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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.
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US to reevaluate South Sudan ties after unity govt deadline passes
US State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said the US would also seek 'to establish a new paradigm to achieve peace and a successful political transition in South Sudan' with others in the region.
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Pope wants to visit South Sudan next year, urges unity govt
Francis spoke of the crisis in the world’s youngest country three days after its president and a former rebel leader agreed to delay forming a unity government for 100 days beyond the 12 November deadline, which itself was an extension of an original deadline last May.
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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 peace talks resume after deadlock
The talks between the new government in Khartoum and rebels who fought now ousted president Omar al-Bashir's forces in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan states, are being mediated by South Sudan - a former foe still struggling to end its own war.
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South Sudan says renegotiating oil deal with Sudan
South Sudan said Monday it was renegotiating an oil deal with Khartoum, as it will not meet a December deadline to finish paying $3 billion (€2.7 billion) agreed as compensation for the oil-rich nation's 2011 secession.
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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 parties agree to form interim govt by 12 November
South Sudan descended into war in 2013 when President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy and fellow former rebel leader Riek Machar of plotting a coup.
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New roads for S.Sudan after MPs pass $1.6 bln budget
The country plunged into war in 2013 and the conflict has devastated the economy, but a peace deal signed in September 2018 has led to the revival of the oil industry.
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South Sudan activists ramp up pressure for unity government
The Civil Society Forum marked the beginning of a 90-day countdown to the November deadline for the ruling party and opposition to form a government.
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Sudan generals, protest leaders, meet rebel chiefs in S.Sudan
The meeting followed an agreement on Thursday between protest leaders and their rebel partners to end their differences over the accord signed with Sudan's military rulers earlier this month.
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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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SA will not see benefit of oil exploration deal with South Sudan anytime soon
If South Sudan’s power-sharing government, delayed by a further six months, does not materialise, the R14.5 billion deal with South Africa could evaporate.
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Bush fire razes four villages in South Sudan, kills 33
The spokesman said in a statement late on Monday that 60 other people were in a critical condition after the fire on Sunday and the death toll was expected to rise.
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South Sudan says agrees oil exploration deal with South Africa
The Exploration Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) for Block B2 will be signed by Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum and Jeff Radebe, South Africa’s Minister of Energy, the ministry said in a statement.
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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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In South Sudan, illness is as deadly as war
After being given medication he lies fast asleep, naked and feverish, attached to a drip, his anxious mother sitting on the bed next to him.
