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Five Things to Know About South Sudan

Five Things to Know About South Sudan

South Sudan, where arch-foes signed a final power-sharing deal on Sunday aimed at ending its civil war, has been mired in an economic crisis due to the devastating conflict. Independent since 2011, the world’s newest country became engulfed by civil war in 2013 after President Salva Kiir accused his rival and former deputy Riek Machar […]

Three-out-of-four South Sudanese children have known nothing but war, says UNICEF

Three-out-of-four South Sudanese children have known nothing but war, says UNICEF

Since South Sudan became the world’s youngest country in 2011, 2.6 million of the 3.4 million babies have been born in war, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) revealed Saturday. “As South Sudan turns seven, a seemingly endless war continues to devastate the lives of millions of children,” said Henrietta H. Fore, UNICEF’s Executive Director […]

‘South Sudan Can’t be Divided Into Three’ – Peace Deal to Change?

‘South Sudan Can’t be Divided Into Three’ – Peace Deal to Change?

The South Sudan rebels now want amendments to the Framework Agreement penned in Khartoum on Tuesday. The rebel movement’s director of information and public relations, Mr Mabior Garang de Mabior, said that they were opposed to the dividing of the country into three regions, the invitation of foreign forces and the resumption of oil production […]

South Sudan Famine – ‘People Falling Ill From Eating Grass, Weeds’

South Sudan Famine – ‘People Falling Ill From Eating Grass, Weeds’

The British charity said people were falling ill from eating grass and weeds. A four-year civil war, poor harvests and rising food prices have been blamed for the widespread hunger in the world’s youngest nation. Oxfam on Tuesday urged urgent action to prevent millions of people being hit by famine in South Sudan. The British […]

South Sudan Opposition Groups Reject Peace Proposal

South Sudan Opposition Groups Reject Peace Proposal

South Sudan peace talks hit a new roadblock Wednesday, as opposition groups rejected a proposed peace deal and the government said it only partially agreed with the proposal. The sides met in Addis Ababa this week in a renewed attempt to end South Sudan’s civil war, which has driven more than four million people from […]

Soldiers’ Rape Trial Is a Publicity Stunt and Distraction

Soldiers’ Rape Trial Is a Publicity Stunt and Distraction

A trial of thirteen South Sudanese soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers and killing a local colleague is ongoing in Juba. The events being examined occurred in July 2016 at the Terrain Hotel following a three-day battle in the capital. The fact that these government troops are being tried may appear to be a positive development […]

South Sudan’s Riek Machar Pleads With Museveni Over House Arrest

South Sudan’s Riek Machar Pleads With Museveni Over House Arrest

The former mediator between the Uganda government and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Betty Bigombe, has run into the first hurdle in her new assignment to reconcile the warring parties in South Sudan. President Museveni recently appointed Bigombe, 64, as his technical advisor on the South Sudan Peace Initiative. Bigombe’s last public office was that […]

Botched Vaccination Kills 15 Children in South Sudan

Botched Vaccination Kills 15 Children in South Sudan

At least 15 children have died in rural South Sudan in a botched measles vaccination campaign that saw people as young as 12 years old administering vaccinations, reports say. South Sudan’s health ministry on Friday blamed the deaths on human error. Health workers vaccinating the children against measles used the same syringe without sterilising it, […]

General Malek Reuben Riak Accused of Making Millions from South Sudan War

General Malek Reuben Riak Accused of Making Millions from South Sudan War

A top South Sudan army official has used his position to accumulate millions of dollars through his personal business, while helping to orchestrate a conflict that has resulted in famine, according to a new report by a Washington-based human rights group. Lt. Gen. Malek Reuben Riak, the SPLA’s deputy chief of defense force for operations, […]

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Announces Truce

South Sudan President Salva Kiir Announces Truce

The U.N.’s top official in South Sudan says President Salva Kiir has formally launched a long-awaited national dialogue and declared a unilateral cessation of hostilities. “While the National Dialogue could bring a welcome focus on reconciliation, for it to be credible, it will need the genuine participation of opposition constituencies,” David Shearer told the U.N. […]

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