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South Sudan rebel leader sets out conditions for talks

YoopyaDec 24, 2013December 10, 20230

(Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sought urgently on Monday to nearly double the size of the U.N. peacekeeping force in South Sudan, while rebel

Brits, Canadians still in SSudan city US evacuated

YoopyaDec 23, 2013December 10, 20230

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Civilian helicopters evacuated U.S. citizens from a violent South Sudan city seeing bouts of heavy machine gun fire, but 3,000 citizens

Gunfire in S Sudan as military hunts coup plotters

YoopyaDec 17, 2013January 31, 20240

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Sporadic gunfire rang out in the capital, Juba, overnight as the military “cleared out remnants” of a faction of soldiers accused

South Sudan repulses coup attempt, minister says

YoopyaDec 16, 2013December 31, 20230

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Disgruntled soldiers and politicians led by a former vice president attempted to overthrow the South Sudanese government, a top government

South Sudan clashes: Army ‘attacked Lorema hospital’

YoopyaApr 20, 20130

Five health workers have been killed when South Sudan soldiers attacked a hospital in revenge for the deaths of eight members of the security forces,

Sudan’s President Bashir meets South Sudan’s Kiir

YoopyaApr 12, 20130

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan is visiting South Sudan for the first time since it became independent in 2011. Mr Bashir and his southern counterpart,

Special Report: In South Sudan, plunder preserves a fragile peace

YoopyaNov 20, 20120

(Reuters) – Deng Athuai Mawiir knows about the dangers of fighting the corruption that helps glue this young country together. In early June a letter

I’ll run for world – South Sudanese

YoopyaAug 3, 2012June 23, 20240

By Tom Bartlett LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – South Sudan marathon runner Guor Marial will represent people all over the world when he competes at

Clinton urges South Sudan, Sudan to settle oil dispute

YoopyaAug 3, 20120

By Andrew Quinn JUBA (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged South Sudan and Sudan on Friday to end an oil dispute that

Special Report: A radio jock tests freedom’s limits in new nation

YoopyaJul 12, 20120

(Reuters) – Radio journalist Mading Ngor was firing off sentences like machine gun rounds. South Sudanese troops had occupied a disputed region across the country’s