Rights advocates have called on South Sudan’s government and rebel leaders to punish commanders accused of recruiting thousands of child…
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Officials have told our correspondent that around 100 people have died in South Sudan when a truck carrying petrol exploded.…
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has signed a peace deal with rebels – more than a week after initially refusing…
South Sudan President Salva Kiir is expected to sign a peace deal with rebels more than a week after refusing…
By Richard Nield South Sudan’s government has failed to sign to a peace agreement to end almost two years of…
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir will visit South Sudan Monday, state radio said, as negotiators in Ethiopia prepared formal ceasefire talks over three weeks of fighting in the world’s youngest country. Radio Omdurman said Sunday that Bashir would meet…
Face-to-face peace talks between South Sudan’s warring factions are set to begin in earnest Sunday, with artillery fire in Juba’s government district underlining the risk of a slide into all-out civil war. US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday…
South Sudan’s warring parties were on Wednesday due to start talks aimed at ending more than two weeks of bloodshed but rebel leader Riek Machar has warned his forces will keep fighting until a ceasefire deal is reached. Machar has rejected face-to-…