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President of South Sudan says ready to accept peace deal
Jul 19, 2018 19:12South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said he is ready to accept a peace deal to end a civil war and set up an inclusive new government.
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South Sudan rebels reject peace deal reinstating opposition leader Machar
Jul 09, 2018 18:11Rebels in Africa’s youngest nation, South Sudan, have rejected a peace agreement announced on Sunday, saying it lacks enough authority to fulfill their main demands for diluting President Salva Kiir’s base of power.
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African Union urges action on South Sudan after ceasefire breakdown
Jul 01, 2018 12:08The African Union (AU) has called for action regarding the situation in South Sudan, where a recent ceasefire agreement between feuding parties collapsed soon after it was reached.
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South Sudan president, rebel leader set for new talks in Khartoum
Jun 25, 2018 15:41A new round of peace talks is set to start in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, with an aim to end the bloody civil war that has been gripping neighboring South Sudan for more than four years.
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Rebel leader Machar not to join government, S Sudan minister says
Jun 22, 2018 19:12South Sudan says rebel leader Riek Machar cannot rejoin its government after five years of civil war in remarks condemned by his rebel group as “intended to derail the peace process.”
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South Sudan president, rebel leader in Ethiopia for talks
Jun 20, 2018 14:42South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar has arrived in Ethiopia for a face-to-face meeting with his arch-rival, President Salva Kiir, for the first time in two years in an effort to negotiate an end to a five-year-old civil war.
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South Sudan president refuses to resign as demanded by opposition
Apr 25, 2018 16:43South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed calls by the country's opposition to step down, saying there is no logic in signing a peace agreement with the opponents and then resign as president.
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Sudan unable to finance its diplomatic missions: Foreign Minister
Apr 19, 2018 06:39The foreign minister of Sudan has revealed that his country is unable to pay many of its diplomats abroad while some diplomatic missions across the world could be closed over rent problems.
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S Sudan distrusts UN probe of sexual abuse by peacekeepers: FM
Mar 03, 2018 14:07South Sudan has expressed distrust of a United Nations probe into allegations of sexual abuses by Ghanaian peacekeepers against the violence-stricken civilians they were tasked with protecting at a UN camp for the internally-displaced, demanding a role in the investigation.
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UN releases report on appalling abuse in South Sudan
Feb 23, 2018 13:36The latest report on human rights abuses in South Sudan's five-year civil war, released by a United Nations commission, says it has identified more than 40 senior military officials "who may bear individual responsibility for war crimes."