South Sudan Seperation

South Sudan, Uganda and Amid Tensions

U.S. orders nonemergency government staff to leave South Sudan as tension grows over fighting

The U.S. State Department has ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as fighting in the north escalates.

Associated Press News on MSN · 20h

Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war grow

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy threatens a return to civil war in the east African nation.

U.S. News & World Report · 22h

Uganda Says Special Forces Deploy in South Sudan Capital Amid Tensions

Tensions have been growing in recent days in South Sudan, an oil producer, after Kiir's government detained two ministers and several senior military officials allied with Machar. One minister has since been released.

BBC · 1d

US orders non-emergency staff to leave South Sudan as tension rises

The United States has ordered all its non-emergency staff in South Sudan to leave, amid rising tensions in the country. Fighting in recent days has threatened an already fragile peace deal between President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar.

Human Rights Watch11d

South Sudan: UN Rights Council's Scrutiny Remains Crucial as the Country Stands at a Precarious Juncture

South Sudan stands at a precarious juncture as it enters another extended transitional period. The ongoing clashes between ...

UNHCR4mon

South Sudan emergency

is among more than 5,000 unaccompanied South Sudanese refugee children who have arrived in Uganda The situation in South Sudan and neighbouring countries has escalated into a full-blown ...

Sudan Tribune16d

SCoP leader warns against parallel government in Sudan

Omer Aldigair, head of the Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP), accused domestic and foreign entities of pushing for the formation of a parallel government in Sudan. He warned against underestimating the ...

Radio Tamazuj11d

South Sudan war veterans reunite with families in Eastern Equatoria

Three senior veterans of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) have been reunited with their families in Eastern ...

BBC29d

South Sudan president sacks top leaders and spy chief

The South Sudanese president has not given reasons for the latest changes in government South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has sacked two of his vice-presidents, the country's spy chief and ...

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South Sudan: Minister and general arrested in crackdown

South Sudan — a history of violence Civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013 after Kiir sacked Machar, resulting in an estimated 400,000 deaths, driving more than 2.5 million people ...

The Associated Press on MSN6d

Army surrounds South Sudan vice president's home as his allies are arrested

South Sudanese soldiers have surrounded Vice President Riek Machar’s home in the capital and several of his allies were arrested after an armed group allied to him overrun an army base ...

The New York Times5d

U.N. Helicopter Attacked as South Sudan Teeters on Brink

By Declan Walsh Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya Gunmen attacked a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a volatile part of South Sudan on Friday, killing one crew member and injuring ...

Attacks, Ugandan troops undermine South Sudan minister’s assurance of calm

The situation in South Sudan is fragile and getting worse, with growing political and military instability. The claims made ...

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