Conflict
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 09:12
Due to the deteriorating security situation in South Sudan, today the United States has further drawn down staffing at our Embassy in Juba. We are taking this step out of an abundance of caution to ensure the safety and security of our diplomatic personnel. As a result of this drawdown, the U.S. Embassy in Juba will not be able to provide consular services to U.S. citizens in South Sudan. The U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya will provide consular services for U.S. citizens in South Sudan until further notice. We continue to strongly recommend that U.S. citizens in South Sudan depart immediately.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 09:10
The United States announced $49.8 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help victims of conflict in South Sudan. With this new assistance, the United States has provided more than $300 million in humanitarian assistance in Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014 to assist South Sudanese victims of conflict as well as refugees seeking asylum in South Sudan.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 08:58
France’s military mission in the Central African Republic will not suck in its troops in an expanding role, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian vowed Thursday during a visit to the restive country’s capital.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 08:53
Escalating violence in the Central African Republic is posing a threat to children, with at least two beheaded and thousands recruited as soldiers, the United Nations said.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 08:23
Talks to agree a ceasefire in South Sudan have opened in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 08:09
Colonel Mamadou Ndala killed in rocket attack on his vehicle in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic of Congo
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 07:59
Despite desperate peacemaking efforts, the outlook for South Sudan is bleak. THE world’s youngest independent country is criss-crossed with battle lines. Following a bloody rupture in mid-December between President Salva Kiir and his former vice-president, Riek Machar, violence has spread across much of South Sudan.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 07:54
On the eve of negotiations to end the conflict in South Sudan, rebel forces on Wednesday seized major sections of the city of Bor, giving them a strategic foothold for a possible march toward the capital and transforming the banks of the White Nile into an impromptu camp for the tens of thousands of people who have fled the fighting.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 07:52
South Sudan’s warring factions held preliminary meetings Friday in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa one day ahead of official ceasefire talks, Ethiopia’s foreign ministry said.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 07:50
Land grievances have spawned militias and fueled ethnic violence, exacerbating the instability in a region far removed from the government in the west.