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South Sudan president, ex-rebel leader agree to form a unity government: President Kiir
South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir said he and the country’s main former rebel leader reached a deal on Tuesday to form a long-delayed ... World News -
South Sudan rivals hold rare meeting as peace deal stalls
South Sudan’s president and its armed opposition leader met on Wednesday in Juba for a rare sit-down as a deadline looms for the rivals to join ... Middle East -
S.Sudan rebel leader in Juba for talks as peace deal falters
South Sudan’s exiled rebel leader Riek Machar arrived in Juba on Saturday in a bid to salvage a peace deal with less than a month to go until he ... Middle East -
Sudan declares ‘permanent ceasefire’ as peace talks hit snag
Sudan announced Wednesday a “permanent ceasefire” in the country’s war zones even as a key rebel group threatened to pull out of ... Middle East -
South Sudan jails prominent economist over media interviews
A South Sudanese court sentenced a prominent economist to two years in prison on Tuesday for disturbing the peace because he gave interviews to ... Middle East -
South Sudan’s capital shuts nightclubs
South Sudan’s capital Juba will ban all clubs and limit bar hours due to alleged “immoral acts” taking place in night spots, the ... Variety -
South Sudan president: Formation of unity government should be delayed
The president of oil-rich South Sudan said on Wednesday that the formation of a unity government should be delayed by at least a year, despite a May ... Middle East -
Bush fire destroys four villages in South Sudan, kills 33
A bush fire fanned by gusty winds has gutted four villages in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el-Ghazal region, killing 33 people, the ... Middle East -
South Sudan frees rebel chief’s associates to back peace deal
South Sudan freed two associates of rebel leader Riek Machar from prison on Friday, advancing a peace agreement to end almost five years of civil war. ... Middle East -
South Sudan rebel leader Machar arrives in capital, first time since 2016
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar returned to the capital Juba on Wednesday, according to a Reuters witness, more than two years after he fled the ... Middle East -
At least 21 killed in South Sudan plane crash
An overloaded commercial plane crashed into a lake in South Sudan on Sunday and killed 21 people, a local official said. The 19-seater commercial Baby ... Middle East -
War-torn south Sudan debates bill on extending president’s term
South Sudan has started debating a bill extending the tenure of the interim government headed by President Salva Kiir by three years at a time when it ... Middle East -
UN peacekeeping chief pleads for S. Sudan arms embargo
The council is weighing its next steps in S. Sudan after the government in Juba showed little cooperation with UN plans to deploy a 4,000-strong regional force North Africa -
Displaced South Sudanese appeal to UN to urgently send more troops
The 15-member council met with President Salva Kiir’s cabinet, religious and civil society leaders North Africa -
Rampaging South Sudan troops raped foreigners, killed local
They shot dead a local journalist while forcing the foreigners to watch, raped several foreign women, singled out Americans North Africa -
South Sudan requests $1.9 billion in aid from China
The funds will help develop oil fields and infrastructure: Foreign Minister News -
South Sudanese refugees could surpass 1 million this year
The United Nations refugee agency has called on armed groups to allow safe passage for people fleeing the latest fighting Middle East -
UN: 36,000 civilians seek shelter in South Sudan capital
Access to the UN compound is being blocked for civilians, who are trapped in churches and schools without access to water and sanitation North Africa -
South Sudan leaders order ceasefire as civil war fears grow
South Sudan’s president and vice president ordered their loyalists to cease hostilities on Monday after days of fighting threatened to plunge ... North Africa -
Peacekeepers flee as fighting enters fifth day in troubled Juba
Considerable fighting has centered around the UN base in the Jebel area, where some 30,000 civilians have taken refuge Features -
Fresh firefight in South Sudan capital
The UN runs a camp for people uprooted by the war close to where both former rebels and government soldiers are camped North Africa -
UN chief urges south Sudan’s Machar to return to Juba
Machar had been expected to return to the capital on Monday, in line with a political agreement aimed at ending the two-year war North Africa -
Death toll rises to 150 in South Sudan oil tanker blast
At least 150 people were killed in South Sudan following a fuel tanker blast on Wednesday North Africa -
Amid violence and hunger, South Sudan marks 4th birthday
South Sudan marked four years of independence from Sudan on Thursday Features -
Over 150,000 South Sudanese now sheltering in U.N. bases
The number of South Sudanese civilians sheltering in United Nations bases has risen above 150,000 for the first time in 18 months of civil war Africa -
U.N. reports October atrocities by South Sudan rebels
The fighting in Juba set off a cycle of retaliatory massacres across large swathes of the country Africa -
U.N. warns of world inaction as S. Sudan famine looms
Top U.N. aid chiefs have begged donors to increase efforts to stave off looming famine in South Sudan, where a third of the population are in crisis ... Africa -
South Sudan says contact lost with key town
The rebels said they are in control of the northeastern town of Malakal after launching an assault on Tuesday Africa -
U.S. urges removal of foreign fighters in South Sudan
Ceasefire monitors were deployed this week amid skirmishes that have continued despite the truce Middle East -
South Sudan hands most rebel detainees to Kenya
The release of all the prisoners has been a key demand of the rebels Africa