Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 02:59
Uganda confirmed its troops are fighting alongside South Sudan`s government against rebels, as fresh details emerged of brutal ethnic killings in the conflict ravaging the world`s youngest nation.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 06:13
Fighting around a UN base in northeastern South Sudan has left a teenager dead and dozens of people wounded, including an officer with the peacekeeping force, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 06:07
Doctors Without Borders has treated more than 100 people with gunshot wounds in South Sudan, a sign of how intense the latest fighting has been.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 00:48
United Nations reported heavy fighting on Wednesday for the South Sudan town of Malakal and dozens of people who sought refuge in the UN camp had been wounded.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 13:52
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he is "alarmed" by the climbing toll in South Sudan since the fighting broke out a month ago between anti- and pro-government forces.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 07:15
More than 200 people, including women and children, were killed in South Sudan when an overcrowded ferry capsized in White Nile river, media reported Tuesday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 03:07
The United Nations reported heavy fighting on Tuesday for the South Sudan town of Malakal and dozens of people who sought refuge in the UN camp had been wounded.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 00:24
Uganda`s parliament endorsed on Tuesday the government`s decision to send troops to neighbouring war-ravaged South Sudan.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 14:29
At least 200 South Sudanese civilians drowned on Tuesday in a ferry accident on the White Nile river while fleeing fresh fighting in the city of Malakal, an army spokesman said.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 05:29
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) Monday launched a three-month operation to scale up humanitarian assistance to South Sudanese affected by the crisis, Xinhua reported.
Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 14:42
Around 10 000 people have fled north to Sudan from South Sudan where government troops and rebels have battled for the past month, the UN`s refugee agency said on Sunday.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 00:29
Sudan said on Saturday it disarmed more than 50 fighters from the southern Nuer tribe who crossed the border, in the first such incident since fighting began between the South Sudan army and rebel troops.
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