Second Sudanese Civil War

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South Sudan Forces Launch Fresh Offensive Against Rebels

South Sudan government forces have launched an offensive towards a rebel stronghold in the north of the country, the UN...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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South Sudan Soldiers On Trial Over Rape of Aid Workers

Thirteen South Sudanese soldiers have gone on trial accused of raping foreign aid workers and murdering their local...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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South Sudan President Sacks Controversial Army Chief

South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacked his powerful, hardline army chief Paul Malong on Tuesday, a government...

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UN Calls For Halt To South Sudan Fighting

The United Nations on Saturday called for a halt to fighting in South Sudan after the government launched a new...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...