South Sudan

Sudan hosting 400k South Sudan refugees: Minister

Sep 21, 2016 11:52

Sudan says it is hosting about 400,000 refugees, who fled the civil war in South Sudan that erupted in late 2013.
UN says number of South Sudan refugees exceeds one million

Sep 16, 2016 10:28

The United Nations refugee agency says fighting in South Sudan has forced more than one million people to flee the war-stricken country.
South Sudan agrees to 4,000 more UN peacekeepers

Sep 05, 2016 02:21

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has agreed to the deployment of 4,000 additional UN peacekeepers after initially rejecting the regional protection force as a breach of its sovereignty.
South Sudan’s Machar flees to neighboring state: Opposition

Aug 18, 2016 09:42

South Sudan’s rebel leader and former first vice president Riek Machar has reportedly left for a neighboring country weeks after he fled the capital, Juba.
Nearly one million refugees from South Sudan face dire conditions: UNHCR

Aug 15, 2016 12:44

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned that nearly one million refugees from South Sudan are living under dire condition in displacement camps in the conflict-ridden region.
Two civilians, one soldier killed in South Sudan clashes

Aug 14, 2016 04:23

Three people have died in clashes between government forces and militants backing the opposition in South Sudan.
South Sudan to conditionally accept additional UN peacekeepers

Aug 13, 2016 14:58

South Sudan says it will accept an additional contingent of UN peacekeeping troops if Juba can negotiate the number, mandate, weapons and the contributing countries to the force.
Uganda not to contribute troops to regional force in South Sudan

Aug 12, 2016 14:54

Uganda says it will not contribute troops to a regional protection force formed to enforce the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
South Sudan stands on brink of abyss, warns UN chief

Jul 29, 2016 04:29

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed serious concerns about the ongoing violence in South Sudan, saying the African country stands “on the brink of an abyss.”
South Sudan leader replaces rival Machar as vice president

Jul 26, 2016 08:57

South Sudan’s president has replaced his vice president and rival Riek Machar, in a move that could undermine last year’s peace accord and trigger a fresh wave of violence in Africa’s youngest nation.