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South Sudan FM Deng Alor Kuol, Asharq Al-Awsat

South Sudan FM: President Kiir to Visit Gulf Countries, Relations with Riyadh Are Strong

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Nov 25, 2016 | Interviews

Malabo- The Republic of South Sudan Foreign Minister Deng Alor Kuol revealed challenges facing the implementation of peace in South Sudan and the latest developments on the insurgency being led by the former vice president, Riek Machar. South Sudan is a landlocked...

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Human rights lawyer and member of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights Yasmin Sooka, answers journalists’ questions during a press conference at the headquarters of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in Juba on September 15, 2016, AFP

U.N. Commission Raises South Sudan Concerns

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 15, 2016 | World

A U.N. human rights commission raised many concerns on Thursday revolving around the intimidation of civil society activists, harassment of journalists and other rights abuses in South Sudan. Officials from the U.N. Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan were...

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South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has released a series of decrees ordering that rebels who have accepted an amnesty offer be integrated into the army. Reuters

South Sudanese President to Substitute Machar…Government Denies

by Mustafa Sirri | Jul 15, 2016 | Middle East

London-Multiple sources have confirmed that on Thursday many ministers from Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) in the transitional government of national unity have been rounded up from various hotels and arrested after sporadic gunfire...

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South Sudanese soldiers on Wednesday in Bor, which the army retook after it fell to rebels. Violence continues to grip the country, Reuters

U.N. Security Council Threatens More Sanctions against South Sudan after Juba Conflict

by Ahmed Younis | Jul 11, 2016 | World

Khartoum- Bloody battles renewed in South Sudan on Sunday forcing the U.N. Security Council to go ahead of its scheduled Sunday evening session issuing a strong statement threatening sanctions should the conflict remain unresolved. The U.N. statement was in response...