Comprehensive Peace Agreement

South Sudan Marks Another Year of Freedom Without Peace

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South Sudan on Sunday marked its sixth independence anniversary in muted fashion, with no official celebration as the world’s newest nation reels from a brutal and destructive ongoing civil war. A third of the population has been forced from their homes creating one of the world’s worst refugee crises, tens of thousands have been killed … Read more

Dinner, Drinks, and A Near-Fatal Ambush For U.S. Diplomats

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On the night of July 7, seven American diplomats in Juba left a farewell dinner early and were headed back to the U. S. Embassy, anxious to avoid the city’s deepening chaos, when their two-car convoy was ambushed by the South Sudanese presidential guard of Salva Kiir. South Sudanese troops fired between 50 and 100 … Read more