SOUTH SUDAN
Ethiopia Is Carrying Out a Cross-Border Raid to Rescue 108 Abducted Children
Ethiopian media is reporting the military has located the scores of children abducted by South Sudanese gunmen during a cross-border cattle raid last week, and is in the process of rescuing them.
We're Waiting With 245 South Sudanese Rebels Whose Homecoming Is Not Going to Plan
South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar was supposed to return to the capital Juba on Monday to be sworn in as vice president. Three days later his men are still stuck at an Ethiopian airport.
Ethiopian Death Toll Rises After Gunmen Abduct 100 Children and 2,000 Livestock
The attack took place on Friday with authorities saying gunmen from South Sudan attacked the area leaving more than 200 dead in the Horn of Africa nation's Gambela region.
South Sudanese Gunmen Killed 140 People and Abducted 39 Children, Ethiopian Officials Say
Getachew Reda, Ethiopia's communications minister, said the attackers were members of South Sudan's Murle tribe, and that the attack took place on Friday in the Gambela region, which borders South Sudan.
Darfur Voters Cast Ballots in Referendum Over State Unification
Analysts and diplomats say the Sudanese government opposes a unified Darfur, concerned that this would give the rebels there a platform to push for independence — just as the south successfully did in 2011.
In South Sudan’s War, Mass Gang Rape Has Become an Everyday Weapon
Tens of thousands of South Sudanese civilians are fleeing a scorched-earth campaign by militias allied with the government — one in which women pay the biggest price.
UN Official Estimates 50,000 Dead in South Sudan as Violence Spreads
More than two years after civil war broke out in South Sudan, the heightened death toll from the UN comes as optimism continues to dwindle on the potential that a peace deal signed between warring factions last year will be implemented.
In Photos: The Children Fighting For an Education in South Sudan
Conflict has forced nearly 2 million children out of school in the world's newest country. Recent violence at a UN-run displacement camp has put a renewed spotlight on security risks.
Violence Erupts in South Sudan Peacekeeping Camp, Killing 18
The UN peacekeeping mission said youths from the Shilluk and Dinka ethnic groups — both staying at the site — began fighting on Wednesday night using small arms and machetes.
South Sudan Forces Accused of Leaving 50 People to Suffocate in a Shipping Container
Various groups have documented the use of metal containers as informal detention sites in South Sudan. The latest incident was among five violations of the ceasefire signed in August that a monitoring group described in a submission to the African...
Sudan and South Sudan to Open Borders for the First Time in Nearly Five Years
Relations between the two East African countries have been weak since South Sudan seceded in 2011, but the border opening is just the latest step towards improved ties.
Notorious Warlord Joseph Kony's Fighters Kidnap Dozens in Central African Republic
Village residents and officials said the rebels killed one villager as they pulled off their largest recent kidnapping in the former French colony, where the Ugandan rebel group has entrenched itself as international forces hunt down their leader.