UN Peacekeeper, South Sudan Soldiers Die in Evacuation Mission
One person working with the United Nations peace-keeping mission to South Sudan and several members of the South Sudan People ...
U.N. Helicopter Attacked as South Sudan Teeters on Brink
The aircraft came under fire as it tried to rescue wounded soldiers, the United Nations said. The attack came amid fears that ...
Violence in South Sudan is rising again: what’s different this time, and how to avoid civil war
The recent outbreak of violence in South Sudan doesn’t appear to have been motivated by political directives from the country ...
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Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war grow
Civil war erupted in South Sudan in late 2013 when a rift between Kiir and Machar escalated into fighting along ethnic lines.
1 crew member killed as UN helicopter is attacked in violence-prone South Sudan
A crew member was killed and two others were injured when a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a remote ...
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How South Sudan Returned to the Brink of War
The flight was rescuing wounded government soldiers who had clashed with an ... Map locates the Upper Nile state in South Sudan as well as Nasir and Juba. The U.N. helicopter in Upper Nile came ...
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Violence in South Sudan Is Rising Again - What's Different This Time, and How to Avoid Civil War [analysis]
A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the Upper Nile State have raised fears of a return to civil war in the world's youngest nation. In early March 2025, ...
Monitor on MSN14h
South Sudan Machar’s party pulls out of peace process
SPLM-IO says it has withdrawn from the security arrangements of the 2018 peace deal. Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show plans The South Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO) ...
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Army surrounds South Sudan vice president's home as his allies are arrested
South Sudanese soldiers have surrounded Vice President Riek Machar’s home in the capital and several of his allies were arrested after an armed group allied to him overrun an army base.