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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...