Written by SAM STURGIS, McClatchy Washington Bureau. January 15, 2014 [WASHINGTON] — A month has passed since ethnically targeted killings and an alleged coup broke out in South Sudan’s capital city of Juba, triggering an escalating humanitarian crisis. Two of the State Department’s top diplomats for Africa appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on…
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Salva Kiir Can’t Address The Public!
South Sudan president’s address to nation canceled By CCTV correspondent Kofa Mrenje South Sudanese pres. Salva Kiir Mayardiit January 15, 2014 [CCTV]— South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has failed to deliver a national address on the ongoing violence in the country. Instead, his office released a statement, calling on the country to stand together during…
PHOTOS: Viewing The South Sudan Crisis From Space
Since the clashes between the South Sudanese government and rebel forces broke out in late December, the toll on the civilians caught in the crossfire has escalated more rapidly than many could have predicted. Reporting from on the ground can be difficult to come by at times in situations such as seen in the areas…
