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South Sudan:
VP Deng Gai Blames Riek Machar for Stalling Peace Pact
Nation, 17 August 2016
South Sudan's First Vice President Taban Deng Gai has accused rebel leader Riek Machar of stalling peace agreement aimed at ending violence in the country. Read more »
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South Sudan:
Spokesman - Machar 'Evacuated'
VOA, 18 August 2016
South Sudan rebel leader and former first vice president in the Transitional Government of National Unity, Riek Machar, will break his silence Thursday, a spokesman for the SPLM-IO… Read more »
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South Sudan:
New VP Deng Gai Blames Riek Machar for Stalling Peace Pact
East African, 17 August 2016
South Sudan's first vice president Taban Deng Gai has accused rebel leader Riek Machar of stalling a peace agreement aimed at ending violence in the country. Read more »
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Kenya:
South Sudan Leaders Meet Kenyatta, Appeal for Economic Aid
Nation, 17 August 2016
South Sudan is reaching out to Kenya for help to revive its ailing economy following years of violence. Read more »
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South Sudan:
Rampaging Troops Killed, Raped Civilians - HRW
DW, 15 August 2016
South Sudanese troops went on a rampage in Juba in July, killing, raping and beating civilians, according to a rights group. It says UN peacekeepers failed to fulfill their duty to… Read more »
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Kenya:
President Kenyatta Briefed on Developments in S. Sudan
Capital FM, 17 August 2016
President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Tuesday evening at State House, Nairobi, briefed on the developments in South Sudan by the country's First Vice-President Taban Deng Gai. Read more »
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East Africa:
Govt Denies Hosting South Sudan's VP Machar
Daily News, 15 August 2016
The government has refuted claims published in Kenyan newspaper suggesting that the former First Vice-President of South Sudan, Dr Riek Machar, is in Tanzania's designated capital… Read more »
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East Africa:
Religious Leaders Calls for Intervention to End Violence in South Sudan
CISA, 12 August 2016
Religious leaders of Acholi sub-region in northern Uganda have called on the international community to urgently intervene to completely end violence in South Sudan. Read more »
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South Africa:
South Sudan Needs New Ideas and Can Learn From South Africa
Daily Maverick, 15 August 2016
The crisis in South Sudan may seem intractable, but we haven't run out of options yet. South Africa's own transition to democracy should inspire policymakers to think differently.… Read more »
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South Sudan:
South Sudan Rebels Demand Shs3 Million Ransom for Abducted Ugandans
Monitor, 18 August 2016
A suspected South Sudan rebel group operating near Lamwo District is demanding a Shs3 million ransom in order to release six Ugandan businessmen they are holding in Lubone Prison,… Read more »
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South Sudan:
UN Chief Launching Special Investigation Into 11 July Hotel Attack
UN News, 17 August 2016
Alarmed by preliminary findings on the 11 July attack on a hotel in Juba, South Sudan, in which one person was killed and several civilians were raped and beaten by men in uniform,… Read more »