South Sudan cabinet approves establishment of defense college
JUBA – South Sudan’s cabinet on Friday gave its approval for establishment of a new university college for defense to provide courses in security and other...
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UN upbeat on Rwanda’s deployment to Regional Protection Force in South Sudan
The United Nations has expressed confidence in the Rwanda Defence Force’ contingent deployed to South Sudan under the recently established Regional Protection Force. The UN...
Attack on South Sudan Bus Convoy Kills 6
JUBA — Police say the death toll from Wednesday’s attack on two buses traveling to Juba from the border town of Nimule has risen. Daniel Justin...
5 killed in South Sudan highway attack
At least five people have been killed and 13 others injured Wednesday in an ambush along on a South Sudanese highway that connects the import-dependent...
South Sudan army captures town near Ethiopia border
NAIROBI – South Sudan’s government said on Friday it had taken the last town before the main rebel base of Pagak, where thousands of civilians...
Ethiopia to open new camp for South Sudanese refugees
ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia is set to open a new camp for South Sudanese refugees in a bid to cope with rising number of people...
Sexual violence in South Sudan on “massive scale”: report
JUBA – Thousands of South Sudanese women, girls, and men, who were raped in ethnically-charged sexual attacks in the ongoing conflict are battling mental distress...
South Sudan Rebel Machar Declines to Renounce Violence: Mediator
Exiled South Sudanese opposition figure Riek Machar declined to renounce violence or declare a unilateral ceasefire and instead demanded new peace talks outside the war-torn...
S.Sudan clashes force patients, doctors to flee hospital
Thouk Reath, 19, was recovering from a leg amputation after being shot in fighting in northeastern South Sudan when the clinic he was in had...
South Sudan’s leader declares state of emergency in 1 region
NAIROBI— South Sudan President Salva Kiir has declared a state of emergency in parts of Northern Bahr el Ghazal state. Army spokesman Col. Santo Domic...
