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South Sudan Cancels Independence Day Events
South Sudan, the world's youngest nation gripped by civil war, has cancelled its official independence day celebrations...
S.Sudan To Lift Ban On Foreign Journalists
South Sudan's media authority will lift a ban on around 20 foreign journalists who had been refused access to the...
War Leaves No Winners, Only Rubble In S.Sudan Oil Town
What was once Bentiu, the gateway to South Sudan's oil fields, is now a cluster of bullet-riddled buildings and piles...
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...
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...
President Seeks To Assert South Sudan Authority After Sacking Army…
South Sudan's president insisted Friday that the security situation was "normal" and that people had no reason to...
South Sudan’s Kiir Replaces Army Chief Paul Malong
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed Paul Malong, the war-torn country's powerful army chief of staff....
South Sudan President Sacks Controversial Army Chief
South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacked his powerful, hardline army chief Paul Malong on Tuesday, a government...
South Sudan ‘suspends’ Al Jazeera English
South Sudan's government has banned Al Jazeera English staff from working in the country, press freedom organisation...
S.Sudan Hosting Rebels To ‘extend War’ In Sudan
Sudan's powerful security agency on Monday accused breakaway South Sudan of staging talks with rebels fighting...
DR Congo Suspends Military Cooperation With Belgium
The Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended military cooperation with former colonial power Belgium after Brussels...
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...
‘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...
South Sudan Leader Acknowledges Famine
President Salva Kiir has acknowledged that the world’s youngest nation faces a famine that has left almost half of...
Oil Workers Seized By S.Sudan Rebels Freed
Three foreign petroleum engineers abducted by South Sudanese rebels have been released after negotiations brokered by...
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...
Salva Kiir Is Ignoring Famine
Guterres called for South Sudan's leaders to do more to help the 7.5 million in need of aid Secretary General Guterres...
UN Security Council Again Eyes Sanctions On South Sudan
The UN Security Council voiced alarm about the deepening humanitarian crisis and famine in South Sudan, with the United...
Ex-Congo VP To Be Sentenced For Bribing Witnesses
Former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba and four associates will be sentenced on Wednesday for bribing...