As the conflict in South Sudan continues the world waits to hear how the young country will implement the peace deal that was drawn up four months ago. The Associated Press (AP) reports that a group of South Sudanese rebels has returned to the capital, Juba, after spending two years…
The African Union Commission has finally released the long awaited report of the conflict in South Sudan. The report details the atrocities committed by both sides of the conflict. It says that both the South Sudanese government and those rebels supporting Vice President Riek Machar have carried out human rights…
The United Nations has called for immediate access to conflict affected areas in South Sudan in order to prevent “catastrophe”. “Since fighting broke out nearly two years ago, children have been plagued by conflict, disease, fear and hunger,” the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) representative in South Sudan, Jonathan Veitch,…
On October 12 Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officially announced they were planning to withdraw form South Sudan. At the beginning of the month the South Sudanese government announced that the UPDF were planning to leave. In a phone interview with Daily Monitor, Ateny Awek Ateny, President Kiir’s spokesperson said…
Conflict in South Sudan is continuing to pick up even with the latest peace deal which seems to be quickly failing. The peace deal was signed in August this year between President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar after 21 months of fighting. The peace deal started off with…
Yesterday, the South Sudan President, Salva Kiir, has signed the peace deal with rebel leader Riek Machar. The signing comes more than a week after Kiir initially refused to sign the negotiated deal. A ceremony was held in the capital Juba and was attended by African regional leaders. The presidents…
It seems that the South Sudan peace deal is likely to pull off. South Sudan’s foreign minister, Barnaba Marial Benjamin, stated that there is a high probability that President Salva Kiir will sign the peace agreement he announced today. The agreement will end the 20 months of civil war. The…
The chief mediator to the South Sudan deal told BBC that Salva Kiir’s refusal to sign the deal which would have ended the 18-month civil war was “mind-boggling”. Seyoum Mesfin told the BBC that if Kiir refuses to sign in 15 days the regional body Igad will say “enough is…
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has declined to sign the peace deal proposed by regional leaders on Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia right away. He stated that he needs more time to think about the agreement, said a mediator of the crisis. South Sudan only gained independence from Sudan…
South Sudan talks continue today in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, only hours ahead of the final deadline to come to some sort of peace agreement, which will avoid sanctions being imposed if no agreement is reached. President Salva Kiir and rebel chief Riek Machar met along with the regional presidents in…
Reuters reported that South Sudan’s rival parties recommenced peace talks in order to end the 20 months of violence. The international community along is putting the country under a lot of pressure to make a deal to end the bloodshed by the August 17 deadline with the threat of further…
Today the South Sudanese people are preparing for the fourth anniversary of their country’s founding, the world’s youngest nation. The United Nations News Centre reported that the months of extreme politically motivated violence in the country has led to thousands of lives lost and created a “man-made political, security, humanitarian…