South Sudan’s National Security Service forced several officials assessing the country’s new peace deal to strip and face “inhuman” treatment, an international monitoring group said Wednesday. Continue reading →
{FD} South Sudan starts planning for life beyond war, cautiously
For the first time since fleeing his home when civil war broke out in South Sudan five years ago, Raan Bona is daring to plan for the future. Continue reading →
{FD} At scene of South Sudan mass rape, ‘no one could hear me’
Wrapping an arm around her stomach, the young woman hung her head and recounted the day in early November when she and a friend were bound, dragged into the bush and raped by four men with guns. Continue reading →
{FD} 125 women, girls raped, whipped and clubbed in South Sudan
One hundred and twenty-five women and girls have been raped, whipped and clubbed in attacks so shocking that some aid workers in South Sudan say they are left speechless. Continue reading →
{FD} Tense 1st meeting of South Sudan armed leaders since peace
Stepping out of a helicopter last week, South Sudan armed opposition commander Ashab Khamis came face-to-face with his rival in a crushing five-year civil war, army Gen. Keer Kiir Keer. Continue reading →
{FD} In South Sudan, a new approach in ending child soldiers’ use
After coming face to face with “unpredictable” gun-waving children almost 25 years ago, the former commander of the failed U.N. peacekeeping mission during the Rwandan genocide dedicated his life to eliminating the use of children as weapons of war. Continue reading →
{FD} Oil-rich South Sudan seeks investment in fragile new peace
South Sudan is making its first big foreign investment pitch since declaring an end to civil war, but the oil-rich nation faces hesitation from some companies that want to make sure the fragile new peace deal holds. Continue reading →
{FD} Child bride auction in South Sudan goes viral, sparks anger
Five hundred cows, two luxury cars, $10,000, two bikes, a boat and a few cell phones made up the final price in a heated bidding war for a child bride in South Sudan that went viral after the auction was pointed out on Facebook. Continue reading →
{FD} South Sudan plans to build new capital in former game park
South Sudan is planning to construct a new state capital in a central location in what was a wildlife park, a move that officials say will make the seat of government more accessible to the people, the government said on Wednesday. Continue reading →
{FD} APNewsBreak: South Sudan rebel leader Machar to return
South Sudan armed opposition leader Riek Machar is coming home under the country’s latest peace deal, more than two years after he fled on foot into exile, a spokesman said Tuesday. Continue reading →
{FD} South Sudan peace deal bumpy as rebel leader doesn’t return
South Sudan’s government is spending millions of dollars next week to celebrate a “final final” peace deal to end a five-year civil war. Continue reading →
{FD} War-torn South Sudan launches youth rugby league for peace
Clutching the ball with both hands, Gloria Nene charges past opponents and proudly scores a try. Continue reading →
{FD} Report says nearly 400,000 ‘excess deaths’ in South Sudan
South Sudan’s civil war has caused nearly 400,000 “excess deaths” since fighting erupted in late 2013, a new report funded by the U.S. State Department said Wednesday after years of uncertainty. Continue reading →
{FD} Report: South Sudan troops raped, killed while peace pursued
With “staggering brutality,” South Sudan government soldiers and allied militia targeted civilians by raping them, burning them alive, running them over with armored vehicles and hanging them in trees even as the government pursued a new peace deal to … Continue reading →
{FD} UN condemns ‘direct attack’ on peacekeepers in South Sudan
The United Nations on Saturday condemned a “direct attack” on its peacekeeping mission in South Sudan after a government soldier shot and wounded a Nepalese peacekeeper. Continue reading →
{FD} Fighting breaks out in South Sudan 2 days after peace deal
Fighting has broken out in South Sudan two days after the warring sides signed what the government called a “final final” peace agreement to end the civil war. Continue reading →
{FD} South Sudan government and rebels sign another peace deal
South Sudan’s warring parties on Wednesday signed what they say is the final peace agreement to end the country’s five-year civil war, which has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions. Continue reading →
{FD} In South Sudan, some children work in mines to survive
Stained with mud, the 8-year-old traces her fingers over the infected wound on her elbow. Continue reading →
{FD} South Sudan judge convicts 10 troops for 2016 rampage
A military judge in South Sudan on Thursday sentenced 10 soldiers to jail for a 2016 rampage in which a local journalist was killed and five international aid workers were gang-raped. Continue reading →
{FD} Verdict due for South Sudan soldiers accused of murder, rape
The verdict and sentencing for 11 South Sudan soldiers accused of gang raping foreign aid workers and murdering a local journalist during the country’s five-year civil war will be announced Thursday and could include the death penalty. Continue reading →
