South Sudan

The World Food Programme (WFP) said Tuesday it may have to halt food assistance to two million people in South Sudan within weeks due to a severe funding shortfall. About 7.8 million people—roughly half of South Sudan’s population—struggle…
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A plane delivering food aid for the international charity Samaritan’s Purse crashed in South Sudan’s Unity State on Tuesday, killing all three crew members on board, a senior official from the organisation confirmed. The aircraft, operated…
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A small plane crashed in a remote part of South Sudan, killing at least 20 people, including an Indian national, on Wednesday, news agency AFP reported. Gatwech Bipal, the minister of information in the oil-rich Unity state, said that the…
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The US Department of State said on Friday that it is imposing visa restrictions on multiple individuals responsible for the ongoing conflict in South Sudan. “We note the continued failure of South Sudan’s leaders to use their nation’s…
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Around 10,000 refugees have entered South Sudan from Sudan in recent days fleeing fighting between the army and paramilitary forces, officials in South Sudan’s Renk County said on Monday. About 6,500 crossed the border on Saturday and…
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