South Sudan president sacks Upper Nile governor after clashes with ethnic militia
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked the governor of northeastern Upper Nile state where clashes have escalated ...
How South Sudan Returned to the Brink of War
An attack on a U.N. helicopter has highlighted rising tensions in the world’s youngest country, where a seven-year-old peace ...
Violence in South Sudan is rising again: what’s different this time, and how to avoid civil war
The recent outbreak of violence in South Sudan doesn’t appear to have been motivated by political directives from the country ...
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Oil-rich South Sudan 'on precipice' of new civil war
The US is evacuating non-emergency personnel from oil-rich South Sudan amid concerns that Africa’s youngest nation is again ...
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Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war grow
Civil war erupted in South Sudan in late 2013 when a rift between Kiir and Machar escalated into fighting along ethnic lines.
Airstrike kills at least 19 in South Sudan town, residents say
An airstrike by South Sudan's airforce killed at least 19 people in the country's east, residents said, less than two weeks after government forces withdrew from the area following intense fighting ...
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Unpacked: The escalating violence in South Sudan
When South Sudan’s civil war erupted in 2013, Nasir was engulfed in violence. Government troops – largely of Dinka origin – perceived the Nuer-majority town as enemy territory. Their ...
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South Sudan party partially withdraws from peace process
NAIROBI, March 18 (Reuters) - A major party in South Sudan's coalition government said ... in the 2013-2018 war against predominantly ethnic Dinka troops loyal to Kiir. The party denies the ...