NAIROBI, Kenya — Few countries have invested as much goodwill and diplomatic energy in the birth of South Sudan as the United States. And few presidents have tied their legacies more tightly to the fledgling nation than George W. Bush, for whom the…
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South Sudanese troops fought Sunday to win back the key oil town of Malakal from rebels loyal to sacked vice president Riek Machar, the army said, a day after reclaiming the strategic town of Bor. The army said its troops were launching an offensive…
WASHINGTON, January 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — RemarksJohn KerrySecretary of StateWashington, DCJanuary 17, 2014Egypt’s turbulent experiment in participatory democracy…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, January 19, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU),…
Officials are to announce on Saturday the results of a constitutional referendum likely to set the stage for a presidential bid by the army chief who toppled Egypt’s first freely elected head of state. Initial tallies suggest this week’s two-day referendum…
JUBA, South Sudan, January 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Thousands of people are at risk of being left without…
NEW YORK, January 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Humanitarian Chief and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos,…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Thousands of people have been displaced by renewed fighting in Unity…
GENEVA, Switzerland, January 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Fighting in South Sudan has turned into a horrifying humanitarian and…
A top UN rights envoy in South Sudan said child soldiers are fighting in the more than month-long conflict, with mass killings reported to have taken place. “The reports that we have come across involve mass killings, extrajudicial killings, widespread…