Salva Kiir
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‘A new dawn’: South Sudan rival leaders form coalition government meant to end warA day after President Salva Kiir dissolved the previous government, opposition leader Riek Machar was sworn in as his deputy, an arrangement that twice collapsed in fighting during the conflict that killed nearly 400,000 people.WorldFeb 22, 2020
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Under pressure, South Sudan agrees to 4,000 new peacekeepersSouth Sudan has agreed to the deployment of a 4,000-strong regional protection force approved by the U.N. Security Council after first rejecting the peacekeepers as a violation of its sovereignty.WorldSep 4, 2016
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Canada compares ‘deplorable’ violence in South Sudan to RwandaFor the second time in a week the Canadian government has condemned mass killings in South Sudan and compares the situation to the Rwandan genocide.CanadaApr 24, 2014
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Uganda deploys troops to South Sudan; UN says up to 180,000 now displaced by violenceUganda's president visited South Sudan Monday to help advance efforts to find a political solution to a crisis that pits South Sudan's president against his former deputy, a Ugandan official said.WorldDec 30, 2013
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Curfew in South Sudan capital after alleged coup attemptSouth Sudan's president on Monday ordered a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the capital after soldiers loyal to the former deputy attempted to seize power by force.WorldDec 16, 2013
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