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South Sudan Rejects United Nation's Accusations Of Rape, Killing By Its Soldiers
South Sudan rejected today accusations from the UN that its soldiers had raped and killed civilians during and after ethnically-charged fighting last month in the capital Juba.
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Three Quarters Of South Sudanese Need Humanitarian Aid: UN
Three-quarters of the population of South Sudan needs humanitarian aid after four days of deadly fighting, the UN's World Food Programme director Etharin Cousin told AFP on Tuesday.
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Violence Spurs Japan To Evacuate Workers From South Sudan
Japan has urged dozens of Japanese nationals including aid workers in South Sudan's capital of Juba to leave the country and dispatched military aircraft to evacuate them amid renewed fighting in the African nation.
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UN Chief Calls For Arms Embargo, Sanctions Against South Sudan
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called Monday for an immediate arms embargo against South Sudan in response to an outbreak of heavy fighting that has left hundreds dead.
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Fighting Flares Again In South Sudan Capital After UN Demand For Restraint
Heavy fighting erupted again in South Sudan's capital on Monday a day after the UN Security Council told rivals President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar to rein in their forces and end days of violence that have left scores dead.
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All Indians In South Sudan Safe, Confirms Ambassador As Gunfight Escalates
The Indian embassy in South Sudan swung into action after direction from External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj On Twitter to provide rescue and relief to trapped Indians in a country which has turned into a war zone.
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More Than 100 Bodies Recovered From South Sudan Gunfire, Doctors Say
Soldiers have brought scores of bodies to a hospital in South Sudan's capital after gunfire erupted throughout Juba on Friday evening, a doctor at the hospital said today, as panicked residents worried of a return to civil war.
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Trump's Effect On Muslim Migrant Debate Reverberates In Heartland
After the fire, the patrons of Juba Coffee and Restaurant gathered behind yellow police tape and mourned the charred remains of a place they called their own. Dressed in hijabs and tunics and speaking their native language, the Somali refugees said they'd long been comfortable in this overwhelmingly white, Protestant city. But now they were upset a...
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Aid Reaches South Sudan War Zone but Famine Risk Remains: UN
Aid workers in war-torn South Sudan have reached one of the worst hit areas where thousands are feared dying of starvation, the United Nations said Tuesday, but warned conditions may yet worsen.
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Deaths From South Sudan Oil Truck Blast Rise to More Than 100
More than 100 people were killed in South Sudan when an oil tanker that had veered off the road exploded as a crowd tried to gather fuel from the vehicle, a regional official said on Thursday, a day after the incident.
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Patients shot dead in hospital beds: South Sudan
Sick patients in South Sudan have been shot to death in their beds and medical facilities have been looted and burned to the ground, a dangerous level of disrespect for the country's strained health care system that is forcing the aid group Doctors Without Borders to examine its operations here.
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South Sudan civilians reduced to scavengers on swamp islands
As the narrow dugout canoe glides softly across the vast swamplands around Nyal, a once sleepy town in South Sudan's Unity state, the only sound between the rhythmic plops of the paddle is silence.
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South Sudan's tale of two cities: hidden horrors in bustling capital
International flights into South Sudan's capital Juba are full, motorbikes are weaving between the bumper to bumper traffic and the shops are open.
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South Sudan to put rebel leaders on trial, risking ceasefire
South Sudan released seven rebel detainees on Thursday but vowed to put on trial key leaders accused of launching weeks of fighting, a move likely to threaten a fragile ceasefire.
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South Sudan fighting continues after ceasefire: UN
Government troops and rebels in South Sudan still fought sporadic battles after a ceasefire came into force on Friday, the United Nations said.
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South Sudan Rejects United Nation's Accusations Of Rape, Killing By Its Soldiers
South Sudan rejected today accusations from the UN that its soldiers had raped and killed civilians during and after ethnically-charged fighting last month in the capital Juba.
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Three Quarters Of South Sudanese Need Humanitarian Aid: UN
Three-quarters of the population of South Sudan needs humanitarian aid after four days of deadly fighting, the UN's World Food Programme director Etharin Cousin told AFP on Tuesday.
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Violence Spurs Japan To Evacuate Workers From South Sudan
Japan has urged dozens of Japanese nationals including aid workers in South Sudan's capital of Juba to leave the country and dispatched military aircraft to evacuate them amid renewed fighting in the African nation.
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UN Chief Calls For Arms Embargo, Sanctions Against South Sudan
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called Monday for an immediate arms embargo against South Sudan in response to an outbreak of heavy fighting that has left hundreds dead.
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Fighting Flares Again In South Sudan Capital After UN Demand For Restraint
Heavy fighting erupted again in South Sudan's capital on Monday a day after the UN Security Council told rivals President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar to rein in their forces and end days of violence that have left scores dead.
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All Indians In South Sudan Safe, Confirms Ambassador As Gunfight Escalates
The Indian embassy in South Sudan swung into action after direction from External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj On Twitter to provide rescue and relief to trapped Indians in a country which has turned into a war zone.
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More Than 100 Bodies Recovered From South Sudan Gunfire, Doctors Say
Soldiers have brought scores of bodies to a hospital in South Sudan's capital after gunfire erupted throughout Juba on Friday evening, a doctor at the hospital said today, as panicked residents worried of a return to civil war.
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Trump's Effect On Muslim Migrant Debate Reverberates In Heartland
After the fire, the patrons of Juba Coffee and Restaurant gathered behind yellow police tape and mourned the charred remains of a place they called their own. Dressed in hijabs and tunics and speaking their native language, the Somali refugees said they'd long been comfortable in this overwhelmingly white, Protestant city. But now they were upset a...
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Aid Reaches South Sudan War Zone but Famine Risk Remains: UN
Aid workers in war-torn South Sudan have reached one of the worst hit areas where thousands are feared dying of starvation, the United Nations said Tuesday, but warned conditions may yet worsen.
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Deaths From South Sudan Oil Truck Blast Rise to More Than 100
More than 100 people were killed in South Sudan when an oil tanker that had veered off the road exploded as a crowd tried to gather fuel from the vehicle, a regional official said on Thursday, a day after the incident.
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Patients shot dead in hospital beds: South Sudan
Sick patients in South Sudan have been shot to death in their beds and medical facilities have been looted and burned to the ground, a dangerous level of disrespect for the country's strained health care system that is forcing the aid group Doctors Without Borders to examine its operations here.
-
South Sudan civilians reduced to scavengers on swamp islands
As the narrow dugout canoe glides softly across the vast swamplands around Nyal, a once sleepy town in South Sudan's Unity state, the only sound between the rhythmic plops of the paddle is silence.
-
South Sudan's tale of two cities: hidden horrors in bustling capital
International flights into South Sudan's capital Juba are full, motorbikes are weaving between the bumper to bumper traffic and the shops are open.
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South Sudan to put rebel leaders on trial, risking ceasefire
South Sudan released seven rebel detainees on Thursday but vowed to put on trial key leaders accused of launching weeks of fighting, a move likely to threaten a fragile ceasefire.
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South Sudan fighting continues after ceasefire: UN
Government troops and rebels in South Sudan still fought sporadic battles after a ceasefire came into force on Friday, the United Nations said.
