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Girls raped, boys abducted, towns torched: South Sudan

Girls raped, boys abducted, towns torched: South Sudan

Gunmen in South Sudan have raped girls, seized boys to become soldiers and torched towns in some of the heaviest fighting seen in the 17-month-long civil war, the United Nations has said. Over 300,000 civilians have been left without “life-saving aid” in the northern battleground state of Unity, after the UN and aid agencies pulled […]

More than 300,000 people are without “life-saving” aid in South Sudan

More than 300,000 people are without “life-saving” aid in South Sudan

More than 300,000 people are without “life-saving” aid in South Sudan’s oil-rich Unity state after heavy fighting forced aid agencies to withdraw, the UN has said. Government forces have been advancing towards Leer, the birthplace of rebel leader Riek Machar, reports say. Emergency relief has come to a stop in areas worst-affected by fighting, the […]

US Secretary of State John Kerry Gets Emotional With South Sudan

US Secretary of State John Kerry Gets Emotional With South Sudan

Kerry appeals to South Sudan’s warring leaders, threatens them with accountability for crimes. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry condemned South Sudan’s warring president and opposition leader as “disgraceful” Monday for squandering the promise of the world’s youngest country and pledged $5 million to create a court or another institution that might […]

South Sudan ratifies landmark child rights treaty

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’

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

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

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 […]

British aid worker shot dead by a gunman in South Sudan

British aid worker shot dead by a gunman in South Sudan

A British aid worker in war-torn South Sudan was shot dead late on Tuesday in the capital Juba, colleagues said.The Briton, who was working for an international aid organisation, was reportedly killed by a gunman who followed him into his compound in the capital Juba by a gunman who then fled, colleagues said, who asked […]

Over 2.5 million South Sudanese on the edge of famine: UN makes an appeal for $1.8bn in aid

Over 2.5 million South Sudanese on the edge of famine: UN makes an appeal for $1.8bn in aid

Over 2.5 million South Sudanese are on the edge of famine and civil war is expected to continue, the United Nations warned on Monday, making an appeal for $1.8bn in aid.UN emergency relief co-ordinator Valerie Amos said she witnessed “first-hand the continuing widespread devastation and destruction” and an “untenable level of suffering” after returning from […]

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