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After accepting US deportees, South Sudan wanted sanctions relief for top official, documents show

After agreeing to accept deportees from the United States last year, South Sudan sent a list of requests to Washington that included American support for the prosecution of an opposition leader and sanctions relief for a senior official accused of diverting over a billion dollars in public funds

The Independent UK

People from South Sudan will lose temporary US legal status

The United States is terminating South Sudan’s designation for temporary protected status, which for years allowed people from the East African country to remain in the U.S. legally and escape armed conflict back home

The Independent UK

Hunger monitor says parts of South Sudan face famine threat after months without aid

A global hunger monitor is warning that no food aid has reached a conflict-hit area of South Sudan this year despite growing fears that it is headed toward famine

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Prosecution of South Sudan’s vice-president raises fears of return to full-scale civil war

Observers and opposition says prosecution of Riek Machar for crimes in relation to attack by rebel militia puts peace deal at risk

The Guardian - UK

Oversight body says South Sudan rivals have recruited fighters, raising war fears

An international ceasefire monitor says parties to South Sudan’s faltering peace agreement have recruited new fighters for a conflict that observers have warned could widen again into civil war

The Independent UK

South Sudan is unstable: how a weak state benefits the ruling elite

Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, met with then US president Barack Obama at the White House in 2011 to discuss the future of the newly independent state.

The Conversation

Treason trial begins for South Sudan VP Machar as ‘unity government’ breaks

The latest break between two military and political leaders risks spelling civil war again for the embattled nation.

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South Sudan opposition figure Riek Machar appears in court on treason charges

The criminal trial of the South Sudanese opposition figure Riek Machar has opened in the capital, Juba, with the country’s suspended vice president appearing in a cage alongside his co-accused

The Independent UK

South Sudan’s leaders engage in ‘systematic looting’ in poor nation: UN

The UN Commission on Human Rights has found that authorities used schemes to divert public money.

Al Jazeera

Concern grows for safety of South Sudan opposition leader facing treason and other charges

Amnesty International has called for a public trial for South Sudanese opposition figure Riek Machar, who faces treason and other charges

The Independent UK

South Sudan vice president charged with murder, crimes against humanity

South Sudan's Vice President, Riek Machar, has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity over an attack by an ethnic militia on a military base that killed more than 250 soldiers, the justice minister said on Thursday.

Radio France Internationale

South Sudan charges VP Machar with treason, murder over military attack

Riek Machar faces charges of alleged involvement in attacks against federal forces.

Al Jazeera

S.Sudan Vice President Charged With Murder, Crimes Against Humanity

South Sudan's Vice-President Riek Machar has been charged with murder, treason and crimes against humanity over an attack on a military base that killed more than 250 soldiers, the justice minister said Thursday.

International Business Times

South Sudan No. 2 Riek Machar faces treason charges

South Sudan First Vice President Riek Machar faces treason and other serious crimes, local justice authorities said Thursday

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South Sudan’s youth swept up in gang culture and street violence amid wider conflict

Government crackdown after rape video goes viral shines light on plight of young people caught up in fallout from gang warfare and civil war

The Independent UK

Mental health clinics in violence-prone South Sudan are rare and endangered

Joy Falatiya says she fell apart after her husband kicked her and five children out of their home in South Sudan in March 2024

Al Jazeera

What has triggered deadly clashes at Uganda’s border with South Sudan?

Disputes between the two over border demarcations have been ongoing but heavy, armed fighting has been rare until now.

Radio France Internationale

South Sudan turns US deportations to its diplomatic advantage

South Sudan has reportedly signalled a willingness to accept more deportees from the United States – in a move that could serve as diplomatic leverage in its tense relationship with Washington.

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The Independent UK

Civilian casualties mount in South Sudan amid fighting between army and local militias

Aid groups and opposition politicians in South Sudan say that dozens of civilians have been killed or badly injured in airstrikes in recent weeks as the country’s army clashes with militia groups across the country

Al Jazeera

South Sudan refugees in Ethiopia face ‘health catastrophe’, charity warns

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees face worsening health conditions as cholera spreads.

The Guardian - UK

US deportations cast spotlight on South Sudan’s deepening political crisis

World’s youngest country is facing renewed outbreak of tensions that have plagued it for years

The Independent UK

A look at South Sudan, where the US is accused of quietly sending migrants

The United States once cheered the creation of South Sudan as an independent nation

The Guardian - UK

‘They came for us, to take our shelters and kill us’: how violence returned to a shattered South Sudan

Terrified civilians are watching a fragile peace crumble as politicians are arrested and deadly bombings increase

Al Jazeera

‘We are suffering’: Displaced families bear burden of South Sudan conflict

More than 130,000 people have been displaced since fighting between gov’t and opposition forces escalated in February.

The Independent UK

UN envoy urges Security Council to try to prevent renewed civil war in South Sudan

The top United Nations official in South Sudan is urging the U.N. Security Council to use its clout to prevent the world’s newest nation from again plunging into civil war

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