Kirsty Duncan, Liberal MP April 10, 2014 (HUFFPOST) — The conflict in South Sudan began with gunfire at the headquarters of the Presidential Guard in the capital, Juba, on December 15, 2013. President Salva Kiir claimed that former Vice-President, Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, had attempted a coup. Machar claimed the shooting was the result of the President’s…
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Rebels march toward Paloch
April 9, (Nyamilepedia) — As confirmed by the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) imagery of the strategic town of Kaka, an attack on Paloch’s oil fields is imminent. Kaka was recaptured from the government forces around March 24 by the rebels, however, clashes continued, as the report indicates. “Kaka is currently under the control of rebel…
UN Ignores South Sudan Camp Crisis, Charity Says
By RICK GLADSTONE, NYT April 09, 2014 (UN) — The United Nations peacekeeping operation in South Sudan was severely criticized on Wednesday by Doctors Without Borders, the emergency medical charity, over what it called a shameful indifference to the squalid living conditions of 21,000 displaced people forced to shelter in a flooded portion of a…
