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South Sudan Child Refugees Top One Million

War has now forced more than one million children to flee South Sudan and uprooted 1.4 million others within the...

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Charity Warns S.Sudan ‘man-Made’ Famine Could Kill 6 Million

The famine ravaging South Sudan and its neighbours could claim six million lives, a charity warned Friday, as the...

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UN Force Condemns ‘callous’ Attack On South Sudan Base

The UN peacekeeping force in South Sudan said Thursday it had repelled a "callous" attack by armed assailants on a base...

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Over 95,000 S.Sudanese Fled To Sudan In 2017

More than 95,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan so far this year, the UN said Thursday, as thousands continue to...

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South Sudan Forces Launch New Offensive

South Sudanese government forces on Wednesday launched an offensive on a town in the north, displacing civilians who...

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South Sudan War Strains Uganda’s Generous Refugee Policy

Ugandan motorbike taxi driver Sadiq Agotre grumbles as he waits for a rare client among thousands of South Sudanese...

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S. Sudan Ex-Rebels Hold Dozen UN Staff Hostage In DR Congo

South Sudanese former rebels are holding about a dozen UN staff hostage in a refugee camp in eastern Democratic...

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Sixty Aid Workers Forced To Flee S.Sudan Fighting

A surge of fighting in eastern South Sudan has forced 60 aid workers to flee, the UN humanitarian agency said Saturday,...

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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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At Least 16 Killed In Fighting In S.Sudan Second City

At least 16 civilians were killed in fighting Monday between government troops and rebels in South Sudan's...

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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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Hungry S.Sudanese ‘eat Leaves and Seeds To Survive’

South Sudanese villagers are eating leaves from trees and precious seed stocks as food runs out in areas where famine...

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Oil Workers Seized By S.Sudan Rebels Freed

Three foreign petroleum engineers abducted by South Sudanese rebels have been released after negotiations brokered by...

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Over 60,000 S.Sudanese Enter Sudan In Three Months

More than 60,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan in the first three months of 2017, the UN refugee agency said on...

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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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Six Aid Workers Killed In An Ambush In South Sudan

Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in famine-hit South Sudan, the United Nations said on Sunday, without...

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South Sudan Attack ‘could Hinder Aid Deliveries’

Aid agencies say the “shocking” killing of six aid workers in South Sudan on Saturday is causing them to re-assess...

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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...