South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, UN envoy says
The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war.
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Bishop calls for peace in South Sudan as country’s first vice president reportedly arrested
A Catholic bishop in the Africa’s youngest country has directed the people under his care to participate in daily prayers for peace amid testimonies of rising tension in South Sudan and reports ...
UN chief: World leaders must speak with one voice to prevent a new civil war in South Sudan
The United Nations chief is urging regional and international leaders to prevent South Sudan from falling “over the abyss” ...
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South Sudan and Chad condemn Sudanese general's threats to attack them
KHARTOUM - South Sudan and Chad have condemned threats made by a top Sudanese general, warning of the risk of regional escalation. In a speech on Sunday evening, Sudanese Assistant Deputy ...
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Detention of South Sudan's VP Machar cancels peace deal, his party says
US urges South Sudan to release Vice President Machar UN warns of potential resurgence of ethnic conflict Peace deal between Kiir and Machar at risk of collapse African Union, regional bloc ...
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Arrest of South Sudan VP on 'unclear charges' stokes fears of reignited civil war
Riek Machar, South Sudan's First Vice President and President Salva Kiir's enduring rival, was arrested on Wednesday on "unclear charges", marking a dramatic escalation to a weeks-long conflict ...
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Is South Sudan on the brink of another civil war?
In South Sudan, the world's youngest country ... who belonged to Machar's party. In the north of the country, violence escalated between government troops and a rebel militia, the so-called ...
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South Sudan opposition leader Riek Machar detained amid warnings of renewed civil war in world's youngest country
South Sudan's main opposition ... chairman of the SPLM-IO party (Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition). His arrest comes after fighting in the north between an armed group allied ...
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Is Sudan’s war merging with South Sudanese conflicts?
New alliances in Sudan’s civil war risk sparking a regional conflict by drawing in neighbouring South Sudan, analysts tell Al ...
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South Sudan peace deal unravels after VP's arrest
South Sudan's main opposition party said on Thursday that a 2018 peace deal that helped end the country's civil war had collapsed after party leader Riek Machar was arrested. Machar's opposition ...
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South Sudan's VP Machar says Uganda is violating arms embargo
Uganda and South Sudan's military spokespeople did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the potential violation of the arms embargo, which has been in place since July 2018. South ...
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U.N. chief: World leaders must speak with one voice to prevent a new civil war in South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief urged regional and international leaders Friday to prevent South Sudan from falling “over the abyss” into another civil war and speak with one voice ...