South Sudan

4.9M South Sudanese Need Help As Famine Ravages African Country

A famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, reporting some 100,000 people are facing starvat...

Feb 21, 2017 11:06 AM EST

South Sudan president and rebel leader sign 'power sharing' deal

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar signed a power sharing agreement...

Feb 01, 2015 06:07 PM EST

Tears, chants as rebel child soldiers are freed in South Sudan

The teenage rebel soldiers watched as their comrades handed over their assault rifles and stripped o...

Jan 28, 2015 04:42 AM EST

World's children paying price for political rifts: TRFN

Divisions among the veto-wielding powers of the U.N. Security Council are harming the world's childr...

Dec 08, 2014 08:03 PM EST

IGAD mediator says not keen on sanctions in South Sudan

The chief mediator between South Sudan's warring rivals said he was not eager to back penalties agai...

Nov 07, 2014 09:35 AM EST

South Sudan sexual violence 'rampant,' two-year-old raped: U.N.

Rape and other forms of sexual violence by all sides in South Sudan's civil war have become so wides...

Oct 20, 2014 09:00 PM EDT

U.S. ready to expand South Sudan sanctions to end violence: envoy

The United States, frustrated with slow progress in South Sudan's peace process, is ready to expand ...

Sep 25, 2014 09:38 PM EDT

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