At least 27 dead in South Sudan air crash: report

A plane crashes near the international airport in South Sudan's capital Juba, killing 40 people, reports say.

A 14-month old girl who survived Wednesday's plane crash in South Sudan is now conscious in hospital and able to recognise relatives, doctors say.

Gunmen shoot dead a reporter in South Sudan days after President Salva Kiir made threatening remarks about reporters "working against the country".

>Kenya stands to lose as much as $24 billion in economic output if the war in South Sudan continues at high intensity for another five years, a London-based economic consulting firm warned on Wednesday.

Sudan Tribune
Rights groups call on AU to publish crimes report on South Sudan
Sudan Tribune
January 28, 2015 (ADDIS ABABA) – International and national human rights and civil society organizations have called on the African Union (AU) to make public its findings in the investigation of crimes committed by warring parties in South Sudan.
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There are no survivors from the Air Algerie AH5017 passenger jet that crashed in Mali, says the French President, Francois Hollande.

Amateur video emerges of the site in Mali where the Air Algerie AH5017 passenger jet crashed. Here is the story in 15 seconds.

BREAKING NEWSPlane dropped 14,000 feet in six minutesAt least 150 people were traveling aboard an Airbus A320 from Spain to Germany when it crashed in the foothills of the Alps in southeastern France. Access to the mountainous crash site is difficult.
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