Eight die as plane carrying UN salaries crashes in South Sudan
The plane, an Antonov 36 was chartered by Opportunity Bank to carry salaries for WFP staff in Wau, the capital of Western Bahr El-Ghazal state.
South Sudan church attack victims ‘buried in mass graves’
Thirty-three people who were killed during an attack on a Cathedral in South Sudan have been buried in several mass graves. Moses Anur Ayom, an Anglican Bishop of the Episcopal Church, said St Luke’s Cathedral – east of the state capital, Bor, was attacked two weeks ago by youth from the Murle ethnic group. The […]
New South Sudan rebel group vows to overthrow Kiir
A South Sudanese businessman and former intelligence officer says he has launched a new rebel group and intends to overthrow what he calls the corrupt leadership of the country. The government has not yet commented. Kerbino Wol has called it the Seventh of October Movement – a reference to the day of a riot at […]
At least 300 people killed in South Sudan clashes
Authorities say as many as 800 people have been killed since the wave of revenge attacks begun in February.
South Sudan rebels reject Salva Kiir’s peace deal
South Sudan rebels rejected on Sunday a government peace offer to return to a system of 10 states, dashing hopes of ending a six-year war that has left 380,000 dead. President Salva Kiir had said he would compromise by cutting the current 32 regional states back down to the original 10— a key rebel demand […]