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REGIONAL PROTECTION FORCE

12th September, 2016 1100

reuters.com

SOUTH SUDAN DESCENDED INTO CIVIL WAR AFTER KIIR DISMISSED MACHAR AS HIS DEPUTY IN 2013.

U.N. to report next month on reaction to South Sudan hotel attack...

23rd August, 2016 0

U.N. APPROVES BIG INCREASE IN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN SOUTH SUDAN

Camp for displaced civilians in Malakal in South Sudan...

SOUTH SUDANESE CIVILIANS

13th August, 2016 102

sbs.com.au

CIVIL WAR ERUPTED IN SOUTH SUDAN ONLY TWO YEARS AFTER IT GAINED INDEPENDENCE IN 2011.

It's been five years since South Sudan gained independence and yet it remains in a state of turmoil...

10th August, 2016 23

THE UNITED STATES HAS RECOMMENDED THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORISE A FORCE OF 4,000 PEACEKEEPERS FOR SOUTH SUDAN'S CAPITAL JUBA AFTER A RECENT OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE.

US proposes an extra 4,000 peacekeepers for South Sudan...

8th August, 2016 13

UN OVER 100 SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES IN SOUTH SUDAN'S JUBA

Salva kiir and riek machar south sudan's shaky peace...

VICE PRESIDENT RIEK MACHAR

28th July, 2016 73

THE TWO MEN, 36-YEAR-OLD KUR AYUEN KOU AND 30-YEAR-OLD BANKER ANYANG MAJOK AYUEN, RETURNED TO SOUTH SUDAN DURING THE 2011 REFERENDUM.

Australian dual nationals face life in South Sudanese prison...

23rd July, 2016 10

MORE THAN 300 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE LATEST CLASHES BETWEEN FORCES LOYAL TO SOUTH SUDAN'S PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR AND HIS RIVAL, VICE PRESIDENT RIEK MACHAR.

He did not say if Uganda would take any more concrete action against the plan for South Sudan, which declared independence from Sudan five years ago...

NEIGHBOUR SOUTH SUDAN

18th July, 2016 17

washingtonpost.com

HUNGER AND CHILD ABANDONMENT IN NORTH SOUTH SUDAN

South Sudan Renewed fighting in Wau forces exodus Alalla Koka, one of the children living at the mosque, doesn't know her exact age...

14th July, 2016 107

INJURED CHINESE PEACEKEEPERS IN S.SUDAN VIOLENCE AIRLIFTED TO UGANDA FOR TREATMENT

Injured Chinese peacekeepers in S.Sudan violence airlifted to Uganda for treatment 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn...

14th July, 2016 0

US SENDS 47 TROOPS TO SOUTH SUDAN AMID OUTBREAK OF DEADLY VIOLENCE

The combat-ready troops arrived in South Sudan on Tuesday...

14th July, 2016 43

JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN -- AFTER A WEEKEND OF SUDDEN BLOODSHED, AN UNEASY CALM HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTH SUDAN'S CAPITAL.

Cease-Fire Appears to Hold in South Sudans Capital Juba...

13th July, 2016 97

'TENSE CALM' IN SOUTH SUDAN, 36,000 DISPLACED FOLLOWING HEAVY FIGHTING - UN

Officials from First Vice President Riek Machar's side say he is ready for talks with his rival, Salva Kiir...

12th July, 2016 9

usatoday.com

POST TO FACEBOOK U.N. 36,000 PEOPLE DISPLACED IN SOUTH SUDAN U.N.

UNITED NATIONS AP -- The United Nations says about 36,000 people have been displaced since fighting began in South Sudan last week...

SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI

JUBA

12th July, 2016 7

chinadaily.com.cn

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON ON MONDAY CONDEMNED THE KILLING OF TWO CHINESE PEACEKEEPERS IN RENEWED FIGHTING BETWEEN SOUTH SUDAN'S RIVAL ARMY FACTIONS IN CAPITAL JUBA.

Un chief slams killing of two un chinese peacekeepers in south sudan fighting...

12th July, 2016 6

HOWEVER, LOYALTIES AND OBLIGATIONS ARE COMPLICATED IN SOUTH SUDAN AND DO NOT ALWAYS FOLLOW ETHNIC LINES.

Both Kiir, 64, and Machar, 63, emerged from the 22-year war fought by South Sudan against the government of Sudan in Khartoum...

12th July, 2016 41

SALVA KIIR HAS ORDERED HIS SPLA ARMY TO OBSERVE A CEASEFIRE IN SOUTH SUDAN.

South Sudan's leaders announce ceasefire as UN calls for arms embargo on the country...

JUBA

12th July, 2016 7

www.cbc.ca

OCHALLA SAID HE'S DISAPPOINTED SOUTH SUDAN'S INDEPENDENCE DAY WAS MARRED BY FIGHTING AND FEARS IT COULD WORSEN.

'A tent cannot stop a bullet' 8 killed and dozens injured at UN camp in South Sudan...

STEPHEN AFFEAR OCHALLA

12th July, 2016 58

smh.com.au

SOUTH SUDAN CLASHES UPROOT THOUSANDS AS UN CHIEF BAN KI-MOON CALLS FOR ARMS EMBARGO

Yet again, the leaders of South Sudan have failed their people, Mr Ban said...

11th July, 2016 6

SOUTH SUDAN GROUP FREES 19 ETHIOPIAN CHILDREN ONE MONTH AFTER CROSS-BORDER RAID

Some 19 Ethiopian children kidnapped by an armed South Sudanese group nearly a month ago have been freed following negotiations with their captors...

11th July, 2016 6

SOUTH SUDAN FEARS RETURN TO CIVIL WAR AS HEAVY FIGHTING ERUPTS ANEW IN JUBA, THOUSANDS FLEE

South Sudan is trying to emerge from a two-year civil war caused by political rivalry between Vice President Riek Machar and President Salva Kiir...

11th July, 2016 1

SOUTH SUDAN 'BACK TO WAR', SAYS VP RIEK MACHAR'S SPOKESMAN

Friday's exchanges were apparently sparked by a shootout between Mr Kiir's and Mr Machar's bodyguards...

10th July, 2016 1226

DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN CLASHES IN SOUTH SUDAN'S CAPITAL JUBA, MILITARY, MEDICAL AND JOURNALISTIC SOURCES SAY.

Dozens of people have been killed in clashes in South Sudan's capital Juba, military, medical and journalistic sources have said...

9th July, 2016 354

Trending News Headlines : South Sudan

SOUTH SUDANESE OFFICIALS WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT.

Minister says troops may cross border to pursue assailants after deadly raid in Ethiopia's Gambela region...

18th April, 2016 5564

MALAKAL SOUTH SUDAN IN PLACES WHERE THE FIGHTING IS FIERCEST NO ONE IS EVEN ATTEMPTING TO COUNT THE DEAD.

MALAKAL, South Sudan -- In places where the fighting is fiercest, no one is even attempting to count the dead...

23rd June, 2015 4415

OBAMA IN ETHIOPIA PLANS TO ADDRESS SOUTH SUDAN CONFLICT

ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia For President Obama the birth of South Sudan four years ago was the capstone of his Africa policy...

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

27th July, 2015 1770

ABC ONLINE UN FEARS HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN KIDNAPPED IN SOUTH SUDAN FOR USE BY ARMED FORCES 2 HRS AGO

South Sudan is in a state of civil war with forces loyal to President Salva Kiir pitted against rebels led by former Vice-President Riek Machar...

1st March, 2015 1531

SOUTH SUDAN FAMINE WARNING LIVING ON GRASS AND LEAVES

Four million people in South Sudan are at risk of famine, according to the United Nations...

9th November, 2015 1129

DOZENS KILLED IN CARGO PLANE CRASH IN SOUTH SUDAN ALONG NILE

It is common in South Sudan for friends and family members of soldiers or flight crew members to squeeze on board cargo flights for quick transport...

4th November, 2015 796

ETHIOPIAN OFFICIALS HAVE BLAMED MURLE TRIBESMEN FROM SOUTH SUDAN FOR A SERIES OF DEADLY ATTACKS ON ETHIOPIAN VILLAGES IN GAMBELA.

It is also home to Ethiopian and South Sudanese rebels who periodically attack government buildings and soldiers...

21st April, 2016 744

SOUTH SUDANS PRESIDENT SIGNS PEACE DEAL WITH REBELS

In its report to the United Nations, the panel found that both the government and rebels had devoted vast resources to the conflict...

26th August, 2015 710

UNITED NATIONS -- THE UNITED STATES MAY HAVE MIDWIFED THE BIRTH OF SOUTH SUDAN, THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST NATION.

Crucial to the effectiveness of these measures are South Sudan's neighbors, including Uganda and Ethiopia, which have ties to the rival parties...

3rd March, 2015 647

'WOMEN ARE UNDER A LOT OF DOMESTIC PRESSURE'

A society will progress only when we count on both men and women...

1st December, 2015 582

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

IN SOUTH SUDAN CITY OF HOPE IS NOW CITY OF FEAR

There's massive access constraints, roadblocks everywhere, widespread extortion, said Jonathan Veitch, head of Unicef's South Sudan office...

12th March, 2016 506

RAPE AND CANNIBALISM CITED AMONG SOUTH SUDANS HORRORS

Just last week, United Nations agencies warned of an impending famine in areas that continue to be racked by conflict...

29th October, 2015 453

bbc.com

SOUTH SUDAN'S PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR HAS MADE A PREVIOUSLY UNANNOUNCED VISIT TO UGANDA, ESPECIALLY TO MEET POPE FRANCIS.

Pope Francis urges Kenyans to unite and take a stand against the destructive effects of tribalism by asking a stadium of people to hold hands...

27th November, 2015 285

washingtonpost.com

SAYS SOUTH SUDANESE SOLDIERS GANG-RAPED GIRLS AND THEN BURNED THEM ALIVE ON SUNDAY, SOUTH SUDAN'S PRESIDENT SAID CRITICAL JOURNALISTS COULD BE KILLED.

(Emre Rende/Reuters) South Sudan, the world's newest country, has announced it will not celebrate its independence day this year...

1st July, 2016 210

I CANNOT HELP MY CHILDREN BECAUSE SOUTH SUDAN IS AT WAR AND IN A MESS.

As a woman in South Sudan, we are suffering because when we try to help our children, men can rape and kill us...

21st July, 2015 201

OBAMA AND AFRICAN LEADERS TO CONSIDER SANCTIONS IN SOUTH SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR

US president and top officials from Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Sudan to consider a??plan Ba?? to address conflict, including possible arms embargo...

26th July, 2015 194

MOI'S KILLING CAME JUST A DAY AFTER PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR ANNOUNCED THAT JOURNALISTS WHO REPORTED AGAINST THE COUNTRY WOULD BE TARGETED.

South sudan's media crackdown is an ominous sign for its brittle peace...

11th September, 2015 185

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA -- GUNMEN HAVE KILLED MORE THAN 140 CIVILIANS NEAR ETHIOPIA'S WESTERN BORDER WITH SOUTH SUDAN, AN ETHIOPIAN OFFICIAL SAID ON SATURDAY.

It is also home to armed Ethiopian and South Sudanese groups that attack government installations and soldiers...

16th April, 2016 178

SOUTH SUDAN WORLD'S NEWEST NATION 'NEEDS INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT'

Divisions are also apparent among South Sudan's neighbours, notably between Uganda, which backs Kiir, and President Omar al-Bashir's Sudan, the SPLM's old enemy...

15th December, 2015 149

CONFLICT-TORN SOUTH SUDAN

THE ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT MENTION THE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN SOUTH SUDAN THAT HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTED BY UNITED NATIONS INVESTIGATORS.

The United Nations envoy on sexual violence in conflicts, Zainab Bangura, has spoken of rampant sexual violence, including rapes of children, in South Sudan...

12th March, 2016 148

SOLDIERS LOYAL TO PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR BEGAN FIGHTING THOSE SERVING HIS RIVAL FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT RIEK MACHAR.

I m tired of lo sing my people south sudan's refugees on four years of independence...

10th July, 2015 146

UN CHIEF URGES SOUTH SUDAN RIVALS TO RESPECT PEACE DEAL

Ban Ki-moon calls on South Sudan leaders to rebuild mutual trust and turn attention to country's humanitarian crisis...

UN

26th February, 2016 74

SWEARING-IN CEREMONY FOLLOWS MACHAR'S ARRIVAL IN JUBA AFTER UN DEAL ENDED HIS 28-MONTH CONFLICT WITH PRESIDENT KIIR.

After landing at the Juba International Airport on Tuesday, Machar was inaugurated as first Vice President of South Sudan by President Salva Kiir...

27th April, 2016 72

MSF OPERATES 18 HEALTH-CARE PROJECTS IN SOUTH SUDAN, INCLUDING IN BENTIU.

Civilians in South Sudan not protected by UN peacekeepers, Doctors Without Borders tells Guardian...

MéDECINS SANS FRONTIèRES

15th December, 2015 71

LAST YEAR 12,000 CHILDREN WERE USED AS SOLDIERS BY ARMED FORCES AND GROUPS ACROSS SOUTH SUDAN, ACCORDING UNICEF.

Watchdog groups have accused South Sudan's warring factions of recruiting and using child soldiers...

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN

22nd February, 2015 56

theage.com.au

SOUTH SUDANESE FLOW INTO UGANDA DESPITE PEACE DEAL

It is one of her few pieces of clothing, bought for her incongruously in South Sudan...

INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSON

REFUGEES

13th September, 2015 45

SOUTH SUDAN STRUGGLES TO COLLECT TAXES AFTER YEARS OF WAR

But the government of South Sudan, the world's youngest country, has long been driven by personalities, not by policies...

30th May, 2016 45

FOR CHILDREN OF WAR-TORN SOUTH SUDAN, EDUCATION IS A RARITY

Half the school-age population in South Sudan doesna??t attend school, according to UNICEF...

27th April, 2016 39

SOUTH SUDANESE FLOW INTO UGANDA DESPITE PEACE DEAL

It is one of her few pieces of clothing, bought for her incongruously in South Sudan...

INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSON

REFUGEES

12th September, 2015 34

independent.co.uk

HASSAN AL-TURABI DEAD RADICAL WHO INVITED OSAMA BIN LADEN TO SUDAN IS BURIED

Radical who invited Bin Laden to Sudan is buried...

7th March, 2016 30

Related News Headlines : South Sudan

ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

CIVIL WAR

chinadaily.com.cn

UN EVACUATES FOURTH CHINESE PEACEKEEPER INJURED IN SOUTH SUDAN TO UGANDA

UN evacuates fourth Chinese peacekeeper injured in South Sudan to Uganda 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn...

UN

15th July, 2016 3

euronews.com

FOREIGN EVACUEES DESCRIBE VIOLENCE IN SOUTH SUDAN CAPITAL JUBA

Evacuees from South Sudan have been arriving in the Kenyan capital Nairobi following days of violence and tension in Juba...

UNITED NATIONS

VICE-PRESIDENT RIEK MACHAR

KENYAN CAPITAL NAIROBI

14th July, 2016 6

PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR AND FORMER REBEL LEADER, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT RIEK MACHAR, DECLARED SEPARATE CEASE-FIRES MONDAY NIGHT.

Several hundred people have already been killed, including civilians seeking refuge...

13th July, 2016 0

IN SEVERAL PAST EMERGENCIES, UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS IN SOUTH SUDAN HAVE BEEN OUTNUMBERED AND DID NOT STOP MASSACRES.

A group of soldiers loyal to Mr. Kiir stopped a vehicle carrying a group of soldiers loyal to Mr. Machar, a senior United Nations official said...

VICE PRESIDENT RIEK MACHAR

12th July, 2016 190

reuters.com

PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR IS DETERMINED TO CARRY ON HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH RIEK MACHAR.

South Sudan leaders order ceasefire as civil war fears grow...

11th July, 2016 394

RENEWED FIGHTING IN ONE OF SOUTH SUDAN'S LARGEST CITIES, WAU, HAS FORCED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO FLEE.

South Sudan erupted into civil war in 2013 when President Salva Kiir sacked his deputy Riek Machar barely two years after it seceded from Sudan...

VICE PRESIDENT RIEK MACHAR

11th July, 2016 165

VICE-PRESIDENT RIEK MACHAR

INTERACTIVE HOW FAR HAS SOUTH SUDAN COME SINCE INDEPENDENCE?

SOUTH SUDAN CLASHES ERUPT IN JUBA HOURS AFTER UN PLEA

It also called for additional peacekeepers to be sent to South Sudan...

11th July, 2016 317

FORCES LOYAL TO VICE-PRESIDENT RIEK MACHAR SAY GOVERNMENT TROOPS SUPPORTING PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR ATTACKED THEIR POSITIONS IN THE CAPITAL, JUBA.

The UN Security Council calls on warring factions in South Sudan to end the recent fighting and prevent the spread of violence...

11th July, 2016 238

AS TENSIONS IN SOUTH SUDAN ESCALATE, WE MEET PRESIDENT SALVA KIIR AND FIRST VICE PRESIDENT RIEK MACHAR.

First Vice President Riek Machar Chapter seven will be implemented by establishing three insitutions...

RIEK MACHAR