Salva Kiir Mayardit

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US Pushes UN To Again Consider Arms Embargo On South Sudan

The United States on Tuesday urged the divided UN Security Council to back an arms embargo and sanctions against South...

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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...

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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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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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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...

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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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Sudan To Open New Cross-Border Corridor For Aid Delivery To South Sudan

The Sudanese government has pledged to open a new corridor to South Sudan for swift delivery of humanitarian aid to the...

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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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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...

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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...

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South Sudan Keeps Buying Weapons Amid Famine

The government of South Sudan is spending its oil revenue on weapons, even as the country descends into a famine...

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South Sudan Buys Weapons Amid Famine

South Sudan's government is spending its oil revenue on weapons as the country descends into a famine largely caused by...

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South Sudan’s President ‘prays For Forgiveness’

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has prayed for forgiveness for what he described as sins he may have committed...