July 8, 2014(Addis Ababa) — In March this year, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD agreed to deploy a regional force to South Sudan. Kenya, Rwanda and Ethiopia pledged to contribute to the mission. The first battalion from Ethiopia has already arrived in South Sudan. The deployment of three battalions from the east African states…
IOC provides hope and opportunity to youth in South Sudan
July 8, 2014(Olympic – Nanjing) — In keeping with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s continued support of the athletes and fledgling sports movement of South Sudan, the IOC Executive Board today agreed to provide an additional place at the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing in 2014 for one South Sudanese athlete in athletics.…
Conflict Alert: Halting South Sudan’s Spreading Civil War
July 8, 2014(Juba, Brussels) — The war between the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/SPLA) government and the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement/Army in Opposition (SPLM/A-IO) that began in Juba in December and spread to the three Greater Upper Nile states (Jonglei, Upper Nile and Unity) is in danger of escalation, including more atrocities and famine. As…
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