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S.Sudan opposition says vice president's arrest ends peace deal
AFP, Published on 27/03/2025
» JUBA - South Sudan's opposition said on Thursday the arrest overnight of First Vice President Riek Machar, long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, had invalidated their 2018 peace deal and risked plunging the country back into war.
Arrest of vice president puts S.Sudan on brink of war
AFP, Published on 27/03/2025
» JUBA - South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar, the long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, was arrested on Wednesday -- a move described by the UN as leaving the country on the brink of widespread conflict.
Gen Pana visits peacekeepers
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/02/2025
» Royal Thai Army (RTA) commander-in-chief Gen Pana Klaewplodthuk recently visited the Thai Horizontal Military Engineering Company in South Sudan to oversee the unit's operations in supporting the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
273 Thai armed forces engineers sent to S Sudan
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 16/08/2024
» The Royal Thai Armed Forces will send 273 engineers to support the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), starting Sunday.
Thousands flee violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile: UN
AFP, Published on 08/12/2022
» JUBA - Violence in South Sudan's far north has forced thousands of civilians to flee in recent weeks, UN agencies said Wednesday, adding some were hiding in swamps and eating shrubs to survive.
South Sudan turns 10 with little to celebrate
AFP, Published on 09/07/2021
» JUBA, South Sudan: President Salva Kiir pledged on Friday not to return South Sudan to war as the country marked 10 years of troubled independence with little cause to rejoice.
Defence okays troops for South Sudan role
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 29/08/2017
» The Council of Defence has agreed to send 268 soldiers to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
Thai soldiers to join UN mission in South Sudan
Published on 28/08/2017
» The Defence Council has approved a plan to despatch almost 270 military engineers to take part in the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
New Zealander to head UN mission in South Sudan
AFP, Published on 08/12/2016
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - A New Zealand lawmaker who has led UN aid efforts worldwide is to be named UN mission chief in South Sudan, one of the world's toughest peacekeeping jobs, diplomats said Wednesday.
At least 300 killed in latest South Sudan violence: UN
AFP, Published on 16/07/2016
» GENEVA - At least 300 people were killed and 42,000 fled their homes this month during four days of intense gun battles in the capital of South Sudan, the UN said Friday.