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U.N. warns of possible humanitarian disaster in South Sudan

By Louis Charbonneau Toby Lanzer, the deputy U.N. special representative and humanitarian coordinator for South Sudan.Photo MINUSS/Isaac Billy March 4, 2014 (Reuters)- If the fighting in South Sudan prevents people from planting crops over the next three months, the country will be headed for a humanitarian disaster, the humanitarian coordinator for the United Nations in South…

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South Sudan Peace Discussions adjourned!

Mediator IGAD ‘considering deploying troops’ in South Sudan By ANDUALEM SISAY File: The Security Council within IGAD is considering deploying regional troops to monitor the ceasefire agreement in South Sudan. Picture: AFP Photo / Lionel Bonaventure March 4, 2014 (Addis Ababa) — The Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which has been mediating the peace talks…

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Khartoum accuses South Sudan’s army of attacking Abyei

March 3, 2014 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government has asked residents of the contested Abyei area for restraint and accused South Sudan’s army of attacking Sudanese citizens north of the border line drawn in January 1, 1956, calling upon Juba to withdraw its forces south of that border line. The Sudanese co-chair of the Abyei…

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