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15,000 Children Recruited To Fight In South Sudan

Kunle Atiba — Tue, 15 Dec 2015 23:28:56 +0000

Rights advocates have called on South Sudan’s government and rebel leaders to punish commanders accused of recruiting thousands of child soldiers to fight in the country’s two-year civil war. In a report released on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch named more than 15 military commanders from both the government’s Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the [...]

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South Sudan > Scores killed in Fuel Tanker Explosion

AMA — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:04:56 +0000

Officials have told our correspondent that around 100 people have died in South Sudan when a truck carrying petrol exploded. The blast on Thursday is believed to have happened when a crowd gathered to collect fuel from an oil truck that had veered off the road. The truck exploded leaving scores dead and around 50 [...]

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Exclusive Interview: Rebel Leader Riek Machar on South Sudan Peace Deal

AMA — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 02:05:13 +0000

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has signed a peace deal with rebels – more than a week after initially refusing to do so – at a ceremony in the capital Juba attended by African regional leaders. Rebel leader Riek Machar signed the accord in the Ethiopian capital last week, but Kiir had said on the [...]

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South Sudan President Salva Kiir expected to sign Peace Deal with Rebels

AMA — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 11:24:27 +0000

South Sudan President Salva Kiir is expected to sign a peace deal with rebels more than a week after refusing to do so, a presidential spokesman has said. The comments from Machar’s spokesperson come as the UN Security Council said that it would take immediate action if Kiir did not sign the agreement on Wednesday. [...]

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What’s in the deal? Agreeing to peace in South Sudan

AMA — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:25:38 +0000

By Richard Nield South Sudan’s government has failed to sign to a peace agreement to end almost two years of fighting in the fledgling country, despite securing substantial gains at the negotiating table. Despite mounting pressure on the government from the United States to sign a deal, plans to demilitarise South Sudan’s capital, Juba, remain [...]

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Sudan’s Bashir to visit Juba Monday

Ade Adewale — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 18:41:55 +0000

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…

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Face-to-face South Sudan peace talks as battles rage

Ade Adewale — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 11:58:56 +0000

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…

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South Sudan rivals to start ceasefire talks as fighting rages

Ade Adewale — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 11:40:30 +0000

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-…

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