March 24, 2014(Addis Ababa) — Several former officials of the South Sudanese government have announced joining the SPLM/A faction led by Riek Machar, the country’s ousted vice president. Tijwok Agwet Athar, former advisor to the president on religious affairs, alongside another Shilluk official Gwado Ador, former research director at the Information Ministry, made their move…
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Q&A: Sanctuary for South Sudanese
The head of the UN mission in South Sudan, Hilde Johnson, on offering bases for people seeking protection in Juba Al Jazeera. March 24, 2014(Juba) — The capital of the world’s newest country was rocked by violence in December when fighting broke out within the military. The conflict quickly spread across the country as the…
Egypt ready to send peacekeepers to S. Sudan
World Bulletin / News Desk. Egyptian peacekeepers with UNAMID on patrol in Um Kadada, North Darfur, in January 2012. (Photo credits :UN/Albert Gonzalez Farran) March 24, 2014(Cairo) — Egypt’s interim president Adly Mansour said on Sunday that his country was ready to contribute troops to the United Nations peacekeeping force in South Sudan. In a…
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