UN Fury After Peacekeepers Gunned Down
Two Ethiopian UN peacekeepers were killed in South Sudan as the Security Council, India and António Guterres demanded accountability amid worsening insecurity and violence…reports
Funding crisis puts 650,000 South Sudan refugees at risk
More than 650,000 refugees and asylum seekers in South Sudan face the loss of vital food and nutrition assistance amid severe funding shortages….reports Asian
‘South Sudan on brink of new war’
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk says peace deal risks collapse as nearly 2,000 civilians killed this year…reports Asian Lite News South
Civilian casualties mount in South Sudan
The fighting has uprooted some 65,000 people within South Sudan in the past three months and sent more than 100,000 others fleeing into four
Germany closes its embassy in South Sudan
South Sudan has been plagued by political instability and violence since it gained independence from Sudan in 2011 The German government said Saturday that
South Sudan revokes suspension of UN radio station
The radio station was shut down in March 2018 over non-compliance with local media laws….reports Asian Lite News South Sudan’s media regulator has lifted
South Sudan appeals for more humanitarian aid amid influx of returnees
South Sudan is currently hosting more than 150,000 returnees and refugees, 90 per cent of whom fled to Sudan during the conflicts in South
Recent clashes undermining permanent truce in South Sudan
The recent intensified fighting in South Sudan’s Unity and Upper Nile states between the parties to the 2018 revitalised peace agreement is undermining efforts
South Sudan’s main opposition agrees to resume security mechanisms
The parties also signed an agreement on the structure of a unified army command that will be in charge of the 83,000 unified forces
South Sudan parties in discussion to end security stalemate
South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his First Vice President Riek Machar are holding discussions to end the deadlock over the security arrangements, a
