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Trump Administration Faces Decision on Sudan Sanctions – Deadline This Wednesday

7 years ago

Sudan’s al Bashir. Photo: Al Jazeera/Getty Images/File Washington, DC, July 10, 2017 (SSNA) — The Trump administration faces a July 12 deadline to make a decision on whether to terminate the…

UN Security Council Votes to Drawdown Darfur Peacekeeping Operation, Experts Say Decision “Flawed”

7 years ago

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UN Security Council. Photo: UN/Getty Images/File Washington, DC, June 29, 2017 — Today the U.N. Security Council voted to decimate the capacity of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID)…

Sudan Sanctions July Deadline “Won’t Work”: Trump Administration Should Delay Decision

7 years ago

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Photo: dabangasudan.org/Getty Images/File “July Deadline Won’t Work”: Trump Administration Should Delay Decision on Sudan Sanctions Washington, DC, June 22, 2017 — The Trump administration should delay a July decision on U.S.…

UN warns of worsening food crisis in South Sudan

8 years ago

South Sudan, World

South Sudanese refugees… Photo: AFP Juba/Washington, DC, June 6, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations has warned that South Sudan’s hunger crisis is worsening and blames South Sudanese warring factions…

US, UK downplay significance of Kiir’s ceasefire announcement

8 years ago

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United States’ deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Michele Sison. Photo: UN/Getty Images/File Juba/New York, May 24, 2017 (SSNA) — The United States and the United Kingdom said South Sudan’s…

Ethiopia to lead the World Health Organization

8 years ago

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Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo: Ethiopian News gency (ENA)/File. Geneva/Addis Ababa, May 23, 2017 (SSNA) — The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has emerged as the winner to run the World…

UN accuses South Sudan of carrying out ethnic killings in Yei

8 years ago

South Sudan, World

Government soldiers… Photo: Reuters Geneva/Juba, May 19, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations has accused South Sudanese government troops of carrying out ethnic killings in Yei, saying at least 114…

UN deploys troops to Upper Nile to ‘enable aid delivery’

8 years ago

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“United Nations peacekeepers patrol in the camp for displaced people inside the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) compound in Malakal, Upper Nile State, which is currently held by…

UN urges South Sudan warring factions to cease hostilities

8 years ago

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Stéphane Dujarric. Photo: UN/Getty Images/File New York/Juba, April 30, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Nations has called on South Sudanese government and armed opposition forces to stop fighting along the…

UK declares South Sudan killings as ‘genocide’

8 years ago

South Sudan, World

Priti Patel. Photo: Conservative Friends of Israel Juba/Kampala, April 12, 2017 (SSNA) — The United Kingdom has accused South Sudanese government of pursuing a “scorched-earth policy,” saying killings in South…

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