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FILE: South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar. Picture: AFP

South sudan conflict

Warring parties in South Sudan abducted hundreds of women and girls -UN

By Reuters

The abuses were committed during a civil war by forces loyal to the government of President Salva Kiir and rebels fighting for Riek Machar.

  • FILE: A government soldier poses with a gun on 7 March 2017 in Leer, where famine has been declared since February 2017. Picture: AFP.

    South Sudan's warring sides accuse each other of attacks, 18 killed

    Lul Ruai Koang, spokesman for the government military SPLA said rebels attacked Maban in Upper Nile state in the far northeast near the border with Sudan on Sunday.

    1497 days ago
  • South Sudanese flags flutter in Juba. Picture: AFP

    South Sudan's government using food as weapon of war - UN report

    During 2016 and 2017, the UN said a military campaign by government troops in Wau targeted civilians on ethnic grounds and displaced more than 100,000.

    1731 days ago
  • South Sudanese flags flutter in Juba. Picture: AFP

    South Sudan targets oilfield security ahead of restoring production

    The country has sub-Saharan Africa’s third-largest reserves and is the only mature oil producer in East Africa.

    1762 days ago
  • South Sudanese flags flutter in Juba. Picture: AFP

    Head of South Sudan state television arrested

    Adil Faris Mayat's arrest underscores continuing harassment of journalists in South Sudan where a four-year civil war pitting Kiir's military against the opposition.

    1850 days ago
  • Newly arrived refugee children from South Sudan eat and drink at the Ngomoromo border post, in Ugandan side, on 10 April 2017. Picture: AFP.

    South Sudan's displaced see little chance of peace

    After several failed peace efforts, South Sudan has launched its own national dialogue, while regional leaders have sought to revive internationally brokered talks.

    1877 days ago
  • FILE: Refugee children from South Sudan walk in Bidibidi resettlement camp in the Northern District of Yumbe on 14 April, 2017. Picture: AFP.

    War forces 2 million South Sudanese children to flee homes

    The civil war in the oil-producing country began two years after it won independence from neighbouring Sudan.

    1918 days ago
  • FILE: A Japanese engineer at work at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, in Juba. Picture: United Nations Photo.

    UN condemns ‘callous’ attack on base in South Sudan

    The assault in the town of Leer, which lies in an oil-producing region, was repelled by Ghanaian peacekeepers.

    1921 days ago
  • South Sudanese flags flutter in Juba. Picture: AFP

    UN likely to vote Friday on South Sudan arms embargo

    Ban Ki-moon on Monday told the Security Council that he feared genocide was about to start in South Sudan unless immediate action is taken.

    2055 days ago
  • Kevin Foni with her baby. Picture: Aurelie Kalenga/EWN.

    South Sudan refugee: Intimidation by soldiers has become unbearable

    Kevin Foni was 8 months pregnant when she fled the violence in South Sudan by foot.

    2146 days ago
  • South Sudan President Salva Kiir (C), followed by Vice President James Wani Igga (2nd R), leaves the conference room as artillery fire broke out near the presidential palace in Juba on 8 July, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    UN commission lists rights concerns in conflict-riven South Sudan

    A peace deal signed in 2015 proved shaky and fresh clashes flared again in the capital in July.

    2152 days ago
  • A two-month-old girl with a severe malnutrition lays on a bed next to her mother at the Aweil State Hospital, in Aweil, Northern Bahr El-Gazhal, South Sudan. Picture: AFP.

    South Sudanese stave of death with water lilies & goat bones

    A hunger crisis affecting 4.8 million people could turn catastrophic unless aid is urgently stepped up.

    2154 days ago
  • Displaced people residing in the United Nations Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Malakal, South Sudan demonstrate against the violence in the camp in front UN police officers and a UN delegation on February 26, 2016. Picture: AFP

    UN South Sudan mission worried that rights groups harassed

    The fighting prompted the UN to authorise the deployment of the additional UN troops to bolster its mission.

    2159 days ago
  • Former Vice President of South Sudan Riek Machar. Picture: Vumani mkhize/EWN.

    Machar should not return to previous position in South Sudan - US official

    Nearly three years ago political rivalry between President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar sparked a civil war.

    2160 days ago
  • South Sudan President Salva Kiir (C), followed by Vice President James Wani Igga (2nd R), leaves the conference room as artillery fire broke out near the presidential palace in Juba on 8 July, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    South Sudan spells out unresolved UN protection force issues

    East African regional bloc IGAD pushed for a protection force and has pledged to provide troops.

    2162 days ago
  • South Sudan President Salva Kiir (C), followed by Vice President James Wani Igga (2nd R), leaves the conference room as artillery fire broke out near the presidential palace in Juba on 8 July, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    UN approves 4,000 more troops to secure peace in South Sudan capital

    The authorisation follows several days of heavy fighting involving tanks and helicopters in Juba last month.

    2186 days ago
  • A South Sudanese man walks past UN peacekeepers on 17 September 2014 in Juba. Picture: AFP.

    Tens of thousands flee South Sudan violence - UN

    Many of the refugees pouring into neighbouring countries carrying malnourished children.

    2196 days ago
  • Children play with hula hoops at the Children Friendly Space, run by Unicef. According to Unicef, South Sudan has the highest proportion of out of school children in the world. Picture: Albert Gonzalez Farran/AFP.

    At least 120 cases of sexual violence in South Sudan capital - UN

    UN said it continued to receive deeply disturbing reports of sexual violence, including rape and gang rape.

    2201 days ago
  • South Sudan President Salva Kiir (C), followed by Vice President James Wani Igga (2nd R), leaves the conference room as artillery fire broke out near the presidential palace in Juba on 8 July, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    South Sudan's president replaces his rival Machar as deputy

    Riek Machar was sworn in as first vice president only last April, eight months after a peace agreement.

    2204 days ago
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