The East African regional bloc (IGAD) said in a press release Friday that its newly appointed Special Envoy to South Sudan, Ismail Wais earlier this week held meetings in the capital, Juba to discuss issues pertaining to revitalization of the 2015 peace deal. According to IGAD,...
July 23, 2017 (JUBA) – Thousands of South Sudanese women, girls, and men, who were raped in ethnically-charged sexual attacks in the ongoing conflict are battling mental distress and stigma with nowhere to turn for help, Amnesty International said in a new report. A...
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Monday night declared a state of emergency in Gogrial, some parts of Tonj, Wau and Aweil East states for three months. The president, under the country’s transitional constitution, has powers to declare a state of emergency in consultation with the...
July 8, 2017 (JUBA) - More than two thousand children have been killed or injured, and many more have witnessed horrific violence due to the raging civil war in South Sudan, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), said. UNICEF has previously accused government forces...
Bentiu, South Sudan: Before he went blind, this broken-down old man thought he'd seen it all. Fleeing violence, those fortunate enough to reach a United Nations camp in Bentiu, South Sudan, remain caught between famine and war. James Tut Riek was three years old in 1956 when...
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At least 21 people in South Sudan’s Boma state have died of hunger within two weeks, while a large number of citizens in Jebel Boma area remain in dire humanitarian conditions due to lack of food in the area, a local official said. Speaking to Radio...
View video The ongoing war in South Sudan has seen a huge number of children recruited to fight. The UN children’s fund, UNICEF, says as many as 17,000 children are being used as soldiers by armed groups. And even when they are demobilised some cannot wait to...
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