UN Mission In South Sudan ‘failed To Protect Civilians’
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sacked the commander of a peacekeeping force in South Sudan following a damning report that ...
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Kenya To Market Oil, Gas Projects
Kenya will use the East Africa Oil & Gas Summit to highlight its progress in implementing infrastructure projects aimed at ...
Ethnic Tensions Rising In South Sudan
Ethnic tension is rising in South Sudan’s Bahr-el-Ghazal state where leaflets ordering those from Central Equatoria to leave or face ...
South Sudan Rebel Leader Says He Could Return Next Month
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar says he could return to the turbulent country as early as next month, even ...
Africa’s Top Four Disciplinarian Presidents
Presidents are supposed to wield their power with as much grace and restraint as possible but sometimes, the commander-in-chief turns ...
South Sudan’s Second City Scorched By Renewed Fighting
This used to be South Sudan's second largest city, a bustling center on the White Nile River of more than ...
South Sudan’s Ex-VP Machar Is ‘broke’
South Sudan's former Vice-President Riek Machar says he is "broke" and struggling to pay rent for the house where his ...
South Sudan’s Machar ‘in South Africa For Treatment’
Riek Machar, who was sacked as South Sudan's vice-president in July after heavy clashes in the capital, Juba, is in ...
South Sudan Unrest Rises Amid Kiir’s Death Rumours
The UN has warned of increasing violence in South Sudan as the government was forced to publicly dismiss rumours of ...
Russia Opposes UN Arms Embargo On South Sudan
Russia on Tuesday (11 October) said that it would not be in favour of imposing arms embargo on South Sudan ...
UN Warns of Increasing Violence As Tensions Rise In S. Sudan
The UN warned Wednesday of increasing violence in parts of South Sudan, as the government was forced to publicly dismiss ...
DR Congo Deadline For Removal of South Sudan Fighters
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been given a week to fly hundreds of South ...
South Sudan Rebel Leader Says President Wants ‘ethnic State’
South Sudan's rebel leader on Monday accused President Salva Kiir of wanting to turn the country into an "ethnic state" ...
Ethiopia Denies South Sudan Opposition Leader
South Sudanese ousted vice president, Dr Riek Machar, is increasingly becoming a pariah in the region with Ethiopia now declining ...
South Sudanese Stave Off Death With Water Lilies and Goat Bones
Tens of thousands of people in South Sudan are on the brink of starvation with many living in swamps and ...
South Sudan’s Kiir and Machar Profited During War
South Sudan's political and military elite have made themselves rich while the country has struggled under a civil war of ...
Dinner, Drinks, and A Near-Fatal Ambush For U.S. Diplomats
On the night of July 7, seven American diplomats in Juba left a farewell dinner early and were headed back ...
UN Accuses South Sudan Troops of Committing Atrocities
The United Nations' top human-rights official has accused South Sudanese government troops and rebels of ethnically targeted atrocities, including extrajudicial ...
3 Crew Members Die in Cargo Helicopter Crash in South Sudan
A United Nations cargo helicopter crashed Tuesday in the north part of South Sudan, killing three crew members and injuring ...