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A U.S Diplomat in South Sudan is advising the youth to learn from the horrors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and work to build a united South Sudan; the U.N Secretary General's Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide says South Sudanese leaders have no other option but to end the violence in the country.
Mired in a five-year civil war, the world’s youngest nation—South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011—is slipping deeper into trouble, according to U.S., UN and African Union officials.
South Sudanese stakeholders meet in Addis Ababa to kick off the second phase of the high-level revitalization forum; South Sudan recalls its ambassador to the United States; and South Sudan’s former army chief of staff says he will not return to Juba.
A new proposal for a power sharing government was tabled at the high level revitalization forum peace talks for South Sudan; and an official of the National Dialogue Steering Committee has joined a chorus of voices calling on President Salva Kiir to pardon Riek Machar's spokesman James Gatdet Dak.
IGAD recommends a face-to-face meeting between President Salva Kiir and former First Vice-President Riek Machar; unidentified gunmen kill two civilians in an attack along the Yei-Kaya road in Mugwo County; and South Sudanese living with HIV/AIDS hope a new U.N.-sponsored program will help combat the disease.
At the end of May, after only four days, South Sudan’s long-delayed peace talks once again adjourned without reaching a viable agreement. The failure to reach a deal comes only weeks after the White House declared that the Government of South Sudan had “lost credibility,” expressed deep frustration at...
The United States Institute of Peace says its investigations show that there may be an increase in communal clashes ahead of the 2019 general elections. The USIP revealed this while presenting...
Findings conducted by United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on electoral violence risk assessment in Nigeria have suggested possible escalation of electoral violence before the 2019 general elections.
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on Wednesday released its electoral violence risk assessment in Nigeria. The agency suggested possible escalation of electoral violence before the 2019 general elections.