South Sudan

• Sudan braces for nationwide protests against military coup, U.S. calls for no violence

  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sudan’s security forces must respect human rights and any violence against peaceful demonstrators is "unacceptable."

  World

  Oct 30
• Who is Abdel-Fattah Burhan, the military strongman behind Sudan coup?

  Abdel-Fattah Burhan first gained prominence in 2019, when he and other generals toppled Omar al-Bashir, under pressure from mass demonstrations against the autocrat's 30-year rule.

  World

  Oct 27
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• Sudan coup: Protesters block roads, burn tires after military takeover

  The takeover came after weeks of mounting tensions between military and civilian leaders over the course and the pace of Sudan's transition to democracy.

  World

  Oct 26
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• 4 African countries at risk of famine, widespread food insecurity: United Nations

  U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Congo, Yemen, northeast Nigeria and South Sudan rank ``among the largest food crises in the world.''

  World

  Sep 5, 2020
• ‘A new dawn’: South Sudan rival leaders form coalition government meant to end war

  A 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.

  World

  Feb 22, 2020
• Canada sending Hercules aircraft to Uganda to assist UN mission

  Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Thursday the aircraft will be supported by as many as 25 Canadian Armed Forces personnel.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2019
• Peacekeeper among 6 killed in disputed border region of Sudan, South Sudan: UN

  Both Sudan and South Sudan claim ownership of the oil-rich Abyei area.

  World

  Jul 16, 2019
• Ex-senator Romeo Dallaire talks new approach to ending child soldiers’ use in South Sudan

  With 19,000 children associated with armed groups, South Sudan has one of the world's highest rates of child soldiers, according to the UN

  World

  Nov 25, 2018
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• ‘Barbaric use of technology’: South Sudanese child bride auctioned off on Facebook

  Ten-thousand dollars, 500 cows and three cars: that was the winning bid for a South Sudanese child bride who was auctioned off into marriage by her father — on Facebook.

  Tech

  Nov 21, 2018
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• The JHR podcast: Building trust in South Sudan following years of civil war

  JHR is training journalists in the world's newest country: South Sudan.

  World

  Sep 27, 2018