Explosions and sustained heavy gunfire were heard in South Sudan’s Western Bahr el Ghazal state capital of Wau on Saturday (26) after senior government military officers and troops have defected and fled into the bush to join rebel forces led by Riek Machar. By Sudan Tribune, SENIOR army officers who mutinied on Saturday in Western Bahr el […]
Continue ReadingMore than 200 people sheltering inside mosque killed after rebels ousted government troops, according to UN investigators By Mike Pflanz, HUNDREDS of civilians, including women and children, were massacred in ethnic violence when rebels seized an oil-rich town in South Sudan, in the single worst atrocity since the conflict began. Armed troops loyal to the former vice-president […]
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 […]
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