Violence and rights abuses threaten South Sudan’s stability, a UN report warns
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Violence and rights abuses threaten South Sudan’s stability, a UN report warns

Associated Press  

JUBA, South Sudan — Mass violence and gross human rights violations in South Sudan continue unabated ahead of landmark elections due to take place in December, a report by the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has warned. The report presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva Friday said the elections face severe political and logistical challenges, and the post-election legal framework remains uncertain. “Time is running out for South Sudan’s leaders to implement key commitments, which are the building blocks for peace, for holding the country together, and advancing human rights beyond the elections,” said Commissioner Barney Afako. South Sudan’s immediate and long-term future hinges on political leaders finally making good on their commitments to bring peace, and reverse cyclical human rights violations, Sooka said.

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South Sudan peace talks resume after 4 months and the sacking of a government delegation
2 weeks, 6 days ago

South Sudan peace talks resume after 4 months and the sacking of a government delegation

Associated Press  

JUBA, South Sudan — After four months and the sacking of a government delegation, the stalled South Sudan peace talks resumed Wednesday in Kenya, the latest effort to end the conflict that has long crippled the African country’s economy. The talks are taking place between South Sudan’s government and opposition groups that were not part of the 2018 agreement that …

Presidents of South Sudan and Kenya push for a resolution in stalled peace talks
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Presidents of South Sudan and Kenya push for a resolution in stalled peace talks

Associated Press  

JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan peace talks, previously held in neighboring Kenya, will resume under a directive from President Salva Kiir and his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto, who met Wednesday and directed the mediation team to reconvene and resolve all outstanding issues within two weeks. The talks had stalled after Kiir’s former rival, Riek Machar’s party, withdrew in July, …

Sudan War: A Living Nightmare for Millions
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sudan War: A Living Nightmare for Millions

Al Jazeera  

The war in Sudan has displaced over 14 million people and is creating a world's largest displacement crisis this year. The civil conflict has created a living nightmare for millions, with hunger, disease and sexual violence rampant. The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director-General Amy Pope described the situation in the war-torn African country as 'catastrophic'. The war has …

US imposes visa sanctions on Sudanese officials over aid obstruction
3 months, 3 weeks ago

US imposes visa sanctions on Sudanese officials over aid obstruction

Firstpost  

The US State Department did not name the individuals it was sanctioning, only saying they “participated in obstructing life-saving humanitarian aid through the taxation of aid shipments.” The United States on Friday announced visa sanctions on an unspecified number of individuals in South Sudan, including members of its government, who it accused of obstructing the delivery of humanitarian aid to …

Rights group says sexual violence is rampant in Sudan's conflict, calls for international protection
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rights group says sexual violence is rampant in Sudan's conflict, calls for international protection

Hindustan Times  

CAIRO — Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the paramilitary group fighting against the military in Sudan's civil war of rampant sexual violence against women, including gang rape and forced marriages of girls. Rights group says sexual violence is rampant in Sudan's conflict, calls for international protection The group, in a report released Monday, called for the United Nations and …

Rights group says sexual violence is rampant in Sudan’s conflict, calls for international protection
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rights group says sexual violence is rampant in Sudan’s conflict, calls for international protection

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the paramilitary group fighting against the military in Sudan’s civil war of rampant sexual violence against women, including gang rape and forced marriages of girls. “The Rapid Support Forces have raped, gang raped, and forced into marriage countless women and girls in residential areas in Sudan’s capital,” said Laetitia Bader, deputy Africa …

South Sudan peace talks face collapse over a new security law as country gears up for first election
5 months, 2 weeks ago

South Sudan peace talks face collapse over a new security law as country gears up for first election

Associated Press  

JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan peace talks that almost reached completion faced a stumbling block with opposition groups demanding a newly passed bill allowing the detention of people without an arrest warrant scratched out in order to sign a proposed agreement. Pagan Amum Okiech, negotiating on behalf of the South Sudan Opposition Movement Alliance, told The Associated Press on …

S.Sudan leader urges unity on independence anniversary
5 months, 2 weeks ago

S.Sudan leader urges unity on independence anniversary

Hindustan Times  

South Sudan's leader Salva Kiir urged unity on the anniversary of the independence of the conflict riven young nation, saying there had been progress on a long-delayed peace agreement. S.Sudan leader urges unity on independence anniversary The world's newest country is still plagued by violence and political infighting since achieving independence from Sudan in 2011. A peace agreement six years …

South Sudan’s vice president expresses concerns over ongoing peace talks
6 months ago

South Sudan’s vice president expresses concerns over ongoing peace talks

Associated Press  

JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan ’s vice president said Thursday that peace talks in neighboring Kenya have failed to acknowledge the country’s peace agreement established in 2018, alleging a new draft agreement is aimed at replacing the original peace deal. Riek Machar in a protest letter to the talks’ mediator said the draft established alternative institutions to replace or …

After a year of war in Sudan, what is the situation now?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

After a year of war in Sudan, what is the situation now?

Al Jazeera  

Peacemaking efforts and attempts at ceasefire have all collapsed since fighting broke out in Khartoum last year. The war in Sudan broke out on April 15, 2023, when a power struggle between the army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo reached a tipping point. According to a UN report seen by Reuters in January, between …

South Sudan’s president warns against clinging to power after call to postpone elections
8 months, 3 weeks ago

South Sudan’s president warns against clinging to power after call to postpone elections

Associated Press  

JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan ‘s President Salva Kiir on Wednesday warned lawmakers “not to cling to power” just weeks after his former rival turned deputy proposed a postponement of elections expected to be held in December. South Sudan was supposed to hold elections before February 2023 but that timetable was pushed back last August to December 2024. The …

UN reports a 35% increase in people affected by violence in South Sudan
9 months ago

UN reports a 35% increase in people affected by violence in South Sudan

Associated Press  

JUBA, South Sudan — The number of people affected by violence in South Sudan surged by 35% in the last three months of 2023, the United Nations reported. The U.N. Mission in South Sudan, or UNMISS, documented 233 incidents of violence affecting 862 people. The head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, said it is “doing all it can to prevent violence …

UN reports 35 percent increase in people affected by South Sudan violence
9 months ago

UN reports 35 percent increase in people affected by South Sudan violence

Al Jazeera  

New report says civilians are bearing the brunt of a surge in intercommunal conflict in pockets of South Sudan. The number of people affected by violence in South Sudan surged by 35 percent in the last three months of 2023 due to intercommunal conflict, the United Nations has said. The UN Mission in South Sudan documented 233 incidents of violence …

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan's ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says
10 months ago

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan's ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says

The Hindu  

The UN human rights office said in a new report on Friday that scores of people, including children, have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in the ongoing conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war crimes. “Some of these violations would amount to war crimes,” said UN human rights chief Volker Türk, calling for …

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan’s ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says
10 months ago

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan’s ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office said in a new report Friday that scores of people, including children, have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in the ongoinng conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war crimes. “Some of these violations would amount to war crimes,” said U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk, calling …

UN chief urges all nations to do everything possible to stop the 'horrible' war in Sudan
10 months, 2 weeks ago

UN chief urges all nations to do everything possible to stop the 'horrible' war in Sudan

The Independent  

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Violence in Sudan ‘verging on pure evil’, UN warns
1 year, 1 month ago

Violence in Sudan ‘verging on pure evil’, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

More than half of Sudan’s population needs humanitarian aid after nearly seven months of war, UN humanitarian coordinator for Sudan says. Violence against civilians in Sudan is “verging on pure evil”, a senior United Nations official has warned, after nearly seven months of war has left a wave of destruction with at least half the population in need of humanitarian …

UN human rights body establishes a fact-finding mission to probe abuses in Sudan’s conflict
1 year, 2 months ago

UN human rights body establishes a fact-finding mission to probe abuses in Sudan’s conflict

Associated Press  

CAIRO — The United Nations’ top human rights body voted Wednesday to establish a face-finding mission to probe allegations of abuses in Sudan’s monthslong war. Proposed by the U.K., the U.S. and Norway, the resolution says the mission will “investigate and establish the facts, circumstances and root causes of all alleged human rights violations and abuses and violations of international …

The conflict in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of ‘epic proportions,’ UN aid chief says
1 year, 3 months ago

The conflict in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of ‘epic proportions,’ UN aid chief says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The conflict in Sudan is fueling “a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions” that threatens the entire country, the U.N. humanitarian chief warned on Friday. He added that hundreds of thousands of Sudanese children are severely malnourished “and at imminent risk of death if left untreated.” “A long conflict will almost certainly lead to a lost generation of …

UN warns Sudan conflict ‘threatens to consume the entire country’
1 year, 4 months ago

UN warns Sudan conflict ‘threatens to consume the entire country’

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of thousands of malnourished children at risk of dying in humanitarian crisis of ‘epic proportions’, UN says. “The war in Sudan is fuelling a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions,” Martin Griffiths, the under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator said in a statement on Friday. Al-Burhan to visit Egypt and Saudi Arabia The war in Sudan broke out …

Human Rights Watch urges US to stop atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur
1 year, 4 months ago

Human Rights Watch urges US to stop atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur

Al Jazeera  

The war in Sudan has been going on for more than 100 days, and Darfur is one of the worst hit areas of the country. A leading human rights group has urged the United States to stem “ongoing atrocities” in Sudan’s western region of Darfur as Washington holds the presidency of the United Nations Security Council in August. As evidence …

South Sudan’s sluggish peace deal and unsteady road to elections
1 year, 6 months ago

South Sudan’s sluggish peace deal and unsteady road to elections

Associated Press  

KOWACH, South Sudan — Martha Nyanguour didn’t have time to bury her husband, son or granddaughter when they were killed by gunfire in September. “I thought maybe there would be peace in the future, but now, hearing gunshots daily, I think South Sudan will remain in war.” In 18 months, South Sudan is supposed to hold its first presidential elections, …

UN warns against losing sight of South Sudan peace process amid Sudan crisis
1 year, 7 months ago

UN warns against losing sight of South Sudan peace process amid Sudan crisis

Associated Press  

JUBA, South Sudan — The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has warned the country’s leaders not to lose sight of the pending implementation of the peace deal that could “make or break” the country” amid the ongoing crisis in neighboring Sudan. The head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, on Wednesday said even though South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir was mediating …

Sudan's new conflict puts women, girls at extreme risk
1 year, 7 months ago

Sudan's new conflict puts women, girls at extreme risk

Hindustan Times  

Ever since the Darfur conflict erupted in Sudan on 25th April 2003 —with the Sudan Liberation Movement attacking the Sudanese military forces—a vicious power struggle has been on going within the country’s political landscape, affecting innocent civilians who often find themselves caught in unending cycles of indiscriminate armed attacks. In addition, the heavy fighting is also putting tens of thousands …

Clouds gather over South Sudan as battles rage next door
1 year, 7 months ago

Clouds gather over South Sudan as battles rage next door

Al Jazeera  

Fighting between Sudan’s army and RSF could upend South Sudan’s shaky peace process due to oil exports and demographic concerns. Analysts said the fighting between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces could upend the shaky peace process in neighbouring South Sudan due to possible oil flow issues and demographic concerns. South Sudan has relationships with …

Sudan crisis: What’s next after one week of deadly fighting?
1 year, 8 months ago

Sudan crisis: What’s next after one week of deadly fighting?

Al Jazeera  

Analysts warn the conflict may have far-reaching consequences not only for the northeast African country, but also for an already unstable region. “The combat could quickly slide into a sustained war that risks rippling through the country’s restive peripheries into its neighbours,” the International Crisis Group says. “The hostilities have pushed the country toward the full-blown civil war Sudanese have …

UN chief appeals to rival Sudan leaders to end violence
1 year, 8 months ago

UN chief appeals to rival Sudan leaders to end violence

Al Jazeera  

As fighting escalates, Antonio Guterres calls on heads of army and paramilitary to restore calm and engage in dialogue. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the outbreak of violence in Sudan and called on the leaders of the warring sides to immediately cease hostilities and engage in dialogue. “Any further escalation could be devastating for the country and …

UN report charges South Sudan officials of rights violations
1 year, 8 months ago

UN report charges South Sudan officials of rights violations

The Independent  

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'The conflict goes on': South Sudan's never-ending war
1 year, 9 months ago

'The conflict goes on': South Sudan's never-ending war

Firstpost  

Conflict still torments the oil-rich but deeply-poor country half a decade after its leaders declared an end to the civil war that killed 380,000 people Nairobi, Kenya: “South Sudan remains significantly peaceful”, declared the opening line of a government-issued fact sheet for visitors and press as they awaited the historic arrival of Pope Francis in the country this month. “In …

UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan extended for a year
2 years, 9 months ago

UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan extended for a year

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council extended the mandate for the 19,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in South Sudan for a year Tuesday, while demanding an immediate end to fighting in the country and political dialogue to advance a plan to prevent the world’s newest nation from returning to civil war. Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield welcomed approval for the strengthened …

UN rights council orders probe into abuses in Ethiopia’s conflict
3 years ago

UN rights council orders probe into abuses in Ethiopia’s conflict

Al Jazeera  

Ethiopian government says ‘extremely disappointed’, pledges not to cooperate in international investigation. The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted to launch an international investigation into abuses in Ethiopia’s 13-month conflict amid warnings of looming “generalised violence”. Earlier, Nada al-Nashif, the deputy rights chief, told the council the UN was continuing to receive “credible reports” that all sides in the …

How to end Sudan’s political crisis?
3 years, 2 months ago

How to end Sudan’s political crisis?

Al Jazeera  

Protesters in Sudan are demanding the resignation of the interim government. Sudan has been led by a government made up of both civilian and military leaders for more than two years. That involves the Forces of Freedom and Change – a civilian coalition that led the protests against longtime leader Omar al-Bashir. Sudan’s prime minster has warned his nation is …

‘New wave of repression’ emerging in South Sudan, Amnesty warns
3 years, 3 months ago

‘New wave of repression’ emerging in South Sudan, Amnesty warns

Al Jazeera  

Rights group says peaceful protests ‘must be facilitated rather than cracked down upon’, following recent arrests. Amnesty International has warned that South Sudan is witnessing a “new wave of repression”, with many activists now in hiding after a string of arrests in recent weeks. The world’s newest nation has suffered from chronic instability since independence a decade ago, with a …

South Sudan at risk of ‘large scale conflict’: UN report
3 years, 7 months ago

South Sudan at risk of ‘large scale conflict’: UN report

Al Jazeera  

Experts warn that the slow pace of reforms and political disputes are threatening a 2018 peace deal that halted a bloody civil war. In the 81-page report sent to the UN Security Council on Monday, a panel of experts said slow-moving reforms by President Salva Kiir’s government and more than a year of political disputes and disagreements over how to …

UN report says South Sudan has healed little since civil war
4 years, 2 months ago

UN report says South Sudan has healed little since civil war

The Independent  

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