UN outrage at South Sudan attack

Witnessing ambushes and the death of general in South Sudan

Dozens of civilians sheltering in a UN base in the South Sudan city of Bor have been killed in an attack by armed youths, the UN says.

Anti-government rebels in South Sudan attack the key town of Bor, after Uganda threatened to fight them if a Tuesday ceasefire deadline was not met.

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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...

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

As the South Sudan peace talks continue to make little headway, there is a fierce battle to take the strategic town of Bor.

The US Supreme Court rules in favour of damages over the 1998 bombings in Kenya and Tanzania.

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