South Sudan President Sacks Controversial Army Chief
South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacked his powerful, hardline army chief Paul Malong on Tuesday, a government spokesman said. General ...
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South Sudan Child Refugees Top One Million
War has now forced more than one million children to flee South Sudan and uprooted 1.4 million others within the ...
Charity Warns S.Sudan ‘man-Made’ Famine Could Kill 6 Million
The famine ravaging South Sudan and its neighbours could claim six million lives, a charity warned Friday, as the international ...
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 ...
Over 95,000 S.Sudanese Fled To Sudan In 2017
More than 95,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan so far this year, the UN said Thursday, as thousands continue to ...
South Sudan Forces Launch New Offensive
South Sudanese government forces on Wednesday launched an offensive on a town in the north, displacing civilians who may be ...
South Sudan War Strains Uganda’s Generous Refugee Policy
Ugandan motorbike taxi driver Sadiq Agotre grumbles as he waits for a rare client among thousands of South Sudanese refugees ...
S. Sudan Ex-Rebels Hold Dozen UN Staff Hostage In DR Congo
South Sudanese former rebels are holding about a dozen UN staff hostage in a refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic ...
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 ...
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 International Development Minister ...
‘We Buried Jacob, Paul and Amos’
In the no man's land between South Sudan and Uganda wind lashes though scrubland, whipping hot dust into the eyes ...
At Least 16 Killed In Fighting In S.Sudan Second City
At least 16 civilians were killed in fighting Monday between government troops and rebels in South Sudan's second-largest city Wau, ...
Deadly Fighting Erupts In South Sudan’s Second City
Deadly fighting erupted, with civilians killed along ethnic lines and thousands displaced in clashes Monday between government forces and rebels ...
Hungry S.Sudanese ‘eat Leaves and Seeds To Survive’
South Sudanese villagers are eating leaves from trees and precious seed stocks as food runs out in areas where famine ...
Oil Workers Seized By S.Sudan Rebels Freed
Three foreign petroleum engineers abducted by South Sudanese rebels have been released after negotiations brokered by Sudan and Ethiopia, a ...
Over 60,000 S.Sudanese Enter Sudan In Three Months
More than 60,000 South Sudanese have entered Sudan in the first three months of 2017, the UN refugee agency said ...
Acknowledging the Ghana Battalion’s Peacekeeping Efforts In South Sudan
In July 2016, violent clashes broke out in Juba, the capital of South Sudan. The clashes were between the Sudan ...
Six Aid Workers Killed In An Ambush In South Sudan
Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in famine-hit South Sudan, the United Nations said on Sunday, without ...
South Sudan Attack ‘could Hinder Aid Deliveries’
Aid agencies say the “shocking” killing of six aid workers in South Sudan on Saturday is causing them to re-assess ...
South Sudan Rebel Group Accuses Government Forces of Killing Aid Workers
South Sudanese rebel group Sudan People’s Liberation Movement In-Opposition (SPLM-IO) led by former Vice President Riek Machar has accused government ...