January 18, 2014 [Addis Ababa] –South Sudan’s government headed by Salva Kiir and opposition forces led by Riek Machar have accepted a ceasefire agreement after negotiations in Addis Ababa, top sources in both Juba and the Ethiopian capital told Radio Tamazuj. Under the terms of the agreement the soldiers of both the national army and…
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Exclusive – Senior U.S. senators push South Sudan leaders on violence
Wrttten by PATRICIA ZENGERLE Senate Democrats Holds a Rountable Discussion. Photo: Reuters Janaury 18, 2014 [Reuters] — Senior members of the influential U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee urged South Sudan’s leaders on Friday to stop violence threatening to spiral into civil war in a country that has received billions of dollars in U.S. taxpayer funds.…
Breaking news: South Sudan rebels bomb UPDF tanks, 250 soldiers killed
UPDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Paddy Ankunda January 17, 2014 [KAMPALA] — Dr. Riek Machar rebels fighting to overthrow the government of Salva Kiir in Juba have bombed three tanks of Uganda’s army UPDF and in the process killed over 250 soldiers at Bor and Malakal. The city of Malakal fell in the hands of rebels…
