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South Sudan:
Crisis - One Year - Enormous Needs Must Not Be Forgotten
IFRC, 14 December 2014
It has been one year since the world's newest nation plunged into crisis. Millions of people have been affected and remain in serious need of basic help and services in order to… Read more »
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South Sudan:
One Year After Conflict, Children Still Under Daily Threat in South Sudan
Unicef, 12 December 2014
The future for a generation of children in South Sudan is being stolen by the year-long conflict in the country, which has driven hundreds of thousands of children from their… Read more »
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South Sudan:
World Leaders Demand End of Conflict
Sudan Tribune, 14 December 2014
Today marks exactly a year since conflict broke out in the world's youngest nation, South Sudan. Tens of thousands of people have died and nearly two million displaced as a result… Read more »
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South Sudan:
Year of Conflict in South Sudan Has Stolen Future of a Generation of Children - Unicef
UN News, 12 December 2014
The scale of the crisis facing children in South Sudan is "staggering" according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which warned today that the future of an entire… Read more »
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South Sudan:
Reconsidering Sanctions in South Sudan
African Arguments, 11 December 2014
Sanctions against spoilers can work if there is an effective and legitimate peace process. There is no such process in South Sudan today. Threats of force and sanctions by IGAD… Read more »
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South Sudan:
Federalism - an Idea for South Sudan to Consider
New Sudan Vision, 14 December 2014
The current raging debate for democracy in the South Sudan has once again raised an interesting question. What form of constitutional governance would be most appealing to the… Read more »
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South Sudan:
Obama On One Year of Violence in South Sudan
State Department, 12 December 2014
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South Sudan:
Rebels Claim to Have Recaptured Jonglei's Fangak County
Sudan Tribune, 13 December 2014
A colonel from South Sudan's rebel faction says Jonglei state's Fangak county has been recaptured by opposition forces and is now under its full control. Read more »
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South Sudan:
Making the Case for Sustainable Peace in South Sudan
New Sudan Vision, 12 December 2014
War is the wickedest enemy of any state. It destroys the livelihood of people and infrastructures. This ongoing conflict in South Sudan had no mercy; it has killed thousands of… Read more »
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South Sudan:
Political Failures, Public Expectations and How to Bring Peace
African Arguments, 15 December 2014
One year ago today, gunfire broke out within South Sudan's presidential guard unit. The fighting pitted loyalists of the country's president, Salva Kiir, from the Dinka tribe,… Read more »
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South Sudan:
UN Envoy Says International Patience 'Wearing Thin' With Warring Parties
UN News, 11 December 2014
Leaders on both sides of the conflict in South Sudan must inject "a new sense of urgency" into the peace process in order to reach a comprehensive peace agreement as soon as… Read more »
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Sudan:
Darfur Rebels Attack Army As Military Operations Start
Dabanga, 12 December 2014
An armed rebel movement announced the killing of 32 soldiers and pro-government militiamen today in Rokoro area in Central Darfur. Sudan's head of security has voiced threatening… Read more »
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South Sudan:
Jonglei Government Beefs up Security Ahead of Christmas
Sudan Tribune, 14 December 2014
South Sudan's Jonglei state is ramping up security measures in the capita, Bor, and other strategic areas ahead of Christmas to help protect displaced residents still sheltering… Read more »
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Africa:
Year of Atrocities, Where Is the African Union's Report?
HRW, 14 December 2014
Just two weeks after conflict broke out in South Sudan on December 15, 2013, with evidence that war crimes were in progress, the African Union (AU)'s Chairperson took action. Dr.… Read more »
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South Sudan:
A Generation of Children 'Stolen' by Conflict - UNICEF
Sudan Tribune, 13 December 2014
The future of an entire generation of children in South Sudan is being "stolen" by a year of conflict in the country, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has warned Read more »
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South Sudan:
Call to Prayer for South Sudan
ACNS, 12 December 2014
"Let the power of love overcome the love of power so that people in the world can live in peace." - The Rev Joseph Elhag, general manager of the Sudanese Development and Relief… Read more »
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South Sudan:
A Year of Civil War
DW, 14 December 2014
For the last year South Sudan has been devastated by a civil war between government troops supporting President Salva Kiir and forces loyal to his sacked deputy Riek Machar. Peace… Read more »