Military of South Sudan

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Sacked South Sudan Army Chief Returns To Juba

Sacked South Sudanese army chief Paul Malong, returned to the capital Juba on Saturday claiming he had been asked to...

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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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‘Ethnic Killings’ In South Sudan

He said they were taking revenge after a military defeat A rebel official in South Sudan and a Roman Catholic priest...

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Deadly Fighting Erupts In South Sudan’s Second City

Deadly fighting erupted, with civilians killed along ethnic lines and thousands displaced in clashes Monday between...

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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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Fresh Defections Hit South Sudan Rebel Movement

South Sudan's rebel movement (SPLA-OI) led by former South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar suffered another blow...

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Four S.Sudan Soldiers Arrested Over Village Rape Spree

Four South Sudanese soldiers have been arrested over the mass rape of about a dozen women and girls in one village last...

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Five Things To Know

South Sudan, where the government on Monday declared famine in some parts of the country, is mired in an economic...

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Third S.Sudan Military Official Quits Over ‘ethnic Crimes’

A third top South Sudanese military official has resigned, accusing President Salva Kiir's regime of war crimes and...

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South Sudan’s Central Bank Governor, Other Senior Government Officials Sacked

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has sacked his longer – serving central bank governor Korneilo Koryom Mayik and...

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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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South Sudan’s Kiir and Machar Profited During War

South Sudan's political and military elite have made themselves rich while the country has struggled under a civil war...

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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...