“The flood of refugees fleeing South Sudan aren’t a big deal … many were chased away by ‘social media’ in a conspiracy against the government.” – President Salva Kiir BY ADRIAN KRIESCH | DW South Sudan has been embroiled in a violent conflict since 2013, when a split between President Salva Kiir and his former […]
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BY REUTERS Western donor nations will commit no further resources to support implementation of South Sudan’s peace deal, until East Africa’s leaders find a credible way of relaunching an agreement ripped apart by a worsening conflict. Signed in 2015, the deal collapsed when rebel leader Riek Machar, appointed First Vice President in a unity government […]
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“We have not bought arms for the last of two-three years” – Government Spokesman BY AFP South Sudan’s government is spending its oil revenue on weapons as the country descends into a famine largely caused by Juba’s military operations, according to a confidential UN report. The report seen by AFP on Friday calls for an […]
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By Al Jazeera | Upfront, Last week, the U.N. declared a famine in two counties of South Sudan, affecting more than 100,000 people, with a further million people on the brink of famine in the country. On Upfront on Al Jazeera this weekend, host Mehdi Hasan asked South Sudanese politician Rebecca Garang who is to […]
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More than 100,000 people in two counties of Unity state are starving, UN and government officials say. By BBC News, A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, the first to be announced in any part of the world in six years. The government and the United Nations report that some 100,000 people […]
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