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UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting
The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South Sudan amid an uptick in hostilities, ...
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UN Security Council must renew the arms embargo on South Sudan
If properly implemented and enforced, a renewed UNSC arms embargo would not obstruct security sector reform. Instead, it ...
UN rights chief urges warring sides in South Sudan to 'pull back from the brink'
The United Nations rights chief urged on Friday for warring sides in South Sudan to pull back from the brink, warning that ...
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75 killed in South Sudan clashes in four months – UN
Clashes between South Sudan’s army and fighters backing the rival to President Salva Kiir have killed at least 75 civilians since February, the UN human ... uphold the 2018 peace agreement.” ...
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UN raises red flag over worsening security and rights conditions in South Sudan
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed deep concern on Friday over the escalating hostilities in South Sudan since February, warning that the hostilities could further worsen ...
South Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief Decries Escalating Hostilities, Arbitrary Arrests And Hate Speech
Hostilities between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army – In Opposition (SPLA-IO) and their respective allied armed groups, have left at least 75 ...
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Q&A: ‘Juba-Rumbek road project halted over unpaid dues’-Chinese envoy
China’s ambassador to South Sudan said construction on the Juba-Rumbek highway, the country’s first oil-for-infrastructure ...
Two Pakistanis are among 57 UN peacekeepers to be honoured posthumously in New York Thursday
Among the posthumous awardees of Dag Hammarskjold medals are: Sepoy Muhammad Tarique and Havildar Ahsan Ullah Khan who both served with UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). (Abyei is an area ...