South Sudan situation deteriorating at alarming pace – UN

Alarming regression’ in path to peace in South Sudan, UN commission warns
South Sudan has seen an “alarming regression” as clashes in recent weeks in the country’s northeast threaten to undo years of progress towards peace, the United Nations commission on human rights for the country has warned.
South Sudan situation deteriorating at alarming pace - U.N. rights body
Increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threaten its fragile peace process, a United Nations rights body said on Saturday, days after the arrests of several officials allied to the country's vice president.
Conflict: South Sudan situation deteriorating at alarming pace – UN
A United Nations rights body on Saturday said increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threaten its fragile peace process. Chairperson of
South Sudan Security Forces Release Peacebuilding Minister, Vice Presidency Says
Between Tuesday and Thursday, security forces arrested or put under house arrest several allies of Machar, including the petroleum minister, the peacebuilding minister and a deputy head of the military,
South Sudan’s national Peacebuilding minister released
South Sudan’s national Peacebuilding minister, Stephen Par Kuol has been released, a day after his arrest by national security operatives.Puok Both Baluang, the acting press secretary in the office of South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar,
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South Sudan on edge as cracks emerge in ruling coalition
South Sudan’s ruling coalition, the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGNoU) had been a loose arrangement meant to ...
1 crew member killed as UN helicopter is attacked in violence-prone South Sudan
A crew member was killed and two others were injured when a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a remote ...
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South Sudan arrests key Machar allies as army surrounds his house
Several allies of Vice President Machar arrested as soldiers surround his Juba home in latest threat to 2018 peace deal.
U.N. Helicopter Attacked as South Sudan Teeters on Brink
The aircraft came under fire as it tried to rescue wounded soldiers, the United Nations said. The attack came amid fears that ...
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South Sudan defends detention of Riek Machar allies
South Sudan government has defended the controversial detention of allies of First Vice President Riek Machar, warning that ...
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South Sudan: Ruto Urges Kiir and Machar to Dialogue in a Bid to Foster Peace
President William Ruto has urged South Sudan President Salva Kiir and the first Vice President Riek Machar to engage in ...
South Sudan detains oil minister and military officials in threat to peace deal
South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied with First Vice ...
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Tensions Rise as South Sudanese Forces Arrest President's Allies
South Sudan's political landscape is tense as forces loyal to President Kiir arrest key allies of Vice President Machar, ...
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Tension as UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan, deaths recorded, see details
A UN helicopter has been shot at in South Sudan with deaths recorded. The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, said the ...
General among dozens killed in attack on UN helicopter evacuation in South Sudan
A South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers were killed on Friday when a United Nations helicopter trying to evacuate ...