South Sudan
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Defence
Army deploys 157 troops for peace keeping mission to South Sudan
The Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Center, on Wednesday, rounded off the training of 157 Army troops deployed for a peacekeeping mission to Abyei in South Sudan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the troops, primarily from Nigerian Company 2 to the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (NIGCOY 2 UNISFA), consisted of 15 officers…
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foreign
Grenade blast kills 2 children, injures 34 in South Sudan
A grenade explosion in South Sudan has killed two children and over 30 people were injured a South Sudan, local media has reported. The incident happened at a party in Aweil West County in South Sudan’s Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, Radio Tamazuj reported on Sunday. Capt. Guot Akol told Radio Tamazuj that “according to information, there was one personnel…
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Featured
South Sudan: UN envoy warns against collapse of peace accord
The UN Special Representative in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom, issued a warning to the Security Council on Wednesday that new “headwinds” could threaten the country’s fragile peace accord, following years of brutal civil conflict. “I call on the parties to muster a renewed sense of political will and build trust, to avoid a state of paralysis, and, in a worst-case…
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Africa
UNICEF forges ties to combat child marriage in South Sudan
The UNICEF said on Thursday that it had entered into partnership with 35 local radio stations in South Sudan as part of efforts to combat rampant child marriage in the country. UNICEF Representative in South Sudan Mohamed Ayoya said this in a statement issued in Juba. Ayoya said that the radio stations would produce dramas in English and Arabic, including…
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NEWS
South Sudan medics resign after testing positive for COVID-19
Some of the 16 health workers in South Sudan who tested positive for Covid-19 have resigned, the country’s health ministry has said. Eight health workers resigned last week due to pressure from their families, who expressed concerns that they might bring the virus home and infect family members, the ministry said. Some are thought to have deserted duty after witnessing…
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Africa
At least 1,000 people killed in S’Sudan Ethnic Clashes
No less than 1,000 people were killed in a single day during tribal clashes in the volatile nation of South Sudan, an official said on Wednesday. At least 370 others were wounded, some critically, when heavily armed men from the Murle ethnic group attacked six villages in Uror County in Jonglei State on Saturday, County Commissioner John Gatluak said. Among…
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