Little Progress Two Years After South Sudan Peace Deal
The government claims progress is being made in implementing a peace agreement signed in 2015 but a closer look reveals that many pledges remain unfulfilled, writes Waakhe Simon Wudu for Deutsche Welle.
The Cathedral camp in Wau hosts over 10,000 IDPs
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South Sudan:
How Universities Have Survived Civil War and Independence
The Conversation Africa, 28 August 2017
After almost half a century of conflict, South Sudan attained its independence from Sudan in July 2011. One of the challenges it faces as a new country is a small and troubled… Read more »
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Liberia:
Liberia to Deploy Peacekeepers in South Sudan
New Dawn, 30 August 2017
Liberia is expected to deploy, in mid-September 2017, its first corrections peacekeepers to South Sudan. The five-member Liberian peacekeepers of three females and two males, will… Read more »
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South Sudan:
Church Offers Age-Old Sanctuary to South Sudan's Dispossessed
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 24 August 2017
Below a painted scene of African mud huts and a crucified Christ, eight-year-old Juma lies on a blue metal bed, recovering from malaria. Read more »
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Uganda:
Fighting Erupts At Oraba Border
Monitor, 28 August 2017
Serious fighting erupted between Sudan People's Liberation Army-In Opposition (SPLA-IO) and South Sudan government forces last Saturday, leaving about 10 people dead, according to… Read more »