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South Sudan: Starvation Being Used As a Method of Warfare - UN Panel
United Nations Human Rights Council, 6 October 2020
Since gaining independence in 2011, the brutal conflict across South Sudan has caused incalculable suffering to the civilian population, resulted in staggering levels of acute food… Read more »
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South Sudan: Starvation Used As Weapon of War, UN Rights Body Finds
UN News, 6 October 2020
Starvation is being intentionally used as a war tactic in South Sudan's brutal conflict, a UN-backed human rights panel said on Tuesday, releasing its latest report on the country. Read more »
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OHCHR, 23 September 2020
The Human Rights Council this morning held separate interactive dialogues with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi and the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, and started… Read more »
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South Sudan: The U.S. Announces New Humanitarian Assistance for Crisis Response
State Department, 25 September 2020
Today, at the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting, “A Dialogue with the World’s Top Ten Donors on Global Humanitarian Needs,” hosted by the United States, we… Read more »
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South Sudan: A Fantasy of Finality - the UN Impasse At the Protection of Civilian Sites
African Arguments, 23 September 2020
Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original… Read more »
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South Sudan: Politicians Divided South Sudanese Refugees. Sport Can Re-Unite Us.
African Arguments, 29 September 2020
During COVID-19, youth from different ethnic groups have worked together drawing on teamwork and friendships forged on the football pitch. Read more »
South Sudan Used Starvation as a War Tactic - UN Report
South Sudan gained independence in July 2011 but descended into conflict roughly two-and-a-half years later following irreconcilable tensions between President Salva Kiir and his deputy, Riek Machar. The Commission on Human Rights in a new report said the brutal fighting caused incalculable suffering to civilians and resulted in staggering levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition. The Commission Chair, Yasmin Sooka, said: "It is quite clear that both Government and opposition forces have deliberately used the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare and sometimes as an instrument to punish non-aligning communities, as in the case of Jonglei".
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The country's army spokesperson has said more than 120 people have been killed in Warrap State during a disarmament exercise gone wrong. Clashes between soldiers and armed ... Read more »
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Abraham Kuol, professor of political science at the University of Juba, said: "The government does not make the people who are culprits responsible for their mistakes and as a ... Read more »
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In a joint letter to the AU Peace and Security Council, the South Sudan Civil Society Forum, a lobby of activists in the country, says a hybrid court should be speeded up to ... Read more »
