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More than 800 people have been displaced in the area of Minyori in Yei River County following clashes between SPLA-IO and NAS forces over the past three days in defiance of the signed peace deal. It remains unclear what caused the violent clashes between the two armed opposition groups: one loyal
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President Salva Kiir has ordered the army and security organs to fully observe the ceasefire agreement which still faces some breaches in Unity and Equatoria 13 days after the signing of the revitalized peace agreement. Kiir made his directive during a meeting of the National Security Council at the presidency in
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A South Sudanese refugee man was confirmed dead at a prison facility in Lodwar Town of Turkana County in Kenya. A family member reportedly told Radio Tamazuj that the late identified as Simon Uyowa Wilson died in the prison last week while serving a jail term for raping a 3-year old
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The investigative initiative to counter the financing of conflict and mass atrocities in Africa, The Sentry, said a South Sudanese general hit by United Nations sanctions was able to travel to China without a waiver. According to the group, the general who is now the South Sudanese army chief of staff
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For the third consecutive year, South Sudan has been classified as the most violent context for aid workers, reflecting a chaotic situation and an atmosphere of impunity for armed actors. In its latest report covering the violence against humanitarian actors across the world in 2018, the Britain based Humanitarian Outcomes group
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South Sudan’s Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) Thursday passed a bill extending the mandate of President Salva Kiir and the legislature for three additional years. President Kiir’s current term which had been extended for three years in July 2015, terminates next August. The government initially threatened to hold elections if the opposition
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SPLM-IO rebel leader, Dr. Riek Machar, would be reinstated in his position as South Sudan’s First Vice President, announced El-Dirdeiry Mohamed Ahmed the Sudanese Foreign Minister on Saturday Kampala. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni hosted Presidents Omer al-Bashir and Salva Kiir and former South Sudanese President Riek Machar. The leaders of the
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The main armed opposition group in South Sudan Monday renewed accusations against the government forces saying they are preparing to carry out against their positions in the Yei River State. The strategic state which borders Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been the theatre of continued clashes between
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For the second day since the beginning of permanent ceasefire, reports about bloody clashes continue to emerge from different areas in South Sudan especially Northern Upper Nile and Yei River states. The SPLA-IO rebels are accused of carrying out an attack on Bangketa village in Maban County of Northern Upper Nile
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Paul Malong Awan former South Sudanese army chief of staff, said he is not interested in a position but the departure of President Salva Kiir from power, saying the latter has overstayed his worth. According to a statement dated on 8 June 2018, Malong’s spokesperson said Kiir has failed his mandate
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