 2024
    Collaboration of ICT transformation for digital Infrastructure
    October 24, 2023
  • Sports
    SportsShow More
    Mogadishu Stadium to Host Star-Studded Match Featuring Somali Legends and International Football Icons
    May 27, 2025
    Arsenal held at Brighton while Man City bounce-back continues
    January 5, 2025
    Galmudug wins the Inter-State Football Tournament
    January 29, 2024
    Somalia set for two int’l friendlies ahead of WC qualifier clashes against Algeria and Uganda
    October 10, 2023
    Chicago woman, 104, skydives from plane, aiming for record as the world’s oldest skydiver
    October 3, 2023
  • Tenders
    TendersShow More
Reading: AU calls for solidarity with S. Sudan against “paramount challenges” of COVID-19
Share
Font ResizerAa
Somali National News AgencySomali National News Agency
  • SOMALI
  • ARABIC
Search
  • Home
  • Local News
  • World News
  • Articles
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Tenders
Follow US
©2023 || All rights reserved SONNA
Somali National News Agency > Blog > News > AU calls for solidarity with S. Sudan against “paramount challenges” of COVID-19
NewsWorld News

AU calls for solidarity with S. Sudan against “paramount challenges” of COVID-19

By admin
Last updated: September 19, 2020
3 Min Read
Share

ADDIS ABABA, (SONNA) — The African Union (AU) Commission on Friday emphasized the importance of African solidarity with South Sudan in face of “the paramount challenges it faces.”

The urgent call was made by the AU Peace and Security Council on Friday, which followed the Council’s recent meeting that dwelt upon the current situations in South Sudan.

“The Council highlights the importance of African solidarity with South Sudan in facing the paramount challenges it faces in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent devastating floods,” an AU statement issued on Friday read.

Commending the sizeable assistance provided recently by Egypt to South Sudan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Council also encouraged “all member states to contribute, within their resources and capabilities, to efforts aimed at supporting peace and resilience of South Sudan.”

It also acknowledged the efforts being deployed by the government of South Sudan and all the parties, as well as the overall progress achieved to date in the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) and the positive impact thereof on the overall political, security and humanitarian situation, while bearing in mind the dire challenges including due to the COVID-19 pandemic, desert locust invasion, devastating floods and the difficult economic situation.

The Council also “requested the AU Commission, through the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa-CDC), and the AU Trust Fund on COVID-19 response to continue supporting South Sudan in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.”

It also commended South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir for “the spirit of African solidarity demonstrated” in his decision to donate 1 million U.S. dollars to the AU COVID-19 pandemic response.

According to the latest figures from the Africa CDC, specialized healthcare agency of the AU Commission, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in South Sudan has reached 2,599 as of Friday, while the death toll from the pandemic rose to 49. Some 1,294 people who have been tested positive for the virus have also recovered so far.

 

 

Xinhua

Share This Article
Facebook Whatsapp Whatsapp Email Copy Link Print

MORE NEWS

Ode to Yan’an: How a Song Inspired Chinese Youth During Wartime

ArticlesCulture
August 19, 2025

Kenya’s small farmers find respite in avocados amid changing climate

NAIROBI(SONNA) As crop diseases and pests rise in Kenya amid a rapidly changing climate that…

March 11, 2023

Minister of Ports and Maritime Transport Oversees Leadership Transition at Mogadishu Port

Mogadishu, Somalia – Minister of Ports and Maritime Transport, Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur, officially presided over…

August 29, 2025

Nimcaan Hilaac appointed to lead Waberi National Band

Mogadishu (SONNA)-Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mohamed…

March 3, 2020

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE

AMISOM donates non-food items to internally Displaced Persons in Beletweyne

Beletweyne(SONNA)- The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Tuesday donated non-food items, to help Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) affected by…

News
August 12, 2020

Trump agrees transition to Biden administration can begin

United States President-elect Joe Biden has been formally given the go-ahead by a federal agency to begin his transition to…

NewsWorld News
November 24, 2020

Banadir District cup entertains the capital city with beautiful games

Mogadishu, (SONNA) - The Banadir District cup which has been on the spot for Somali youth started in mid-February, and…

NewsSports
March 16, 2023

Germany reports nearly 250,000 COVID cases in 1 day

Germany reported nearly 250,000 new coronavirus cases on Friday, marking the largest single-day increase since the pandemic started. The Robert…

NewsWorld News
February 4, 2022

Somali National News Agency established in 1964. It is one of the main pillars of the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism.

  • Home
  • Local News
  • World News
  • Articles
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Tenders
  • SNTV
  • RADIO MOGADISHU
  • DALKA JOURNAL
  • TOURISM DEPARTMENT

Follow US: 

  • MoICT
  • VILLA SOMALIA
  • OPM SOMALIA

All rights reserved SONNA

©2023

Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?