By Sudan Tribune, South Sudan President Salva Kiir has expressed disappointment with the global community for isolating his administration, claiming the young nation has been written off. “I know that many in the world community have written us off and there are many out there who believe that the situation in South Sudan will never […]
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By AFP, South Sudan President Salva Kiir signed a peace accord today to end 20 months of civil war, but also issued a list of “serious reservations“, warning the deal might not last. “The current peace we are signing today has so many things we have to reject,” Kiir said at a ceremony, witnessed by regional […]
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By RT.com, BY supporting South Sudan’s independence from Sudan, the US, UK and Norway have created conditions for the civil war, which broke out in the world’s youngest country in 2013, leaked documents from an inquiry by the African Union allege. In 2005, the US, UK, Norway and the East African trading bloc, IGAD, pushed […]
Continue ReadingBy Radio Tamazuj, South Sudan’s government headed by Salva Kiir and opposition forces led by Riek Machar have accepted a ceasefire agreement after negotiations in Addis Ababa, top sources in both Juba and the Ethiopian capital told Radio Tamazuj. Under the terms of the agreement the soldiers of both the national army and the opposition […]
Continue ReadingAfter IGAD thrown its full support behind President Salva Kiir, Ex-VP Reik Machar today said, “There’s never been a one sided approach to a ceasefire. Unless the mediators don’t really mean to bring an issue to an end.“ By Sudan Tribune, South Sudan’s former vice-president Riek Machar on Friday claimed a Ugandan-owned jet fighter bombed […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, The Eritrean Embassy in South Sudan says it is giving priority to evacuating citizens from Benitu and Unity State amid reports of escalating violence and alarming discovery of mass graves. Unconfirmed reports indicate that around 500 Eritreans taking refuge at a United Nation Peace Keeping compound in Bor along with thousands of displaced […]
Continue ReadingGeneral Peter Gadet, a Nuer and close confidant of VP Machar, today defects to complicate the security situation in Jonglei By Reuters, South Sudan’s army said it had lost control of the flashpoint town of Bor on Wednesday, its first acknowledged reversal in three days of clashes between rival groups of soldiers that have triggered […]
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