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NBS: Fighting between warring factions has almost never stopped since South Sudan got independence. Only two years ago forces loyal to VP Riek Machar took up arms to fight President Salvar Kiir’s SPLA forces, causing masses to flee the country. The story is not any different now with the world …

  Let me be clear: UPDF has not deployed in South Sudan. We do not have even a single soldier in Juba. — Paddy Ankunda (@defenceuganda) July 10, 2016 Uganda will deploy troops in South Sudan only when requested by the government there, UPDF chief spokesperson Paddy Ankunda has said. …

Juba, South Sudan | AFP |  South Sudan has been plunged back into violence as it marks five years of independence, with a peace deal stalled and huge swathes of the country facing food shortages. Tens of thousands have died in the war that started in December 2013 in the …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | South Sudan resumed talks with Sudan on Sunday on a raft of thorny issues, including borders and oil revenues, still outstanding from its 2011 secession. The south’s foreign affairs, defence, interior and oil ministers travelled to Khartoum for the talks, the first since a unity …

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was Thursday sworn in as President of Uganda for a fifth term. In his inaugural speech, he stressed that he would take decisive steps to deal with corruption, promised to boost Uganda’s energy sector – and also, in off the cuff remarks, hit at the International Criminal …

Mabior Garang de Mabior, son of the founder of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) John Garang, was named on the cabinet as South Sudan President Salva Kiir named a Transitional Government yesterday. Mabior Garang de Mabior, new South Sudan minsiter of Water Resources and Irrigation, was one of a number …

United Nations, United States | AFP | The return of rebel leader Riek Machar to Juba must pave the way for a genuine transition to end more than two years of brutal civil war in South Sudan, the UN peacekeeping chief said Tuesday. “The return of the designated first vice …

Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Sudan said it hoped that the return of South Sudan rebel chief Riek Machar and his swearing in as vice-president on Tuesday would help bring peace to the war-torn country. South Sudan won independence from Sudan under a peace agreement in 2011 but the world’s …

Juba, South Sudan | AFP | South Sudan rebel chief Riek Machar finally returned to Juba on Tuesday and was sworn in as vice-president of a unity government formed to end more than two years of civil war in the world’s newest country. His return (CLICK HERE FOR “Machar Return” …

Juba, South Sudan | AFP BREAKING: Plane carrying South Sudan rebel leader and first vice president designate Riek Machar touches down at Juba International Airport. — Allan Olingo (@allanolingo) April 26, 2016 South Sudan’s rebel chief Riek Machar finally returned to Juba on Tuesday and was sworn in as vice-president …