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South Sudan: South Sudan At a Crossroads
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 22 December 2016
The suffering of the South Sudanese people cannot continue simply due to a lack of political will to change the status quo Read more »
The South Sudan Tragedy
Tobias Ellwood of the Foreign Commonwealth Office laments the fact that three years after the outbreak of that war, 3.3 million people have fled their homes, half the population don't know where their next meal will come from, the economy is collapsing and the fighting is spreading, and shows no sign of stopping.
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South Sudan: Atrocities Continue Despite President's Call for Dialogue
VOA, 22 December 2016
South Sudanese fleeing the country’s 3-year conflict say armed men are committing brutal atrocities and abuses against civilians. The refugees said extrajudicial killings… Read more »
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South Sudan: Lawmakers Urge UK Govt to Help End 'Horrendous Crisis'
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 21 December 2016
Men and boys have been castrated in fighting and women are hiding under water with their babies to escape from militias Read more »
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South Sudan: Rebel Leader 'Not Under House Arrest' in South Africa
East African, 20 December 2016
Close associates of South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar have denied reports that he is under house arrest in South Africa. Read more »
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South Sudan: Wau Displaced Tell of Death and Horrifying Escapes
Al Jazeera, 21 December 2016
Looting, killing, beatings and sexual assault were the hallmarks of ethnically motivated attacks against civilians by South Sudanese government forces in the town of Wau earlier… Read more »
InFocus
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The Small Arms Survey, a lobby group disclosed in a new investigation that the UN officials operating in Bentiu town offered dozens of weapons to rebel General James Koang after ... Read more »
