Separately, MSF says 26 humanitarian workers are missing following recent violence in South Sudan’s Jonglei By AFP, Anadolu and Reuters United Nations peacekeepers stand near an airstrip in Akobo, South Sudan, Miettaux/AP Photos] At least 169 people have been killed after dozens of armed men attacked a town in South The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Sunday expressed alarm over the surging violence South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, has been beset by civil war, poverty and massive corruption

Sudan, but across the African continent where many are looking to you for justice.” The AU’s 2014 Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan recommended the creation of “an Africa-led, Africa-owned , Africa-resourced legal mechanism under the aegis of the African Union,” which would include South Sudanese “The current paralysis undermines the notion of African solutions to African problems, and risks signaling South Sudanese, African, and international organizations “reiterate that it is incumbent on the AU Commission

" South Sudan July 2012 " by EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 By which  99% of South Sudanese  vote in favour of secession from Sudan. South Sudan  is due to hold presidential elections in December 2024.      Many were South Sudanese refugees who had previously fled to Sudan when civil war engulfed South Sudan Genocide Watch recommends:   The African Union should work with the South Sudanese government to establish

By Audrey Wabwire One hot Tuesday afternoon last January, about 10 South Sudanese government soldiers Many of the farming villages in her area have become the front lines of South Sudan’s four-year civil Despite a 2015 peace agreement, fighting between South Sudan’s government and rebel forces has spread As in elsewhere in South Sudan, the fighting split communities down ethnic lines – with mostly Dinka Sudan the largest humanitarian disaster in Africa today.

Before 2005, South Sudan was the victim of a twenty-year genocide by the Sudanese army and Arab militias The 2005 agreement also left the status of the oil rich Abyei region at the Sudan-South Sudan border South Sudan became independent in 2011. South Sudan is not a state-party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. South Sudan is led by corrupt war criminals.

This Timestream highlights important events in South Sudan prior to its emergence as an independent The existing humanitarian efforts of international and domestic NGOs are not enough to help the South

wearing RSF uniforms that Human Rights Watch geolocated to the village of Tungul, close to Habila, South The United Nations and the African Union should urgently deploy a mission to protect civilians in Sudan On January 1, the RSF attacked Fayu, 17 kilometers south, also under SAF control. The United Nations and the African Union have not taken concrete steps to protect civilians. “The United Nations and the African Union should take decisive steps to deploy a mission that can protect

Hunger deepens in South Sudan as fighting cuts off aid to displaced families By Mariamne Everett , Al Jazeera Staff  and News Agencies Ajok Ding Duot crouches on the dusty floor of a displacement camp in South South Sudan has seen renewed fighting  in recent weeks between government soldiers and fighters loyal Nearly 10 million people need life-saving humanitarian assistance across South Sudan, a country still

between June and September last year, according to the UN [File: Andreea Campeanu/Reuters] Members of South The UN Commission on Human Rights (OHCHR) in South Sudan released a new report on Friday, saying it had “reasonable grounds to believe that members of the Government of South Sudan have engaged in acts … a range of crimes under national and international law,” Chair of the Commission on Human Rights in South Continuing instability Oil-rich South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in June 2011, but has been

The North’s leadership says it will now treat the South as an “enemy,” the latest sign of chilling relations By Chloe Sang-Hun SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said on Tuesday that it would cut off all communication lines with South Korea, including military hotlines, as it vowed to reverse a recent détente on the Korean Peninsula and start treating the South as an “enemy.” North Korea made the decision when its top officials in charge of relations with the South, including

By Chase Winter Continued conflict in South Sudan has forced 52,000 people to flee to Uganda in January More than 52,000 South Sudanese fled to Uganda in January amid continued fighting that risks turning Dieng said there was particular concern about the situation in Kajo-Keji, located south of the capital South Sudan descended into civil war in 2013, less than two years after gaining independence. and disrupted humanitarian activities would likely contribute to extreme levels of food insecurity in South

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) airdrop close to Rubkuai village in Unity State, northern South The UN has just declared famine in parts of war-torn South Sudan. While the causes of famine are complex in a place like South Sudan, the current situation is clearly Hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese have fled the country to seek safety. Currently some 4,000 South Sudanese cross the border to Uganda every day.