Conflict
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 07:35
Rebels in South Sudan are forcibly recruiting civilians to march on the national capital, the military said, even as representatives of the warring factions gathered in neighboring Ethiopia for the expected start of peace talks Thursday.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 07:13
The United States on Friday ordered a further reduction of American Embassy staff members in strife-torn South Sudan and said it would cease to provide consular services for its citizens as of Saturday, apparently reflecting a somber assessment of the country’s prospects even as its warring factions were reported to have opened preliminary indirect talks in neighboring Ethiopia.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 07:11
On January 3, 2014, the Department of State ordered a further drawdown of U.S. Embassy personnel from Juba because of the deteriorating security situation in the Republic of South Sudan.
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 07:07
Government accuses rebels as fighting overshadows peace talks in Ethiopia and aid agencies warn of looming catastrophe. Aid agencies have warned of a looming humanitarian catastrophe in South Sudan, where fighting continues in spite of the crisis talks currently under way in neighbouring Ethiopia.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 13:38
Uganda's president said on Monday east African nations had agreed to move in to defeat South Sudanese rebel leader Riek Machar if he rejected a ceasefire offer, threatening to turn an outburst of ethnic fighting into a regional conflict.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 13:07
South Sudan edges closer to all-out civil war as rival forces captured each other’s territory
The United Nations moved to double its peacekeeping force in South Sudan to 12,500 troops on Wednesday in a desperate bid to avert all-out civil war in the world’s newest nation.
America also flew 150 Marines to the region as fighting between South Sudan’s army and the rebels worsened, with both sides capturing each other’s territory.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 11:35
US Secretary of State John Kerry Tuesday urged both South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his sacked vice president turned rebel leader Riek Machar to stop fighting and open talks, the State Department said.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 11:28
Chadian peacekeepers fired on a crowd demonstrating against their presence in the capital of Central African Republic, where at least nine people were killed in inter-religious violence on Monday.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 11:25
Three U.S. aircraft came under fire from unidentified forces on Saturday while trying to evacuate Americans from a spiraling conflict in South Sudan. The U.S. military said four of its members were wounded in the attacks.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 11:21
All Americans who presented themselves at the United Nations camp in Bor, South Sudan, were evacuated safely Sunday amid deadly violence in the country, the State Department said. A State Department official said about 15 Americans were flown out.