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South Sudan charges four high-profile prisoners with treason

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South Sudan charged four high-profile prisoners with treason on Tuesday, dashing rebel hopes that they would be released ahead of peace talks...

ISS: Cyril Ramaphosa has his work cut out in South Sudan

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South Sudan's ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) party is widely regarded as a classic example of a common African problem; liberation...

South Sudan government troops, rebels may have committed war crimes

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South Sudan's government troops and rebel forces have committed serious abuses that may amount to war crimes during fighting in two oil-producing...

South Sudan army says repels rebel attacks on positions near Bor

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The South Sudanese army said on Sunday it had repulsed three rebel attacks on its positions near the market town of Bor,...

South Sudan army denies using cluster bombs after fragments found

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South Sudan's army on Monday denied using cluster bombs in its fight with rebels, shrugging off a U.N. report that fragments of...

South Sudan rebels withdraw threat to boycott peace talks

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South Sudanese rebels withdrew on Tuesday a threat to boycott peace talks with the government, saying mediators had promised to address their...

ISS: South Sudan – What is really standing in the way...

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On 16 December last year, fighting erupted within the presidential guard of South Sudan. President Salva Kiir quickly classified this as an...

South Sudan rebels say they will boycott latest peace talks

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South Sudanese rebels threatened on Monday to boycott the next round of peace talks in Ethiopia unless the government freed political prisoners...

U.S. urges South Sudan to honor ceasefire, free political prisoners

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The United States urged South Sudan's leaders on Monday to implement a January 23 ceasefire between the government and rebels as an...

South Sudan rebels say army razed town, using foreign fighters

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South Sudanese rebels accused government forces on Sunday of razing the hometown of their leader Riek Machar, violating a ceasefire, and said...

South Sudan rebel leader says government derailing peace talks

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South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar accused the government on Friday of ethnic cleansing and trying to sabotage peace talks, in his...

South Sudan rebel leader should face treason charge

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South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar and six others should be tried for treason for their role in weeks of bloodshed, the...

South Sudan government, rebels say each other violating ceasefire

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The government and rebels in South Sudan traded accusations on Saturday of breaking a ceasefire deal supposed to calm violence that has...

South Sudan government and rebels sign ceasefire deal

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South Sudan's government and rebels signed a ceasefire on Thursday to end more than five weeks of fighting that divided Africa's newest...

South Sudan factions set to sign ceasefire on Thursday

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South Sudan's government and rebels are scheduled to sign a ceasefire deal later on Thursday, the mediator said, after more than five...

South Sudan says retakes oil state capital Malakal, rebels deny

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South Sudan's president said his soldiers had seized the regional capital Malakal back from rebels on Monday, a report dismissed by insurgents...

South Sudan says regains key town from rebels, Uganda claims credit

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South Sudanese government forces said they seized the flashpoint town of Bor back from rebels on Saturday and Uganda's army claimed credit...

Senior U.S. senators push South Sudan leaders on violence

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Senior members of the influential U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged South Sudan's leaders on Friday to stop violence threatening to spiral...

South Sudan minister says rebel leader can’t make ceasefire hold

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South Sudan's defense minister said on Friday the leader of rebels battling government forces did not have enough control over his fighters...

South Sudan rebels demand Uganda end support for president

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South Sudan's rebels have demanded that Uganda stop supporting government forces as a condition for signing a ceasefire to end fighting that...

U.S. was slow to lose patience as South Sudan unraveled

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It was a bad start for the U.S. president and the leader of the world's newest country. At their first meeting, less than...

South Sudan’s army says seizes back oil-producing state’s capital

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South Sudan's army regained the rebel-held capital of Unity state, Bentiu, on Friday, giving the government control of Unity's oilfields where production...

Gunfire in Juba, peace talks delayed

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Gunshots rang out in South Sudan's capital Juba for about an hour on Sunday as peace talks between rebels and the government...

What happened in Juba? Attempted coup meets civil war threat in...

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Fighting in Juba is inextricably-linked to sacked Vice President Riek Machar's challenge to President Salva Kiir's power, who represent the second largest...

South Sudan army says loses town as fighting spreads

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South Sudan's army said it had lost control of the flashpoint town of Bor on Wednesday, its first acknowledged reversal in three...

South Sudan says arrests 10, hunts ex-VP over foiled coup

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South Sudan said on Tuesday it had arrested 10 senior political figures and was hunting for its ex-vice president, accusing him of...

South Sudan hit by clashes for second day, death toll at...

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Clashes broke out again in the South Sudanese capital Juba on Tuesday, a day after President Salva Kiir said security forces had...

South Sudan imposes curfew after attempted coup

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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir declared a curfew in the capital Juba on Monday after overnight clashes between rival factions of soldiers...

Sudan, South Sudan seek to mend ties to keep oil flowing

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The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan said on Tuesday they were happy with work to rebuild southern oil exports through a...

Sudan’s Bashir to visit South Sudan on Tuesday

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Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will make a rare visit to South Sudan on Tuesday to meet his counterpart Salva Kiir, state...

Oil, land in focus when South Sudan’s president visits Khartoum

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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir will address disputes over oil and territory when he arrives in Khartoum on Saturday for talks with...

South Sudan president names new cabinet

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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir named his first cabinet since the country declared independence last month, including former supporters of the north's...

South Sudan president steers nation to independence

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Salva Kiir's reputation as the quiet man of Sudanese politics, with an eccentric taste in cowboy hats, masks a wily operator who...

South Sudan creates Peace Ministry in new cabinet

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South Sudan's president Salva Kiir named his new cabinet, creating a Ministry of Peace as the oil-producing region prepared for a referendum...

South Sudan swears in first elected president

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South Sudan swore in Salva Kiir as its first elected president and the former rebel is likely to lead the semi-autonomous region...

South Sudan’s presidential challenger launches Juba campaign

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Lam Akol, the sole challenger to south Sudan's incumbent president Salva Kiir, launched his campaign in the region's capital, promising an end...

South Sudan’s Kiir begins campaign for president

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South Sudan's President Salva Kiir toured the capital Juba on the back of a pickup truck as he launched his election campaign...

Bashir to back ex-rebel for Sudan president

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Sudan's ruling National Congress Party said yesterday it would support former foe Salva Kiir for president of the semi-autonomous south in April...

Southern Sudan launches anti-corruption strategy

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Commemorating International Anti-Corruption Day at the Nyakuron Cultural Center in Juba yesterday, Southern Sudan launched a five-year anti-corruption strategy for 2010-2014. The strategy...