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More Than 20% in Sudan Face Acute Hunger, WFP Says
UN agency points to factors including hyperinflation, floods, a locust infestation, and COVID-19 restrictions
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Intercommunal Clashes in South Sudan Kill 18
Local official in Warrap state says young men from Unity state attacked after they could not find cattle to steal
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South Sudan Returning 72,000 COVID Vaccine Doses
Health Ministry sending back vaccines to COVAX so the doses can be used by other countries before they expire
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South Sudan President Dissolves Assembly, Reconstitutes Parliament Per Peace Deal
New parliament must now accommodate 550 members, including additional lawmakers from formerly warring parties
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About 120 Ex-peacekeepers from Ethiopia Seek Asylum in Sudan, UN says
Personnel were set to be repatriated as part of phased withdrawal of UN peacekeeping mission, UNAMID, from western Sudan's Darfur region after its man
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Dozens Killed in Bomb Blast Near School in Afghan Capital
The blast, which killed at least 30 people and injured more than 50 others occurred in a Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Kabul
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South Sudan Students, Teachers Back in School After 14-month Lockdown
Officials say government will send COVID-19 committees to various schools to assess whether teachers have been adhering to health ministry's preventat
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Former Mission Chief Assesses South Sudan Peace Process
David Shearer says that the process is moving more slowly than it should and that the country could progress if it eliminates widespread corruption
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South Sudan Stops Using Doses of AstraZeneca Vaccine Over Expiration Fears
South Sudan health officials have stopped administering 60,000 AstraZeneca doses because of the COVID vaccine's expiration date, even though the drugm
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UN Envoy: South Sudan has Potential, Needs to Hold Elections
World's youngest nation has to eliminate corruption and establish a transparent and open government, he says
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UN Makes Further Cuts in Food Rations for South Sudan Refugees, Displaced
World Food Program says 700,000 people this month will see rations drop to just half the recommended daily amount
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Commercial Trucks Refusing to Enter South Sudan Because of Insecurity
Drivers want safety measures on roads before transporting much-needed goods
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South Sudan Archbishop Dies; Remembered as Promoter of Peace
The retired Catholic archbishop of South Sudan, Paulino Lukudu Loro, died Monday in Nairobi, just a day after Easter
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South Sudan Secures $174 Million IMF Loan
The International Monetary Fund's long-term loan is to help the country's ailing economy, including paying civil servants' salaries for the past five
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5 Killed in South Sudan Road Attack
Victims burned to death when gunmen ambushed a convoy of trucks returning to Uganda on Juba-Nimule Road; army blames National Salvation Front rebels
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South Sudan Road Attacks Leave Nearly 30 Dead
A string of deadly road attacks rocked parts of the country this week, including one on a convoy carrying a governor who had just visited a grieving c
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Five Killed, Dozens Injured in Anti-Modi Protests in Bangladesh
Hundreds of students from Islamic religious schools clash with police and border troops in the eastern Brahmanbaria district
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First COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive in Juba, South Sudan
132,000 doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine arrived Thursday
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South Sudan Government Threatens Rights Activists Living Abroad, Report Says
Activists are not safe from harassment, kidnapping even when living in Kenya, Uganda or Tanzania, rights group Front Line Defenders says
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South Sudan Arrests Six Suspected of Illegal Logging
South Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state authorities arrested six foreigners, who are expected to be arraigned this week
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8 Killed in Suspected South Sudan Revenge Attack
Some say attack raises security concerns and hinders return of internally displaced persons, refugees from neighboring countries
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UN: South Sudan Political, Military Leaders to Blame for Inter-Communal Violence
A new UN report says South Sudanese political and military leaders supported well-armed militias that killed more than 700 people and must be held acc
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UN Appeals for $1.7 Billion to Feed Millions in South Sudan
The UN released its South Sudan humanitarian response plan for 2021 Tuesday, with an urgent appeal for $1.7 billion dollars to combat growing food ins
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Myanmar Junta Extends Martial Law in Yangon After Dozens of Anti-Coup Protesters Killed
Bloody crackdown against demonstrators tightens as scheduled court appearance by deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi cancelled because of blocked internet
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UN Extends Mandate of South Sudan Force to Prevent Return to Civil War
Security Council votes unanimously to extend the almost 20,000-strong U.N. peacekeeping force