U.N envoy warns of election risks in war-torn South Sudan
JUBA – The United Nations special envoy for South Sudan warned that the young nation could face more problems if issue affecting it are not...
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South Sudan’s leaders bear ‘direct responsibility’ for conflict, UN Security Council told
A senior United Nations peacekeeping official today called on the leaders of South Sudan to show genuine political will to achieve sustainable peace in the...
Foreigner returns to testify in South Sudan hotel rampage
JUBA – A lawyer says a foreign aid worker has returned to South Sudan to identify her alleged attackers in a rampage by soldiers on...
Child killed in South Sudan when plane strikes house
JUBA — A 5-year-old girl has been killed in South Sudan when a World Food Program-contracted aircraft struck a house while attempting to land in...
S. Sudan rebels urge government and UN to resolve impasse
(JUBA) – The Government of South Sudan should undertake measures to allow the free movement of all United Nations staff, vehicles, and planes without any...
South Sudan grounds U.N. planes in airport row
NAIROBI – South Sudan has grounded planes belonging to United Nations peacekeepers in a dispute over control of the airport in the capital Juba, the...
Armed group in Uganda briefly abduct South Sudanese rebel, he says
KAMPALA – Armed civilians briefly abducted a South Sudanese rebel spokesman in Uganda and told him to stop talking to the media, two rebel officials...
South Sudanese refugees in Uganda hit one million
KAMPALA-The number of South Sudanese refugees hosted in Uganda now stands at one million, according to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. But with...
South Sudan places former army chief’s wife under house arrest
JUBA – The wife of the former head of South Sudan’s army says her husband has been under house arrest for months on the direct...
South Sudan govt deny rebel recapture of key Ethiopia border town
JUBA – The South Sudan army has denied reports that rebels had retaken a border town with Ethiopia barely days after they were driven out....
