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S. Sudan troops tried for rape, murder in Juba compound attack
JUBA — A South Sudan military court on Tuesday opened the trial of 13 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers and murdering a local journalist during fighting in Juba last July. The chilling attack cast a spotlight on atrocities by ...
UN begs for cash as thousands starve in war-torn South Sudan
JUBA — The United Nations warned Tuesday it had received just two percent of the cash needed for South Sudan, a day after experts said 40,000 people are being starved to death. Some war-zone areas are on the brink of famine. "If we ...
At least 27 dead in S.Sudan air crash
JUBA — At least 27 people were killed Wednesday when a plane crashed shortly after taking off from South Sudan's capital Juba, an AFP reporter said. Police were pulling the bodies of men, women and children out of the wreckage of the ...
13 UN hostages freed in South Sudan: UN
JUBA — Thirteen United Nations workers in South Sudan kidnapped by rebels have been safely freed a week after their abduction, the UN said on Monday. Around 100 rebel fighters, who have been battling the government for almost two years, seized ...
Death toll in S. Sudan blast hits 182
JUBA — The death toll in South Sudan from the explosion of a fuel truck this week has risen to 182, a regional official said on Friday. The blast occurred on Wednesday as crowds gathered around the tanker to gather fuel ...
100 killed in South Sudan blast
    JUBA — Over 100  people were killed in South Sudan when a crowd tried to gather fuel from an oil tanker that had veered off the road on its way to a region west of the capital Juba, the presidential ...
S. Sudan denies attacking rebels, calls for truce monitors
JUBA — South Sudan’s army on Tuesday called for international monitors to observe a ceasefire, as it rejected repeated rebel claims of heavy battles in the war-torn country. Both sides have accused each other of breaking the Aug. 29 ceasefire aimed ...
S. Sudan army ordered to end fighting ahead of ceasefire
JUBA — South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has ordered all government troops to cease fighting rebel forces as part of a peace agreement, his spokesman said, ahead of a full ceasefire on Saturday. Kiir has ordered the entire army “to stop ...
African leaders gather in South Sudan peace deal signing
    JUBA — Regional African leaders gathered in South Sudan’s capital where President Salva Kiir was expected to sign a peace deal on Wednesday to end a 20-month conflict, after his decision last week to delay inking the pact. Kiir, who has ...
South Sudan president ‘to sign peace deal’
South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar, center-left with back to camera, shakes hands with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, center-right wearing a black hat, after lengthy peace negotiations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in this file photo. — AP JUBA — South ...
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