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As peace deal drifts, South Sudan risks fresh crisis
The peace process has drifted as South Sudan reels from economic crisis, brutal ethnic violence, an armed insurgency, and its worst hunger crisis since...
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First virus death in S.Sudan, alarm over cases in camps
The country, emerging from a devastating six-year civil war, has recorded 231 cases since its first case on April 5. The number was just 35 two weeks ago.
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S.Sudan's Kiir, Machar agree to form unity government on Saturday
Salva Kiir confirmed that they had agreed to join together for the third time in government -- an experiment which has twice previously ended in disaster.
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South Sudan rebels reject president's peace compromise
The rejection by rebel chief Riek Machar dashes hopes of breaking a deadlock and ending a six-year conflict that has left at least 380,000 people dead and millions in dire poverty.
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South Sudan cuts number of states from 32 to 10, unlocking peace process
The regional group IGAD had given the government until Saturday to find a solution over the number of states the country should have.
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S. Sudan 'unity' army not ready for peace as deadline looms
The disarray comes as President Salva Kiir and the rebel leader, Riek Machar, face intense pressure to form a coalition government by 22 February, a major step in the transition to peace.
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No more delays to South Sudan peace deal, East Africans warn
President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar, whose fall out in 2013 sparked a conflict that has left hundreds of thousands dead, face a 22 February deadline to form a government.
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'Think about your people' : UN chief tells South Sudan rivals
President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have failed to break a deadlock over key terms of a power-sharing agreement with just two weeks until they are to form a unity government.
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S. Sudan president, ex-rebel leader agree to form unity government - Kiir
Kiir and Riek Machar, who is now opposition leader, met over the past three days in the capital Juba to resolve outstanding disputes that prevented the formation of a coalition government in time for a 12 November deadline.
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S. Sudan's Kiir, Machar to delay formation of unity govt - Uganda presidency
The statement was released after President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar met in Uganda in a last-ditch effort to resolve outstanding disputes preventing the formation of a coalition government by the deadline.
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South Sudan's Machar says won't join unity govt by 12 November deadline
Former rebel leader Riek Machar’s spokesman said the additional time would 'give room' for resolving issues.
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Sudan PM Hamdok arrives in Juba on first official trip
Hamdok, heading an 18-member transitional government following the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir, is set to meet South Sudan President Salva Kiir as well as Sudanese opposition leaders on his two-day visit
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South Sudan's Machar says ready for talks with rival Kiir
In a letter to Kiir's security adviser, seen by AFP Friday, Machar laid out a series of demands before the pair could sit down face-to-face in Juba.
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Sudan talks resume after shootings mar breakthrough
The Alliance for Freedom and Change - the protest movement umbrella group negotiating with the ruling military council - said the shootings were an attempt to "disturb the breakthrough".
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South Sudan denies kidnapping, executing prominent critics
South Sudan rejects UN allegations its security services kidnapped two prominent government critics exiled in Kenya in 2017.
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South Sudan president urges rebel chief to join unity government
A failure by the former vice president to do so would destroy any hope for peace in the war-torn country, South Sudan President Salva Kiir said.
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President Kiir apologises to South Sudan for years of civil war suffering
He was speaking at a peace ceremony in the capital Juba attended by the returned rebel leader Riek Machar who’s been restored a vice president.
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South Sudan rebel leader Machar back in Juba after two years
Riek Machar, who under the terms of the peace deal is to be reinstated as vice president, had not set foot in the city since he fled in July 2016.
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Rebel leader to attend peace ceremony in South Sudan
It will be the first time Riek Machar has set foot in the city since he fled two years ago under a hail of gunfire when an earlier peace deal collapsed.
