South Sudan ratifies landmark child rights treaty
4 May 2015 – The United Nations has hailed South Sudan’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) as the African nation takes a critical step towards protecting and promoting the rights of all children. “We applaud South Sudan for ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child,” declared the […]
World’s Youngest Nation Is ‘at Grave Risk’
Secretary of State John Kerry warned Monday that the violent civil conflict, mass displacement and deepening food crisis straining South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, were threatening its future.He also said the United States had allocated $5 million for the creation of a special court or other independent judicial mechanism that would hold perpetrators of […]
South Sudan’s opposition leader says there are government troops surrounding his house
JUBA, South Sudan — An opposition leader in South Sudan said on Friday that government troops had surrounded his house in the capital, raising fears of insecurity in the city where a fight among the armed forces sparked a nationwide rebellion in 2013. Lam Akol told The Associated Press that security operatives closed the two […]
Gunmen abducts 89 boys in South Sudan
Armed men have abducted at least 89 boys in South Sudan, the United Nations children’s agency has said.The incident happened in a camp in the northern city of Malakal that hosts thousands of people displaced by fighting between the army and rebels. Unicef says the unidentified gunmen went from house to house and seized boys […]
Tribes of South Sudan called Arab nomads
Upper Nile, South Sudan – The reclusive Falata people represent Arab tribes who migrated from western Africa to greater Sudan starting in the 19th century, reportedly settling in the region on their return from a pilgrimage to Mecca. They are nomadic Muslims who rear vast herds of cattle and move across a wide territory in […]
