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S.Sudan Students Miss Final Exams Over Security Fears

Hundreds of uprooted South Sudanese students missed taking school-leaving exams this week after refusing a government...

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UN Team Urges Probe of South Sudan Abuses

UN human rights experts called on Monday for an international investigation into horrific abuses committed in South...

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South Sudan Military Arrests Soldiers Over Gang-Rape Accusation

South Sudan has arrested four soldiers after residents accused the army of beating and raping civilians in a small...

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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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Exhausted S.Sudanese Refugees Flock To Sudan Transit Camp

After enduring years of fighting and food shortages, it was the deaths from hunger of many old women and children that...

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32,000 South Sudanese Already Entered Sudan In 2017

About 32,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan since the start of the year, with tens of thousands more expected to...

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Bashir Orders Full Aid Access To S. Sudan Famine Areas

President Omar al-Bashir has ordered Sudanese authorities to assist the delivery of international humanitarian aid to...

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S. Sudan President Vows Aid Access To Famine-Hit Areas

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir vowed Tuesday that government would ensure aid could reach areas hit by famine after...

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How Bad the Civil Unrest Has Gotten

The famine in South Sudan has made it difficult to engage in subsistence and commercial farming especially in the...

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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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South Sudan Declares Famine In Parts of War-Torn Country

South Sudan's government said on Monday that the country's over three-year war has led to famine in parts of the...

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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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S. Sudan Minister Quits, Rejoins Machar’s Rebels

South Sudan's labour minister resigned Friday and declared allegiance to rebel leader Riek Machar, making him the...

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South Sudan War Reaches ‘catastrophic Proportions’

A confidential UN report is warning that the war in South Sudan has reached "catastrophic proportions for civilians"...

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S. Sudan Army Says General Who Quit Was ‘deeply’ Corrupt

South Sudan's army said Tuesday a general who quit after accusing President Salva Kiir and his tribe of "ethnic...

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South Sudanese General Resigns, Citing ‘ethnic Cleansing’

A senior South Sudanese general has quit, accusing President Salva Kiir and top members from his majority Dinka tribe...

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South Sudan General Quits, Cites Army Abuses and Ethnic Bias

A South Sudanese general has resigned, citing abuses by the security forces against civilians and what he called...

Opinion

Why TROIKA Can Assassinate Gen. Malong

Today the subject of my pen which Western sympathizers may call it vitriol is the inscrutable TROIKA. I have written...

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South Sudanese Rival Forces Rapes 217 Since July 2016 Violence

The United Nations has documented 217 victims of rape by South Sudanese government and rival forces since the beginning...