Kiir Opens S.Sudan Dialogue With Unilateral Ceasefire
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir declared a unilateral ceasefire Monday as he launched a national dialogue, a controversial bid to ...
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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 ...
‘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 ...
‘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 ...
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 government forces and rebels ...
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 ...
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 Riek Machar has accused government ...
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 after six officials ...
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 ...
Five Things To Know
South Sudan, where the government on Monday declared famine in some parts of the country, is mired in an economic ...
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 ethnic cleansing, ...
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 his deputy ...
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 active combat ...
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 of ...
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 targeted atrocities, including extrajudicial ...