South Sudan

South Sudan

• 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 ... 

• South Sudan arrests 2 state TV journalists

  A journalists group says two reporters working for state TV in South Sudan have been arrested without charge. The Committee to Protect Journalists ... 

• Presidents of Sudan, South Sudan to meet Friday

  Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the presidents of Sudan and South Sudan, two countries which were at the brink of all-out war last year, ... 

• South Sudan accuses Sudan of air attack, killing 5

  South Sudan says Sudan has launched attacks inside its territory, killing at least five people. Military spokesman Col. Philip Aguer said Thursday ... 

• UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan; 4 dead

  The United Nations said South Sudan's armed forces shot down a U.N. helicopter on Friday killing all four Russian crew members on board, an attack ... 

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  US claims progress in LRA hunt, others want more

  The foot soldiers searching the deep jungles on the hunt for African warlord Joseph Kony were convinced they had cornered his deputy as they exchanged ...