Tag: Malakal
Peace deal not yet reality in South Sudan ghost town
Yellow flowered vines crawl through empty window frames and up crumbling brick walls. Electricity poles slant along the road, cables hanging dead...
Fresh clashes near South Sudan’s oil hub of Malakal
Fresh clashes broke out around South Sudan's second-largest city of Malakal on Tuesday, a rebel spokesman and a government official said, the...
South Sudan fighting leaves 56 dead – government
Heavy fighting around the town of Malakal in South Sudan killed dozens of people over the weekend, a military spokesman said, after...
South Sudan: Special investigation into Malakal violence completed, UN says
A United Nations independent high-level board of inquiry has completed a special in-depth investigation into how the UN responded in February to...
Fighting in South Sudan’s Upper Nile drags into day three
Opposing groups of government soldiers in South Sudan's Upper Nile state fought for a third day on Thursday, a ruling party official...
Control of South Sudan oil state capital contested, says government
The capital of South Sudan's main oil-producing region is divided between government troops and rebels, the president's spokesman said, after an escalation...
South Sudan says retakes oil state capital Malakal, rebels deny
South Sudan's president said his soldiers had seized the regional capital Malakal back from rebels on Monday, a report dismissed by insurgents...