(BBC) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has signed a peace deal with rebels after a threat of sanctions from the UN. He told those gathered...
JASON PATINKIN, Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Media organizations in Sudan imposed a 24-hour news blackout on Friday to demand a full investigation into...
(BBC) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has failed to sign a peace deal in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, aimed at ending the civil war in...
JASON PATINKIN, Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The South Sudanese government has stopped operations of two newspapers, editors at the publications said Wednesday, in...
JASON PATINKIN, Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan marked four years of independence from Sudan on Thursday, but the celebrations were tempered by...
ELIAS MESERET, Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — South Sudan’s rebels on Tuesday warned that peace talks with the government could fail if the government...
ELIAS MESERET, Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — South Sudan’s warring factions early Monday signed another peace deal in the latest effort to end hostilities...
(BBC) – More releases will occur in the coming weeks, said the agency, which helped negotiate the children’s freedom. The soldiers were recruited into an armed...
CHARLTON DOKI, Associated Press RODNEY MUHUMUZA, Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — About 3,000 child soldiers will be gradually released from an armed group in...
ELIAS MESERET, Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — South Sudan will hold general elections between May and July, said a government spokesman. The government will...
(Bloomberg) – East African nations threatened to impose sanctions on South Sudan’s warring sides unless they resolve their differences peacefully and end “flagrant violations” of three agreements...
(Reuters) – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir sacked his entire cabinet and his deputy president on Tuesday and suspended his top negotiator at talks to defuse...