US orders nonemergency government staff to leave South Sudan as tension grows over fighting
The U.S. State Department has ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates because of fighting in the north.
Uganda deploys troops in South Sudan as civil war fears grow
Tension mounts in South Sudan as power deal between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar unravels.
Uganda says special forces deploy in South Sudan capital amid tensions
The arrests in Juba and deadly clashes around the northern town of Nasir are seen as jeopardizing 2018 peace deal that ended a five-year civil war
Uganda army chief says troops deployed to South Sudan's capital
Ugandan special forces have been deployed to South Sudan's capital Juba, the Ugandan army chief said Tuesday, after rising tensions threatened a fragile peace agreement between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar .
Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war grow
Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy threatens a return to civil war in
US orders non-emergency staff to leave South Sudan as tension rises
The United States has ordered all its non-emergency staff in South Sudan to leave, amid rising tensions in the country. Fighting in recent days has threatened an already fragile peace deal between President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar.
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Uganda’s Army Chief says UPDF has deployed to save Kiir, Juba
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) and first son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba in the wee hours of ...
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South Sudan’s Escalating Political Tensions Threaten Peace Deal
South Sudan is on the brink of renewed conflict as tensions between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar ...
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S.Sudan clashes pushing country closer to 'brink of war': E.Africa bloc
President Salva Kiir vowed the country would not return to war, but the clashes have threatened 2018's fragile power-sharing ...
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Ruto Makes Phone Calls to Warring South Sudan Leaders in Effort to Mediate Conflict
Tensions were witnessed on Wednesday with the arrest of the nation's Petroleum Minister and several senior military officials ...
U.N. Helicopter Attacked as South Sudan Teeters on Brink
The aircraft came under fire as it tried to rescue wounded soldiers, the United Nations said. The attack came amid fears that ...
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Fighting flares in South Sudan: Is the 2018 peace deal in danger?
Since Tuesday, soldiers of the South Sudanese army have surrounded Machar’s home in Juba, according to members of the vice ...
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South Sudan On the Precipice of Renewed Full-Blown War
Tensions are running dangerously high after an opposition-linked militia overran an army base loyal to President Salva Kiir in South Sudan's Upper Nile state. Regional leaders should urgently press ...
1 crew member killed as UN helicopter is attacked in violence-prone South Sudan
A crew member was killed and two others were injured when a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a remote ...
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Kiir appeals for calm after army officers die in chopper attack, crash
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has appealed for calm after several army officers died during an attempt by the UN to evacuate them in the troubled Upper Nile state.President Kiir said an army ...