South Sudan

South Sudan

• S. Sudan leader: Int'l court 'humiliates' Africa

  South Sudan's president is criticizing the International Criminal Court, saying the court is designed to humiliate African leaders. Salva Kiir spoke ... 

• Amid signs of turmoil, S Sudan says oil will flow

  Following a lengthy Cabinet meeting, South Sudan's government spokesman said Wednesday that the country will continue to export oil through Sudan and ... 

• 51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes; army retakes town

  Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, ... 

• S. Sudan: Doctors Without Borders hospital ruined

  The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says one of its medical facilities located in a rural but violent region of South Sudan has been ... 

• South Sudan rebels overrun town

  South Sudan's military spokesman says a rebel force has overrun part of a town in the country's east near the border with Ethiopia. Col. Philip Aguer ... 

• More than 20 killed in South Sudan violence

  A theft of 750 cattle sparked a manhunt by security forces that devolved into an attack by those forces on a medical facility, where four medical ... 

• Report: Sudan is supporting rebels in South Sudan

  Sudan has supplied weapons and ammunition to rebels fighting neighboring South Sudan's government, says a report from the Small Arms Survey, an ... 

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  Sudan, South Sudan to open border, resume oil

  South Sudan's president says he and Sudan's president have agreed to a resumption of oil exports and border trade. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir ... 

• Sudan leader to make first visit to South Sudan

  A government official says Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will travel to South Sudan on Friday. The visit will be al-Bashir's first to South Sudan ... 

• South Sudan urged to stop use of death penalty

  South Sudan was one of 111 countries to vote in favor of a United Nations resolution last year calling for a moratorium on the death penalty, but ... 

• 5 UN troops, 7 others killed in South Sudan

  Armed rebels that South Sudan believes are backed by Sudan opened fire on a United Nations convoy on Tuesday, killing five U.N. peacekeepers from ... 

• Group says South Sudan aids rebels in Sudan

  South Sudan provided logistical, financial and political support — but not weapons — to rebels fighting Sudanese government forces, according to a ... 

• South Sudan military says 163 killed in clashes

  A battle between South Sudan soldiers and rebels allegedly backed by neighboring Sudan killed 163 people, most of them rebels, government officials ... 

• More than 60 wounded in fighting in South Sudan

  The International Committee of the Red Cross says that more than 60 people have been wounded in fighting between South Sudan's army and a rebel group. 

• African Union: South Sudan to restart pumping oil

  South Sudan will restart pumping oil in two weeks and will export it as soon as it's technically possible, the African Union said Tuesday, in a deal ... 

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  Half of girls in South Sudan forced to marry

  The 17-year-old beaten to death for refusing to marry a man old enough to be her grandfather. The teen dragged by her family to be raped to force her ... 

• Violence in South Sudan kills 33

  South Sudan's military spokesman says two clashes between soldiers and rebels resulted in the deaths of 33 people. Col. Philip Aguer said Wednesday ... 

• Sudan: Clashes with army in south kill 60 rebels

  The Sudanese army said Tuesday that at least 60 rebels had been killed in clashes in the country's south, while the main rebel group there accused the ... 

• UN warns risk of hepatitis E in S. Sudan grows

  The United Nations says an outbreak of hepatitis E has killed 111 refugees in camps in South Sudan since July, and has become endemic in the region. U 

• 103 said killed in South Sudan cattle raid clash

  More than 100 people were killed in a violence-prone region of South Sudan when one tribe attacked another while cattle were being moved across land, ... 

• 4 civilians in S. Sudan die after rebel-army clash

  A tension-filled showdown in the middle of a market town between rebels and South Sudan's military led to the deaths of four civilians and some 2,000 ... 

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  African leaders meet in Ethiopia amid Mali crisis

  African leaders met in the Ethiopian capital Sunday for talks dominated by the conflict in Mali as well as lingering territorial issues between the ... 

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  African troops kill rebel who guarded warlord Kony

  Ugandan troops in the Central African Republic have killed the chief bodyguard of Joseph Kony, the fugitive head of the Lord's Resistance Army, a ... 

• Officials: S.Sudan, Sudan fail to agree in talks

  South Sudan and Sudan have failed to reach an agreement on security arrangements and oil exports, officials said Saturday after several days of talks ... 

• South Sudan withdraws from border with Sudan.

  South Sudan says it is withdrawing its troops from a disputed border region with Sudan so that a demilitarized zone can be established. The decision ...