Ban Ki-moon demands the end of violence in South Sudan amid partial...
Amid escalating tensions and deadly clashes between military factions in South Sudan, the United Nations Mission in the country today announced that it has begun relocating staff from the capital,...
View ArticleUN chief calls for a stronger UN mission, as the situation worsens in South...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the Security Council to boost the capacity of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) as the crisis continues in that country. Speaking to...
View ArticleUS to cut S. Sudan aid if government toppled: official
The United States on Thursday reaffirmed its vow to cut aid to violence-wracked South Sudan if the government of President Salva Kiir is overthrown in a coup. Troops loyal to Kiir have been battling...
View ArticleCivilians in strife-torn South Sudan fleeing to UN bases now number 63,000
27 December 2013 – Some 63,000 civilians have now sought refuge in United Nations bases in South Sudan as the UN peacekeeping mission there moves to reinforce its strength with troops and helicopters...
View ArticleUN peacekeeper reinforcements start arriving in S.Sudan
The first UN peacekeeping reinforcements arrived Friday in South Sudan, where the government is said to have agreed an immediate ceasefire after nearly two weeks of heavy fighting with rebels....
View ArticleSouth Sudan rivals under international pressure to end violence
International pressure bore down Saturday on the two sides in South Sudan's bloody violence to open peace talks to keep the young nation from sliding into civil war. East African and Horn of Africa...
View ArticleMany South Sudan ex-VP’s supporters ‘halt advance’ on key town
Thousands of young South Sudanese fighters loyal to ex-vice president Riek Machar have peeled away from an advance on a key town, the government said Sunday, but there was no immediate confirmation...
View ArticleSouth Sudan rivals to start ceasefire talks as fighting rages
South Sudan's warring parties were on Wednesday due to start talks aimed at ending more than two weeks of bloodshed but rebel leader Riek Machar has warned his forces will keep fighting until a...
View ArticleSouth Sudan ceasefire talks ‘delayed’
Face-to-face talks between warring parties in South Sudan have been delayed, government and rebel delegations said on Saturday, dashing hopes of a swift ceasefire to end raging battles and risks of...
View ArticleFace-to-face South Sudan peace talks as battles rage
Face-to-face peace talks between South Sudan's warring factions are set to begin in earnest Sunday, with artillery fire in Juba's government district underlining the risk of a slide into all-out civil...
View ArticleSouth Sudan rivals battle over key oil region
South Sudanese government forces were Thursday battling to retake the key rebel-held town of Bentiu, as Washington warned the world's youngest nation was "in danger of shattering". Peace talks in...
View ArticleUN says South Sudan death toll rising ‘substantially’
The United Nations said Thursday the South Sudan conflict death toll is "very substantially" higher than the 1,000 given so far, as it stepped up efforts to shelter civilians. The UN mission in South...
View ArticleUN envoy reports child soldiers in South Sudan
A top UN rights envoy in South Sudan said child soldiers are fighting in the more than month-long conflict, with mass killings reported to have taken place. "The reports that we have come across...
View ArticleSouth Sudan army’s sights on oil town Malakal after reclaiming Bor
South Sudanese troops fought Sunday to win back the key oil town of Malakal from rebels loyal to sacked vice president Riek Machar, the army said, a day after reclaiming the strategic town of Bor. The...
View ArticleHow the US lost South Sudan
NAIROBI, Kenya — Few countries have invested as much goodwill and diplomatic energy in the birth of South Sudan as the United States. And few presidents have tied their legacies more tightly to the...
View ArticleChild soldiers battle in worsening S.Sudan war
Like many 13 year-olds, Gach Chuol is timid, shyly looking down at the ground as he speaks to a stranger. But he is also joining South Sudan's war to avenge the death of his parents, and brandishes an...
View ArticleMore than 100 killed in South Sudan cattle raid
Over 100 people have been killed in a cattle raid in South Sudan's Warrap state, a local information minister told UN radio, the latest atrocity in the war-torn nation. "We lost about 28 civilians" in...
View ArticleSouth Sudan rebels slaughtered ‘hundreds’ in ethnic massacres – United Nations
Rebel gunmen in South Sudan massacred "hundreds" of civilians in ethnic killings when they captured the oil town of Bentiu last week, the UN said Monday, one of the worst reported atrocities in the...
View ArticleUS Secretary of State John Kerry warns of ‘genocide’ risk in South Sudan
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Thursday of a risk of genocide in South Sudan if the country's four-month-old civil war is not stopped. "There are very disturbing leading indicators of the kind...
View ArticleUS Secretary of State John Kerry warns South Sudan factions to keep pledges
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned South Sudan's warring factions Monday against walking away from ceasefire agreements and recently agreed peace talks, saying the implications of such a move...
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