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On Monday, the UN announced that the kidnapped staff had been safely released a week after their kidnapping. Rebel fighters in South Sudan kidnapped 31 members of the UN peacekeeping mission last week, 18 Bangladeshi...

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The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon has welcomed the signing of a peace deal between opposition factions in South Sudan, calling for the accord’s immediate implementation, as well as the commitment of the country’s leaders...

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President Salva Kiir Mayardit and rebel leader Riek Machar signed a pact in the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha to bring together the rival camps of the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). The leaders...

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The United States warned South Sudan’s president and rebel leader on Wednesday to engage in serious peace talks to end nearly a year of violence in the world’s newest state or face United Nations sanctions....

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Leaders of two warring sides in South Sudan have agreed to yet another peace deal: South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have agreed on a power sharing formula in a deal...

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The presidents of Sudan and South Sudan agreed to resume work to demarcate their border dispute, a dispute that led to an armed conflict between the countries in 2012. The South split from the North...

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Saturday, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir  praised his government’s unrelenting efforts to end the nine-month conflict in South Sudan and move its nation from fighting to social and economic development. Mr. Kiir thanked the international...

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