South Sudanese Civil War

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US Warns South Sudan Regional Plan Is Last Chance For Peace

The United States warned Thursday that a new regional plan to shore up South Sudan's failing peace agreement was the...

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South Sudan Declares State of Emergency

South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has declared a state of emergency in part of the country’s north-west. The...

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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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S.Sudan Troops Tried For Rape, Murder In Juba Compound Attack

A South Sudan military court on Tuesday opened the trial of 13 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers and...

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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...

International

One Million Child Refugees

Over two million children displaced following South Sudan civil war More than one million children have fled South...

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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...

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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...

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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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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...