South Sudan
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday the U.S. is revoking all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders, accusing the country’s transitional government of refusing to accept its repatriated citizens deported by the Trump administration. It marks the first time the Trump administration has singled out passport holders of an individual country as President Donald Trump warns…
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The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Sunday expressed concern about the escalating violence between cattle keepers and settled farming communities in Eastern Equatoria State, which has reportedly left at least 35 people dead. Nicholas Haysom, special representative of the UN Secretary-General and head of UNMISS, strongly condemned the ongoing violence and called…
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At least six South Sudanese nationals were killed in a fire outbreak in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, a police spokesperson said here on Wednesday. A fire engulfed the residence of Bakita Atyang, a South Sudanese national at Mulanda B, Kisubi, resulting in the loss of six young lives at about 1:00 a.m. Wednesday, Luke…
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South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar has been deposed as head of his party and its armed forces, rival military leaders said on Wednesday. Machar played a major role in pushing his partner, President Salva Kiir, to a peace deal in 2018 and in the subsequent formation of a unity government following years of civil…
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Another 200 children were released by armed groups in South Sudan this week, bringing the total of such releases to 806 this year. They freed fighters came primarily from the SPLA-IO opposition group, with eight of them associated with the National Salvation Front (NSF). “Every a time a child is released and able to return…
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The United Nations today allocated $21 million to provide life-saving food support, nutrition, water and sanitation, health and other assistance to thousands of Sudanese in newly accessible areas in Darfur’s Jebel Marra area, South Kordofan and Blue Nile. “Our response will address both the immediate needs through emergency, life-saving assistance and strengthen resilience of the…
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Relatives of deceased Chinese UN peacekeeper Yang Shupeng wail in mourning at a funeral ceremony in Xuchang, central China’s Henan Province, July 21, 2016. Chinese UN peacekeepers Li Lei and Yang Shupeng were killed on the evening of July 10 after a mortar shell hit their armored vehicle during a fight between two army factions…
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