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South Sudan’s Machar calls for delay in interim government formation
Oct 31, 2019 10:47South Sudan’s former vice president and rebel leader Riek Machar has called for a six-month delay in the formation of a transitional unity government after he accused the administration of President Salva Kiir of failing to implement a peace agreement aimed at ending a bloody conflict.
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Sudan, South Sudan leaders vow to seek peace in their troubled nations
Sep 12, 2019 17:50War is "no longer an option" for Sudan and South Sudan, their leaders agreed Thursday during talks which focused on border disputes and the oil trade, but also resolving protracted conflicts in both nations.
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South Korea agrees to pay more money to US, Trump announces
Aug 08, 2019 05:16South Korea “has agreed to pay substantially more money” to the United States “to defend itself” from North Korea, US President Donald Trump has announced.
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Civilians brutally targeted in South Sudan violence, says UN
Jul 03, 2019 15:04The United Nations said on Wednesday that conflict had intensified in a region of South Sudan since a peace deal was signed, with hundreds of civilians raped or murdered by warring factions.
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Seven million face hunger crisis in South Sudan despite peace deal: UN
Jun 15, 2019 13:54A record number of almost seven million people are facing severe hunger in South Sudan, despite a peace agreement which has largely stopped fighting after more than five years of war, UN agencies warned Friday.
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South Sudan rivals agree on 6-month period to form unity government
May 04, 2019 19:32South Sudan's warring sides have agreed to delay the formation of a coalition government for six months, citing failure to resolve differences over the establishment of a power-sharing government that would end years of political deadlock in the African country.
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Amnesty censures South Sudan over rising number of executions
Dec 07, 2018 18:36Amnesty International has denounced a rise in the use of the death sentence in South Sudan, urging the world’s youngest nation to “stop signing execution orders.”
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Abducted girls in South Sudan lined up to be picked as ‘wives’ for rebels: UN
Oct 19, 2018 08:44A new UN report says armed men from opposition forces in South Sudan abducted women and girls, as young as 12 years, for commanders to take them as “wives”.
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Nearly 400,000 killed in South Sudan’s civil war: Study
Sep 27, 2018 14:00South Sudan’s civil war has claimed the lives of nearly 400,000 people since fighting erupted in late 2013, a new study says, offering a tally far higher than previous estimates.
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South Sudan’s president, rebel leader sign peace deal
Sep 13, 2018 08:16South Sudan's President Salva Kiir signed a peace agreement with rebel factions in the Ethiopian capital on Wednesday to end a civil war that has killed at least 50,000 people, displaced two million and held up the country's progress since it gained independence seven years ago.