Syria An ‘unwinnable’ War
"There will only be peace in Syria or in any of the other conflicts that we are witnessing when the parties to the conflict understand that they cannot win," UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres...
Tag: South Sudan
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. Malong was sacked via a presidential decree that was announced on Tuesday on...
South Sudan President Sacks Controversial Army Chief
South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacked his powerful, hardline army chief Paul Malong on Tuesday, a government spokesman said. General Paul Malong, long regarded as an ethnic nationalist of Kiir's...
34 Dead, 2,000 Sick With Suspected Cholera In Yemen
Thirty-four people have died of cholera-related causes and more than 2,000 have been taken ill in less than two weeks in Yemen, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. "There have been 34...
One Million Child Refugees
Over two million children displaced following South Sudan civil war More than one million children have fled South Sudan because of escalating conflict, the United Nations says. A similar number are...
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 country, the United Nations said on Monday. Children make up 62 percent of the 1.8...
Hundreds of Suspected Cholera Cases In Yemen
At least 570 suspected cases of cholera have surfaced in war-torn Yemen in the past three weeks, sparking fears of a potential epidemic, Doctors Without Borders said Sunday. Healthcare has...
Ghanaian Peacekeepers Praised By UN For Foiling Attack In South Sudan
Ghanaian peacekeepers have been praised by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) for foiling an attack at a United Nations (UN) protection site in Leer town of former Unity State on...
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 international community struggles to raise the $4.4 billion needed to avert a...
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 in the north of the country. The attackers struck late Wednesday on a temporary...
South Sudan ‘suspends’ Al Jazeera English
South Sudan's government has banned Al Jazeera English staff from working in the country, press freedom organisation Reporters Without Borders said Wednesday in a statement condemning the move. The...
Britain Sending 400 Troops To Join UN’s S.Sudan Force
About 400 British soldiers will join the UN peacekeeping force in South Sudan in the next weeks in one of Britain's largest operational deployments worldwide, the force said Tuesday. A statement said...
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 offensive earlier this week. South Sudanese government forces targeted a town in the...
Civilians ‘cut Off Without Water’ Over South Sudan Clashes
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) charity says that in the past three days 25,000 South Sudanese have been displaced by intense fighting around the northern town of Kodok. MSF said aid...
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 flee war and famine in the world's youngest nation. South Sudan, which split from...
South Sudan Forces Launch New Offensive
South Sudanese government forces on Wednesday launched an offensive on a town in the north, displacing civilians who may be headed toward the border with Sudan, the UN envoy said. Some 50,000 people...
US Troops Hunting LRA Warlord Kony Begin C.Africa Pullout
US special forces on Wednesday began to pull out from Central Africa, ending a five-year hunt for brutal LRA warlord Joseph Kony, who is wanted for crimes against humanity. The departure of the...
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 Sudan after the UN envoy reported that the war there is worsening. US Ambassador...
Uncatchable, Brutal Rebel Chief
Brutal rebel commander Joseph Kony has sowed terror across four African nations for three decades, even evading capture by US and Ugandan soldiers who have now given up the chase. The former Catholic...
After Six Years, US Troops End Hunt For LRA Warlord Kony
US special forces on Wednesday begin pulling out of Central African Republic where they deployed in 2011 to help hunt the brutal LRA warlord Joseph Kony. The move, which was announced last month,...