News South Sudan People: South Sudanese boy part of Jamboree festivities
Kok Matim, a 13-year-old boy from South Sudan living in the Dadaab refugee camp in Garissa ... in Dadaab are excellent examples of what Scouts from everywhere could do for people, the planet, peace ...
News South Sudan People: From Sudan To New Hampshire To The Olympics, 'Runner' Recaps An Incredible Journey
One story grabbed his attention: Marathoner Guor Mading Maker had qualified for but declined a 2012 London Olympics bid because he couldn’t represent the newly formed nation of South Sudan. Gallagher ...
News South Sudan People: US names envoy to find 'peaceful political solution' in Sudan: official
The US State Department nominated experienced Africa hand Donald Booth as a special envoy to Sudan Wednesday, hoping he can help craft a "peaceful political solution" between the military rulers and groups seeking civilian rule.
News South Sudan People: State Department names veteran diplomat Donald Booth as envoy to Sudan crisis
The State Department, facing pressure to address a growing political crisis in Sudan, announced Wednesday that veteran diplomat Donald Booth has been named a special adviser focused on the troubled northeast African state.
News South Sudan People: South Sudan: Refugees in Uganda Hope to Return Home
Uganda hosts Africa’s largest refugee population – one and a quarter million people, with two-thirds having fled conflict in South Sudan. Last year’s peace deal raised hopes for some South Sudanese that they could soon return home. But the fragile peace has discouraged many from leaving Uganda’s refugee camps, despite struggles for adequate aid.
News South Sudan People: South Sudan jails prominent economist over media interviews
A South Sudanese court sentenced a prominent economist to two years in prison on Tuesday for disturbing the peace because he gave interviews to foreign media after he was arrested on treason charges that were subsequently dropped. The case of Peter Biar Ajak, a former child refugee who returned to his
News South Sudan People: Sudan’s Military Abandons Talks and Opens Fire on Democracy Protesters
“We can’t let people die for nothing,” he said in ... government and rebel groups in the Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan regions. The United States, which once led Western policy on Sudan, has ...
News South Sudan People: Sudan rebel leader Yasir Arman detained - spokesman
Yasir Arman, the deputy head of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N ... SPLM-N includes many fighters who sided with South Sudanese rebels in decades of civil war fueled by ethnicity, ...
News South Sudan People: Sudan's Dagalo, feared Darfur militia chief at heart of crackdown
A doctors committee backing the protests has put the death toll from the ferocious crackdown at 108, while the government has said 61 people died across ... other insurgencies in South Kordofan and ...
News South Sudan People: South Sudan: Protecting Older People and People With Disabilities in South Sudan
Government soldiers carried out extensive abuses against civilians during counter-insurgency operations in South Sudanbetween December 2018 and March 2019 in Yei River state, Human Rights Watch ...
