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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...

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South Sudan ‘to Profit’ From Crisis With $10,000 Visas

International aid agencies on Saturday slammed South Sudan's decision to raise foreign worker visa fees to as much as...

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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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Famine-Hit South Sudanese Eat Water Lilies To Survive

Thousands of people at the epicentre of a man-made famine in South Sudan emerged from the safety of the swamps this...

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Hiding In Swamps, S.Sudanese Eat Little More Than Lilies

Thousands of people at the epicentre of a man-made famine in South Sudan emerged from the safety of the swamps this...

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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...