U.N. Chief Disappointed by Failure of South Sudan Peace Talks

By Reuters, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday expressed deep disappointment after troubled talks to end more than a year of bloodshed in South Sudan broke off without a deal a day earlier. Friday’s adjournment was the latest impasse in negotiations over the world’s youngest country, where a political row between President Salva Kiir and […]

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African Union Blames US, UK, Norway for South Sudan Civil War

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 […]

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S. Sudan Demands Ethiopian Chief Mediator Replaced

By TesfaNews, THE South Sudan government demanded the removal of Ethiopian chief mediator Seyoum Mesfin after accusing him of pursuing “regime change” at the behest of  the Troika members of the US, UK and Norway. Government spokesman Micheal Makuei Lueth told BBC’s Focus on Africa program on Tuesday that the former Ethiopian foreign minister was […]

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South Sudan: Rebels Accuse IGAD Mediators of Bias

By Sudan Tribune, SOUTH Sudan’s armed faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM in Opposition) led by the former vice-president Riek Machar has sharply criticised the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) for what they said was its bias towards president Salva Kiir in the peace process which the regional bloc has been mediating for the […]

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Juba Accuses “Neighboring Country” of Arming Rebels

By TesfaNews, SOUTH Sudan on Monday accused an unnamed neighboring country of allegedly supporting opposition forces fighting the Juba government. The army chief of general staff, Gen. Paul Malong Awan, said there were some “unusual” movements within South Sudan’s borders, but declined to name country allegedly involved in dealing with the rebels. “We have not reached that level […]

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Rebels Slam China’s Conflicting Role in South Sudan

Violence in South Sudan may test China’s absolute commitment to non-interference in other countries’ domestic affairs By Sudan Tribune, SOUTH Sudanese armed opposition faction of the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM) under the leadership of the former vice-president, Riek Machar, has criticized the People’s Republic of China for playing contradictory roles in the South Sudan’s seven-month […]

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South Sudan Threatens to Abandon IGAD Mediation

By Press TV, The executive Secretary of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, Mahboub Maalim is quoted to have said, “Delegates for Kiir and Machar have been meeting in luxurious hotels in the Ethiopian capital since January with both sides bickering over the agenda and even the venue of discussion. Both Kiir and Machar were “stupid” […]

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