South Sudan rebels say raid jail, capture town on Ugandan border
South Sudanese rebels said they had taken control of a town on the Ugandan border and killed 14 soldiers in the fighting, an account dismissed...
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Aid Groups Determined to Continue Operations in South Sudan
Unidentified assailants took the lives of six aid workers in South Sudan on Saturday, the highest number killed in a single incident since South Sudan’s...
Death toll in attack on South Sudan aid workers rises to 7
The death toll of an attack on aid workers in South Sudan has risen to seven, with the news that the driver also died. David...
Six aid workers killed in South Sudan ambush
Six aid workers have been killed in an ambush in South Sudan, the UN said Sunday, in another blow to humanitarian efforts a country suffering...
AU Commission chair to pay first official visit to South Sudan today
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, is scheduled to visit South Sudan’s capital, Juba on a two-day official visit from...
South Sudan rejects protection force from outside region
South Sudan’s government has rejected the deployment of regional protection troops from outside the region, according to a spokesperson for President Salva Kiir. Speaking to...
Rape reaches ‘epic proportions’ in war-torn South Sudan
MUNDRI, South Sudan — After months of being raped by her rebel captors in the middle of South Sudan’s civil war, the young woman became...
Rwanda to send troops to South Sudan
Rwanda is planning to send more peacekeepers to South Sudan, as part of the UN Mission (UNMISS) in the country. The acting Defence and military...
UN regional force to arrive in South Sudan in a month
The first soldiers of a United Nations-mandated regional military force are set to be deployed to South Sudan within about a month, the outgoing UN...
UN Secretary-General Chastises South Sudan’s Leaders for Humanitarian Crisis
United Nations Security Council members have unanimously called on South Sudan’s leaders to prioritize the needs of the South Sudanese people, but disagree over the...
