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60% of South Sudan's population facing acute hunger, says UN
In a new joint report, UN agencies on Friday said that 1.4 million children face acute malnutrition in the conflict-ravaged eastern African nation.
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Ramphosa calls for lifting of economic sanctions on Zimbabwe, South Sudan
President Cyril Ramaphosa in his address to the UN general assembly said that developed countries needed to help underdeveloped nations fight the coronavirus.
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Rebel commander welcomes Sudan peace deal
Conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile erupted in 2011, in the wake of South Sudan's independence, resuming two decades of war.
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South Sudan: An unexplored Eden of biodiversity
South Sudan boasts Africa's biggest wetland, the Sudd, and its largest intact savanna, a stretch of untouched wilderness east of the White Nile that reaches all the way to Ethiopia.
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10 South Sudan ministers test positive for COVID-19
Minister of Information Michael Makuei told the BBC that the ministers came into contact with a former member of the high-level task force on the coronavirus.
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Hundreds killed in South Sudan tribal clashes - ICRC
Violence has risen in recent months after the government in February designated ten new states, including Jonglei, but failed to agree on governor appointments, creating a power vacuum.
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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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South Sudan's Kiir unveils new cabinet
A presidential decree naming the 34 ministers and 10 deputies was read out on state television.
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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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S.Sudan citizens 'deliberately starved' by warring parties: UN
The three-member commission looked into abuses between the signing of a peace deal in September 2018 and December 2019.
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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's Kiir says no compromise to end peace deal deadlock
Kiir and rebel chief Riek Machar are under increasing pressure to resolve their differences by 22 February and form a unity government as part of a peace agreement.
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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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African leaders grapple with failure to 'silence the guns'
But as leaders travel to Addis Ababa this weekend for the latest summit of the 55-member bloc, organised under the theme "Silencing the Guns", there is little question they are doomed to fall well short of their goal.
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US sanctions South Sudan vice president over human rights
Taban Deng Gai also has created distrust that has inflamed conflict in South Sudan and undermined the peace process, the US Treasury Department said in a statement.
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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.
