Millions at risk in South Sudan

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South Sudan returned to war in December but this time the fight was not against the old enemy, Khartoum, but between former allies on different sides of an ethnic divide. The fighting has disrupted the planting season and scattered livestock; meaning that hunger is, again, taking hold.

>I visited South Sudan at the end of April, for the second time in five months. I found the world’s youngest country a different place now from the one I remember from November. A country at risk of tearing itself apart, in dire need of peace and reconciliation.

Presidents Obasanjo and Mbeki recognized that the solution to the current crisis was within the reach of the peoples of South Sudan

The African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS) (http://www.au.int) met with President Thabo Mbeki, in his capacity as Chairperson of the High Level Implementation Panel on Sudan, today 4 September 2014. In attendance were President Olusegun Obasanjo, Professor Mahmood Mamdani and Lady Justice Sophia Akuffo.

The meeting follows nation wide...

All four Nigerian and South African teams are in danger of being eliminated from the Champions League this weekend.

Sudan beat neighbours South Sudan in a penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals of the Cecafa Cup in Ethiopia.

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Why does a country thousands of miles away matter so much to the US and, in particular, President Obama, asks Karen Allen.

Provides an overview of South Sudan, including key events and facts about Africa's newest nation