At least 12 killed, 15 children missing in South Sudan attack
Juba, South Sudan Reuters Youths attacked a village in eastern South Sudan and shot dead at least 12 people while 15 children are missing, officials said on Tuesday, as local conflicts continued to increase ahead of elections late this year. A civil war from 2013-18 caused hundreds of thousands of deaths and although the main […]
New flare-up of local violence in South Sudan kills 15
Juba, South Sudan Reuters Young men shot dead 15 people in South Sudan’s eastern Pibor region, including a county commissioner, a senior official said on Wednesday, amid a rise in local conflict ahead of a national election due at the end of the year. A civil war that erupted two years after the country won […]
Oxfam calls for urgent action to prevent famine in South Sudan
Oxfam Australia have called for urgent action to prevent famine in South Sudan following an early warning report showing that some people in the country’s east were already experiencing extreme levels of hunger. The report from the Famine Early Warning Network (FEWSNET) showed that one in five households in the eastern town of Pibor could already […]