UNMISS Boss: Conditions improving in South Sudan

By VOA,

The head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan said there is reason to be hopeful that the country's transitional government will succeed. D...

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U.N. condemns spate of ‘brutal’ sexual attacks in South Sudan

By Reuters,

The United Nations condemned on Sunday a wave of “brutal” sexual attacks on women and girls in the northern town of Bentiu in South Sudan which to...

south sudan , U.N

African UN Security Council members push for AU-led peacekeepers

By VOA,

A draft resolution introduced this week by the three African countries on the United Nations’ Security Council could shift peacekeeping responsibili...

Cote d’Ivoire , Equatorial Guinea , Ethiopia , United Nations

Congo health workers face violence as Ebola virus spreads

By CNN,

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to rise as violence hampers health workers' efforts to battle the...

Ebola outbreak in DRC , Ebola virus

10 South Sudan soldiers convicted of rape, murder in deadly 2016 hotel raid

By VOA,

10 soldiers from South Sudan have been convicted of rape and murder committed during a raid on a hotel in Juba two years ago. Also Read: South Sud...

Riek Machar , south sudan soldiers , U.N. peacekeepers

U.N. deploys more peacekeepers to South Sudan’s Unity state

By Reuters,

The U.N. mission in South Sudan is sending 150 peacekeepers to Unity State to protect civilians targeted in clashes between the government and rebel t...

Kiir , Machar , South Sudan Unity State , UNMISS

South Sudan Says US Sanctions Unfortunate

By VOA,

South Sudan says the United States should rethink its decision to impose sanctions on two top government officials and a former army chief accused of ...

Militias raid South Sudan’s Wau, killing at least 10, witnesses say

By Reuters,

At least 10 people were killed in the South Sudanese town of Wau on Monday, as ethnic militias went house to house searching for people from other gro...

south sudan , Wau

Over 6,000 refugees have fled South Sudan to Uganda – U.N.

By Reuters,

More than 6,000 people have fled to Uganda from Pajok in the Eastern Equatoria region of South Sudan since Monday (April 3), Babar Baloch, a U.N. refu...

U.N. denied access to South Sudan town alleged to be massacre site

By Reuters,

South Sudanese authorities are blocking United Nations peacekeepers from visiting a town where soldiers are alleged to have killed civilians including...

Two top officials in South Sudan’s military courts resign, rebuke gov’t

By Reuters,

Two top officials overseeing South Sudan's military courts have resigned, saying high-level interference made it impossible to discipline soldiers acc...

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Two top officials in South Sudan’s military courts resign, rebuke gov’t

By Lisa Kamau,

Two top officials overseeing South Sudan's military courts have resigned, saying high-level interference made it impossible to discipline soldiers acc...

military , south sudan

Head of South Sudan’s military courts resigns, rebukes government

By Reuters,

The head of South Sudan's military courts has resigned, saying high-level interference made it impossible to discipline soldiers accused of rape and m...

U.N. council fails to impose arms embargo on South Sudan

By Reuters,

The United Nations Security Council failed on Friday to adopt a U.S.-drafted resolution to impose an arms embargo and further sanctions on South Sudan...

former rebel leader Riek Machar , President Salva Kiir , south sudan , south sudan civil war

UN Peacekeepers to Stay in South Sudan Through 2017

By VOA,

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously extended its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan for another year. The U.S.-drafted resolution ...

U.N. rights expert calls for troops, court to stop South Sudan genocide

By Reuters,

World powers can stop a "Rwanda-like" genocide in South Sudan if they immediately deploy a 4,000-strong protection force across the country and set up...

KIRUKU: Juba’s too far, the wails of women and kids didn’t reach Uhuru

By Anne Kiruku,

In a highly insensitive move, Kenya has made good its threat to withdraw more than 1,000 troops from South Sudan despite the worsening security situat...

Japanese soldiers land in Juba as Kenya withdraws troops

By Reuters,

A contingent of Japanese troops landed in South Sudan on Monday, an official said - a mission that critics say could see them embroiled in their count...

south sudan , UN peacekeepers

CS Amina hopeful AU will break voting norm, appoint her commission chair

By Moses Ngugi,

Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary, Ambassador Amina Mohammed, remains optimistic that the African Heads of State will move from the traditional voting...

African geo political and economic blocs , African Heads of State , African Union commission , Ambassador Amina Mohamed , Nkosazana dlamini zuma

US wants UN to blacklist South Sudan’s Machar, Malong

By Reuters,

The United States proposed on Friday that the United Nations Security Council blacklist South Sudan opposition figure Riek Machar, South Sudan army ch...