by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 16, 2017 | World
South Sudanese opposition groups tried to forge a united front on Monday ahead of an expected resumption of peace talks, in the first such meeting since the start of their country’s civil war nearly four years ago, attendees told Reuters. South Sudan’s civil war,...
by Mustafa Sirri | Sep 27, 2017 | World
London- Amnesty International exposed in a recent research how a shell company in the heart of London’s West End acted as an intermediary in huge prospective arms deals to war-torn South Sudan and other countries, thanks to regulatory gaps which are making the UK a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 26, 2017 | World
A United States citizen working in South Sudan as a freelance journalist was among 19 people killed on Saturday during fighting between government troops and rebels in Yei River state, the rebels and the military said. Christopher Allen, who worked for various news...
by Mustafa Sirri | Aug 20, 2017 | World
London – The Malaria disease is spread in an “unprecedented” level in South Sudan, killing thousands in the past six months, revealed an official in the health ministry. Isaac Maber told Asharq Al-Awsat that at least 4,000 people have died from Malaria since February,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 19, 2017 | World
Devastating conflicts, violence and persecution in places like Syria and South Sudan had left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from their homes last year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Monday. That number that includes refugees, asylum...
