Tagged:

UN Appeals for U.S.$3.2 Billion for South Sudan

The UN says one in three South Sudanese citizens have fled their homes and almost 90% are women and children. The violence is now in its fifth year.

South Sudan: UN Sounds Alarm As Africa's Biggest Refugee Crisis Looms

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 1 February 2018

"It is impossible to overstate the suffering faced by the people of South Sudan" Read more »

Refugees moving to a refugee camp.

Uganda: AU Must Salvage What Remains of My Country South Sudan

Monitor, 2 February 2018

My country is the youngest sibling of the established nations of East Africa. Its birth, like all births, was a joyous time. Yet South Sudan has been brought up so far in a broken… Read more »

InFocus

Diaspora Voices Missing in South Sudan Dialogue - Activists

The peace initiative known as the High Level Revitalization Forum, is aimed at reviving the country's stalled 2015 peace agreement, drawing together a wide range of voices, ... Read more »
- South Sudan: Diaspora Voices Missing in Dialogue, Activists Say
- South Sudan: UN Agency to Launch South Sudan Refugee Response Plan
Are Neighbours Prolonging South Sudan War?

Adama Dieng, the UN special advisor for prevention of genocide, has accused Kenya and Uganda of fueling the four-year-old civil war by serving as conduits for arms to combatants. Read more »
- East Africa: Kenya, Uganda Accused of Prolonging South Sudan War
- South Sudan: UN Refugee Chief Calls for Peace in South Sudan
South Sudan Slams AU, U.S. Sanctions Drive

Foreign Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Mawien Makol says the latest campaign and threats of sanctions against the young nation would derail the peace process. Read more »
- South Sudan: Juba Slams African Union, U.S. Sanctions Drive
- South Sudan: South Sudan - Kiir Updates Zuma and Ramaphosa On Peace Process