U.S. Pushes for Arms Embargo on South Sudan
This came after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon warned that South Sudan faced a "very real risk of mass atrocities".
Displaced women (file photo).
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South Sudan:
US to Press for Arms Embargo on Juba
VOA, 18 November 2016
The United States said Thursday that it would press for a U.N. arms embargo against those responsible for the violence in South Sudan, which has dramatically escalated along ethnic… Read more »
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South Sudan:
Who Can Stop the Threat of Genocide in South Sudan?
IRIN, 14 November 2016
The alarm has been raised over the threat of genocide in South Sudan, with civilians increasingly targeted and persecuted in a scorched earth counter-insurgency campaign waged by… Read more »
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South Sudan:
Thousands Trapped by Fighting Receive Emergency Aid
VOA, 16 November 2016
The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said it is distributing life-saving items to more than 6,000 vulnerable families trapped by fighting in Yei River state over the last six… Read more »
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South Sudan:
President 'Pardons' Rebels
East African, 16 November 2016
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has granted an amnesty to at least 750 troops of rebel leader Riek Machar who crossed to the DR Congo when fighting broke out in Juba in July. Read more »
InFocus
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The UN adviser on genocide Adama Dieng, warns that "there is conflict almost all over the country and the security apparatus is so fragmented that no one has permanent control ... Read more »
