South Sudan

UN Security Council Renews Arms Embargo on South Sudan

The UN Security Council renewed an arms embargo and sanctions against South Sudan amid continuing unrest in the country.

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UN Says 440 Civilians Killed in South Sudan Clashes

At least 440 civilians died in brutal fighting between rival factions in southwestern South Sudan over just a few months last year.

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Two Aid Workers Killed in an Ambush in South Sudan

The UN on Tuesday condemned the murder of two aid workers in South Sudan and called on authorities to bring their killers to justice following a spate of similar attacks.

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UN Report Warns South Sudan at Risk of Return to ‘Large-Scale Conflict’

A UN report warned that the slow implementation of a revitalized peace accord in South Sudan is putting the country at risk of relapse into a "large-scale conflict."

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Second Aid Worker Shot Dead in South Sudan in a Week

The United Nations said Tuesday that a second aid worker had been murdered in South Sudan this week in a vast and isolated region scarred by armed violence and lawlessness.

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UN Deploys Troops to New Base as Violence Surges in South Sudan

The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan announced Wednesday it was deploying troops to the country's strife-torn south following an upsurge in violence by armed rebels against civilians and aid workers. 

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Rebel Splinter Group Withdraws From Sudan Peace Process

A dissenting wing of an armed Sudanese rebel group dropped out of a peace process protesting the alleged human rights violations of the government's chief negotiator.

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Civilians, Soldiers Clash Leaving 127 Dead in South Sudan: Army

Clashes that erupted between soldiers and civilians during a disarmament exercise in the central South Sudanese town of Tonj have left 127 dead, the army spokesman said Wednesday.

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Thousands Flee ‘Intense Fighting’ in Eastern South Sudan: MSF

Thousands of people have fled a fresh wave of intercommunal clashes in South Sudan's eastern region of Pibor, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday.

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Nine Militia Fighters Arrested in Central African Republic Killings

Nine fighters from an armed group that launched a week-long attack last week in south-eastern Central African Republic have been arrested. The assailants belong to a branch of the CAR’s biggest armed group, the Unity for Peace in Central Africa (UPC), the country’s special criminal court said in a statement on Monday. The court is responsible for trying cases of serious human rights violations in the country, which has been ravaged by conflict for more than 20 years. The UPC has committed “widespread and systematic attacks on the civilian population,” the court said. During the attacks on the town of Obo last week, government forces backed by U.N. troops killed around 10 fighters from the rebel militia and captured others, a government spokesman had told AFP. Led by a mercenary named Ali Darassa, the UPC has been campaigning for months to extend its grip in the southeast, at the crossroads of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. The UPC is one of myriad armed groups that have controlled most of the CAR since the country plunged into violence in 2013. A few months away from high-risk presidential elections due in December, the CAR continues to be plagued by militia …

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