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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

U.N. Commission Raises South Sudan Concerns

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 opposition leader Riek Machar speaks during a briefing ahead of his return to South Sudan as vice president, in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, April 9, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri


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Southern Sudanese citizens hold their flag and chant slogans as they march in the streets in support of the independence referendum in Juba, South Sudan, December 9, 2010. (Reuters/Benedicte Desrus)


Saving South Sudan from its Founding Fathers

Saving South Sudan from its Founding Fathers

Five years after gaining its independence, South Sudan is a basket case. It is wracked by civil war. Its leaders have looted the treasury. Many of its people are on the brink of starvation. Now some of the most high-profile champions of the young nation’s...
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South Sudan Agrees to Receive 4,000 Peacekeepers

South Sudan Agrees to Receive 4,000 Peacekeepers

South Sudan’s transitional government agreed to allow 4,000 extra peacekeeping troops to enter the country on Thursday evening after three days of talks with UN diplomats about the security situation of the country that is situated in east Africa. South Sudan’s...