Ethnic violence in South Sudan

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UK Says South Sudan Violence Amounts To ‘genocide’

Targeted killings of specific ethnic groups in South Sudan's civil war amount to "genocide", according to Britain's...

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‘We Buried Jacob, Paul and Amos’

In the no man's land between South Sudan and Uganda wind lashes though scrubland, whipping hot dust into the eyes of...

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Acknowledging the Ghana Battalion’s Peacekeeping Efforts In South Sudan

In July 2016, violent clashes broke out in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.  The clashes were between the Sudan...

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South Sudan Rebel Group Accuses Government Forces of Killing Aid Workers

South Sudanese rebel group Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In-Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by former Vice President...

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South Sudan Rebels ‘blame Government For Aid Worker Killings’

A South Sudan rebel spokesperson quoted by the Reuters news agency is blaming the government for the deaths of six aid...

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South Sudanese General Resigns, Citing ‘ethnic Cleansing’

A senior South Sudanese general has quit, accusing President Salva Kiir and top members from his majority Dinka tribe...

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Over 16,000 Children Still With Armed Groups In South Sudan

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said there are still over 16,000 South Sudanese children involved in...

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11 Football Fans Killed, 16 Injured In South Sudan Shooting

At least 11 people are dead and 16 others have been injured after an attack on football fans in South Sudan, local...

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South Sudan’s Second City Scorched By Renewed Fighting

This used to be South Sudan's second largest city, a bustling center on the White Nile River of more than 120,000...

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UN Accuses South Sudan Troops of Committing Atrocities

The United Nations' top human-rights official has accused South Sudanese government troops and rebels of ethnically...