Money, guns and brides fuel South Sudan’s cattle wars
Weak rays of early morning sun seep through the smoke rising from smouldering piles of dried dung, keeping flies away from the precious cattle. Children...
Category : SOUTH SUDAN
Use extension time to deliver government, South Sudan leaders told
A lobby group has urged South Sudan’s warring parties to use the six-month delay agreed last week to deliver the formation of a unity government....
Six months too few to form South Sudan unity government: president
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir said Wednesday that a six-month delay agreed with his rivals for the formation of a unity government was not enough...
South Sudan youth target Kiir ouster in mass protests
Emboldened by sustained mass protests that ousted long serving presidents Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria and Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, South Sudan youth plan similar action...
South Sudan activists’ bodies dumped in river: state agents
The bodies of two prominent South Sudan activists were dumped in Achwa River in Nimule after being killed, intelligence sources said. The sources said the...
UN, peace monitors ask South Sudan to respect freedom of press
The United Nations and peace monitors have asked the South Sudan government to respect press freedom and free speech. Speaking Friday at an event in...
South Sudan denies abducting, executing of prominent activists
South Sudan has denied claims that its security services abducted and murdered two prominent critics exiled in Kenya. Information Minister Michael Makuei said Thursday that...
South Sudan rivals meet in bid to salvage stalled peace deal
South Sudan’s warring parties will hold talks in Addis Ababa on Thursday, in a bid to salvage a stalled peace deal, with just days to...
South Sudan hires US lobby group to block war crimes court
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has hired an American lobby group run by a former ambassador to block the creation of a court to judge...
South Sudan paying US lobbyists $3.7M for better Trump ties
JUBA — South Sudan’s government is paying a U.S.-based lobby firm $3.7 million to improve its relationship with the Trump administration and to block a...
