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52 killed in clashes in the disputed oil-rich African region of Abyei, an official says
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoGunmen attacked villagers in the oil-rich region of Abyei claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan,...
UN slams deployment f South Sudan troops in disputed region
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe United Nations on Wednesday condemned the deployment of South Sudanese troops in an area of the...
The World Has Forgotten About the Conflict in South Sudan. Enter Pope Francis
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPope Francis arrives to meet with representatives of charities at the Apostolic Nunciature in...
Explainer-Why has peace eluded South Sudan?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmong the more ambitious hopes for Pope Francis' visit to South Sudan this week is that it will give a jolt to a peace process aimed at ending a decade...
Violence in disputed Sudan-South Sudan border area kills 54
Reuters via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJUBA (Reuters) -More than 50 people including women, children and two U.N. peacekeepers were killed in attacks along South Sudan's border with Sudan, officials said, the deadliest in a spate ...
At least 25 people killed in South Sudan communal land violence
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt least 25 people have been killed in South Sudan, officials said, after youths from two neighbouring communities in the country's north clashed over a disputed borderline separating their ...
What the Pope's visit to the DRC and South Sudan means
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoPope Francis is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in his second day in a mission that...
Thousands of exhausted South Sudanese head home, fleeing brutal conflict
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTens of thousands of exhausted people are heading home to the world's youngest country as they flee...
Will a Nile Canal Project Dry Up Africa’s Largest Wetland?
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSouth Sudan is moving ahead with plans for a 240-mile canal to divert water from the White Nile and send it to Egypt. But critics warn the megaproject would desiccate the world’s second largest ...