in conflict is being fueled by systemic impunity, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South UNICEF/Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin | A quarter of reported cases of conflict-related sexual violence in South Sooka said: “South Sudanese men must stop regarding the female body as 'territory' to be owned, controlled Half of all South Sudanese women are married off before they reach 18, and the country has the highest The Commission is calling on the authorities in South Sudan to take the necessary steps to stop sexual

Deng Machol, July 1, 2022 FILE - South Sudan's president Salva Kiir, left, and vice-president Riek Machar (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File) JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The head of the United Nations mission in South Sudan urged the East African country’s transitional government Thursday to set a date for elections barely eight months remaining in the transitional period agreed by political parties, “I am urging south Kiir, South Sudan’s president since independence from Sudan in 2011, says general elections will take

By Josh Smith A South Korean war veteran holds the national flag during a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the Korean War, near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Cheorwon, South REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji SEOUL, June 29 (Reuters) - South Korea's 2019 decision to deport without legal process South Korean activists had called on new President Yoon Suk-yeol to reinvestigate the case, blaming the "The (South Korean) government should not have repatriated these persons right away."

JIECH, SOUTH SUDAN — Writhing in agony on the dirt floor of his hut, Bob Wol traced the recent gunshot As South Sudan enters its fifth year of civil war, 1.25 million people are facing starvation, according South Sudan's army rejected people's accounts of brutality as negative propaganda by the opposition, Yet across South Sudan allegations are rife of both the government and the rebels using food as a weapon Advocacy groups are calling on the warring sides to stop holding South Sudan's people hostage.

Israel rejects genocide claims at ICJ, pans South Africa’s ‘grossly distorted’ charges The Times of Israel (AP Photo/Patrick Post) Attorneys argue ministers’ problematic comments cited by South Africa are not Shaw said South Africa presented a “distorted picture” of comments made by Israeli politicians on the South Africa, which filed the lawsuit at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in December, asked The brutal killings that sparked the war were largely ignored by South Africa, and evidence from the

July 26 2024: JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police arrested 95 Libyan nationals in a raid on a suspected African authorities with regards to illegal immigration. Macie said investigations would establish if there was a network of camps in South Africa and show “why Africa. It may be a threat not only to South Africa but also to the entire southern Africa region.”

The review of the embargo is now coming up on May 29 and there is a push from African members of the On March 18, the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) publicly called for this measure to This would not be in the interest of neighbouring countries and the African Union as a whole. Sudan and the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan. Sudan, and the African states in the UNSC should vote to renew the arms embargo. © 2025 Al Jazeera Media

have been killed in the most recent spat of inter-communal violence in the eastern state of Jonglei in South Meanwhile, a patrol from the UN Mission to South Sudan has been sent to the town of Pieri to interview The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan said two other aid workers for other groups were also was active at the time the fighting broke out," Steve MacKay, the deputy head of the MSF mission in South South Sudan is emerging from a brutal six-year civil war that left 380,000 dead and millions displaced

April 9th, 2018 JUBA,-At least 61 South Sudanese government soldiers have defected to the South Sudan Our repeated calls to the South Sudan army spokesperson, Brig. Lul Ruai couldn’t go through.

South Africa pushes a strong rhetoric of ubuntu, for example the way Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu While South Africans claim the concept of ubuntu, we also display disturbingly xenophobic undercurrents disconnect between ubuntu and xenophobia in South Africa. I feel that in South Africa, as long as you have a large number of the population who are poor, uneducated But I also think, given South Africa’s history with apartheid and racism: you should know better.

By Ihsaan Haffejee Violence against foreigners has flared up again in parts of South Africa. With the end of apartheid and the dawn of democracy in 1994, South Africa opened itself up to the world A steady stream of migrants from around Africa made their way south in search of safety and better opportunities But nowadays, with the economy static and youth unemployment rising, some locals are accusing foreigners

By Andrew Wasike South Sudanese are surviving on tree leaves as a deadly famine declared in the East African country continues to spread nationwide, a humanitarian aid group said Monday. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in its report said the communities it visited in South Sudan have NRC warns the situation is getting worse and calls on more funding to South Sudan to help cushion the NRC said the aid appeal for South Sudan requires $1.6 billion to support people in need.