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South Sudan: President Salva Kiir Names Full Cabinet
Nation, 12 March 2020
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir on Thursday evening announced a full Cabinet, ending an anxious wait for the formation of a government crafted from a 2018 peace deal. Read more »
South Sudan President Names Full Cabinet
The new council of ministers include 34 ministers and ten deputies, composed of politicians who will be running the Revitalised transitional government of national unity.
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South Sudan: Deadlock Broken, South Sudan On Road to 'Sustainable Peace,' but International Support Still Key
Africa Renewal, 5 March 2020
Positive developments in South Sudan have "moved the country further along the road to sustainable peace," the top UN official there told Security Council members on Wednesday. Read more »
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East Africa: Region Lauds South Sudan on Unity Government
Daily News, 12 March 2020
THE East African Community (EAC), Secretary General, Ambassador Liberat Mfumukeko has commended the government of South Sudan for forming a Transitional Government of National… Read more »
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South Sudan: UN Urges South Sudan to Expedite Implementation of Security Arrangement
Ghanaian Times, 11 March 2020
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday urged President Salva Kiir and his First Vice President Riek Machar to expedite implementation of the security… Read more »
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South Sudan: UN Commission Calls for Criminal Accountability
VOA, 10 March 2020
United Nations investigators accuse South Sudanese leaders of widespread corruption and of trampling on the rights and fundamental freedoms of their people. The U.N.… Read more »
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South Sudan: Kiir and Machar Agree on Cabinet
East African, 7 March 2020
The parties to the South Sudan Peace agreement on Thursday agreed on Cabinet portfolio balance, and will now be expected to name ministers and their deputies as the government gets… Read more »
InFocus
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South Sudan's opposition leader Riek Machar has agreed to rejoin the government as the first vice president, paving the way for the creation of the much-anticipated transitional ... Read more »
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A day after President Salva Kiir dissolved the previous government, opposition leader Riek Machar was sworn in as his deputy. It is the third time that bitter foes Machar and Kiir ... Read more »
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Humanitarian workers say they hope the formation of a national unity government in South Sudan under a peace deal last month will ease suffering in the country, but those ... Read more »
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Ahead of a United Nations (UN) briefing on the Human Rights situation in the country, rights group Human Rights Watch has called for the UN to keep the pressure on the country to ... Read more »
