South Sudan famine: Eating water lilies to survive
Thousands of people at the epicentre of a man-made famine in South Sudan emerged from the safety of the swamps this past weekend hoping to...
Category : SOUTH SUDAN
Famine-hit South Sudanese surviving on weeds, water lilies
Like thousands of other South Sudanese families caught up in famine, Sara Dit and her 10 children are hiding from marauding gunmen in the swamps...
Minister blocks meeting on South Sudan refugee crisis
WEST NILE. Junior Internal Affairs minister Mario Obiga Kania on Friday blocked a regional meeting that was meant to discuss the refugee crisis in West...
South Sudan suffering ‘man-made’ famine
South Sudan’s government said Monday that more than three years of war have led to famine in parts of the nation, a tragedy aid agencies...
SOUTH SUDAN MILITARY OFFICIALS QUIT OVER ‘WAR CRIMES’
Two top officials overseeing South Sudan’s military courts have resigned, saying high-level interference made it impossible to discipline soldiers accused of rape and murder amid...
South Sudan war reaches ‘catastrophic proportions’
A confidential UN report is warning that the war in South Sudan has reached “catastrophic proportions for civilians” and the rise of militias risks spinning...
Lessons From Gambia Could End the Impasse in South Sudan
There’s still hope South Sudan can avoid becoming a full failed state. This will require radical changes in Juba’s mindset and bolder action from regional...
SOUTH SUDAN AFRICA’S ‘WORST REFUGEES’ CRISIS’ COUNTRY
The United Nations says South Sudan has become Africa’s worst refugee crisis and the third largest in the world. According to the United Nations High...
New militias emerge in South Sudan conflict, observers say
New militia groups, some “opportunists”, others “downright criminal”, have emerged in South Sudan since renewed violence erupted there last July, the head of an international...
Exxon Mobil in talks with South Sudan over oil deal
JUBA – The US-based Exxon Mobil Corporation is in secret talks with Juba to buy a stake in South Sudan’s vast untapped oil deposit, a...
