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Dozens killed in violence in one volatile South Sudan county | 2022-04-25 23:22:40

Violence has impeded vital medical services to the affected communities, charity says.

THE Archbishop of Cape Town, Dr Thabo Makgoba, warned at the Easter vigil in St George’s Cathedral t...

Women and girls in South Sudan battle mounting sexual violence amid conflict and climate crises

Civilians including a worker for medical charity MSF have been killed in the ongoing fighting in South Sudan’s Unity state.

The Editor–in–Chief of The Juba Monitor has been arrested for allegedly defying a court order suspending the newspaper's publication over allegations of malpractice; The United Nations World Food Program in Sudan says more than 18 million people are likely to face acute food insecurity by September 2022 due to a combined effect of conflict, economic crisis, and poor harvests; The international medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières says it is treating dozens of people who wer...

<p>April 18, 2021 (BENTIU) – A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member was among dozens of civilians killed in latest violence that erupted in Leer County of South Sudan’s Unity State on April 4, the medical charity said.</p>

A senior South Sudanese church leader is urging the newly unified command of the country’s security forces to respect the permanent ceasefire agreement signed by the parties to the 2018 peace deal; Military leaders of the SPLM-In-Opposition Kit-Gwang faction are expressing concern about delays in implementing a peace agreement they signed with the SPLM-In- government three months ago; Some lawmakers from South Sudan's Unity State legislative assembly have petitioned the national government...

Machar earlier rejected Kiir’s directive on formation of a unified military command, saying there had been no consultation.

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