South Sudan News
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Thousands of South Sudanese hiding out in malaria-infested swamps will die unless the government allows humanitarian aid in, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Friday. In early May, some 120,000 people fled into the bush because of fighting between the government and rebels in South Sudan's troubled Jonglei state. MSF said the army has refused to allow
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Juba — "Our daughters are our only source of wealth. Where else do you expect me to get cows from?" asks 60-year-old Jacob Deng from South Sudan's Jonglei State. Deng's attitude is a widespread one here as the practice of child marriage is still supported in many South Sudanese communities, where girls are seen as a source of wealth because
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Juba, South Sudan — South Sudan President Salva Kiir said Thursday that he would "never accept" the International Criminal Court. He spoke during a visit from new Kenyan president and ICC indictee Uhuru Kenyatta, who pledged the creation of roads, rail and pipelines to deepen economic ties between Kenya and the new nation. It was Uhuru Kenyatta's first visit to
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Juba - South Sudan's military spokesperson says 24 people were killed and dozens wounded during a battle between government troops and rebels who had overrun a town. Colonel Philip Aguer said Monday that a battle in Jonglei state on Sunday killed 20 rebel fighters and four government troops. Aguer said the army recaptured the town of Boma, near the border
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Kapoeta - South Sudanese soldiers have looted UN stores and charities in troubled Jonglei state where the government has been battling rebels for a year, humanitarian sources told AFP on Sunday. They said uniformed men ransacked and looted a hospital and premises of French aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The men also "flattened" premises of the Italian aid agency
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Renk — George Malual Deng, 24, has spent two years stuck in a transit site waiting to return to his home in South Sudan's Jonglei state. He is among 20,000 people who have made a home of sorts in the river port of Renk, waiting for a barge to take them further south. When he began his journey from Khartoum,
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for calm in Abyei, an area contested by Sudan and South Sudan, following the killing of a top tribal chief and a UN peacekeeper from the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), as tensions in the area reportedly remain high today. "Secretary-General strongly condemns the killing of the Ngok Dinka Paramount Chief
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Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir can expect a "warm welcome" when he arrives in South Sudan on Friday for talks with his counterpart Salva Kiir, official media said as tensions ease after last year's border clashes. Bashir will be making his first journey over the disputed frontier since he attended South Sudan's independence celebrations on 9 July 2011, following a near-unanimous
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The United States on Friday warned of a dangerous increase in tensions on the undemarcated border between Sudan and South Sudan after reports of clashes between the two sides. Washington is “deeply concerned” by the reported incidents in disputed border areas between South Sudan’s Upper Nile state and Sudan’s Blue Nile, the US embassy in Khartoum said. These included “reports
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More than 100 people have died in the past six months in a worsening outbreak of hepatitis E among refugees in South Sudan, the UN's refugee agency warned on Friday. "Hepatitis E is endemic in the region, but among refugees has contaminated 6 017 people and led to 111 deaths since July," the UN High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman Adrian
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Juba - A tension-filled showdown in the middle of a market town between rebels and South Sudan's military led to the deaths of four civilians and at least 2 000 people seeking refuge with the UN, officials said on Monday. The fighting took place on Sunday in Pibor, where government forces have been trying to stamp out a rebellion led
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Ghana midfielder Agyemang Badu is the first player to score at the Orange 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The Udinese midfielder was on the end of a Kwadwo Asamoah cross on 40 minutes to beautifully slot the ball home to give Ghana the lead in their opening Group B game taking place in Port Elizabeth on Sunday. This is his
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The opening match of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, SOUTH AFRICA 2013 pits the host country against newcomer Cape Verde. The Bafana Bafana have every intention to hold their ground and overcome the small country’s team, but they know the Cape Verde players have nothing to lose. The huge Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg will once again host a
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Juba - A UN helicopter crashed on Friday in South Sudan, claiming the lives of four crew members, a spokesperson said. "The helicopter was not carrying any passengers," Liam McDowall told AFP, adding that an investigation had been opened into the cause of the crash. He said the crash occurred in Jonglei state, in the east of the country. It
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Juba - At least 30 people were killed and dozens wounded in a cattle raid between warring communities in South Sudan, the latest in a string of bloody clashes between rival ethnic groups, officials said on Wednesday. Youths armed with automatic rifles from the Dinka Gok ethnic group in Lakes state marched for around eight hours to attack a rival
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Juba - Women and children are increasingly targeted in a surge of violence in South Sudan's Jonglei state, riven by ethnic killings, a rebellion and an army crackdown, Doctors Without Borders said on Tuesday. "Tens of thousands of men, women and children have been repeatedly attacked, killed and displaced, with devastating impacts on their lives," the report by the medical
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South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has said the restarting of oil production crucial to the fledgling nation's economy is stalled after rival Sudan made further demands. Kiir, speaking Tuesday during the ceremonial laying of a foundation stone of a new oil refinery in Upper Nile state, said that former civil war enemies in Khartoum wanted Juba to denounce old comrades
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JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan ordered oil companies to restart production Thursday and officials said oil export could resume in about 90 days, ending a nearly nine-month shutdown following a dispute with Sudan over borders and oil. Sudanese President Salva Kiir and his Sudanese counterpart President Omar al Bashir signed an agreement last month in the Ethiopian capital
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Juba - South Sudan's parliament ratified a border and oil deal with Sudan on Tuesday intended to settle issues that brought the countries close to resuming their two-decade civil war and allow the South to revive its vital crude oil exports. The deal, which Sudan's parliament is still debating, defuses some of the unresolved issues left over from Sudan's division
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Juba - To fight a backlog of court cases in this poor and rural country, South Sudan plans to introduce mobile courts, a response to criticism that that some defendants have languished in prison for five years without trial. Chief Justice Chan Reech, who announced the new initiative this week, said that police often fail to fully investigate reported crimes,
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Nairobi - South Sudanese soldiers have killed, raped and tortured civilians in the troubled eastern state of Jonglei, threatening to derail already fragile peace efforts there, the United Nations warned on Friday. "The majority of the victims are women, and in some cases children," the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said in a statement, calling for "immediate action
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu has accused Britain of neglecting its human-rights duties over a case brought by Kenyans allegedly abused by British colonial officials in the 1950s, The Times reported Monday. The case of three elderly Kenyans who claim to have been tortured during the Mau Mau uprising begins at London's High Court on Monday. Britain contends it is not legally
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Johannesburg — The proposed purchase of a new Boeing 777 jet for President Jacob Zuma will not go ahead as the Unites States manufacturer's offer lapsed three weeks ago, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Friday. She told reporters in Pretoria the procurement process was cancelled when the offer to purchase expired on June 15, three days after she replaced
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Press freedom in the world's newest nation South Sudan risks becoming as restricted as it is in arch-rival Sudan, from whom the South split last year after years of repression, Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday. With heavy-handed security, self-censorship and lack of legal protection, South Sudanese journalists commonly face "violence and intimidation" including detention and beatings, the press rights group
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South African President Jacob Zuma wrapped up key policy talks by the ruling ANC Friday calling for radical change to speed up economic transformation and correct past inequalities. Zuma told delegates at the close of the African National Congress meeting that the "conference has endorsed the need for a radical economic and social transformation programme". He said that "despite major
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