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The depths of despair in South Sudan 0

The depths of despair in South Sudan

The mood of despair was evident in his words as the UN under-secretary for humanitarian affairs wrapped up a two-day visit to South Sudan. « Ordinary people are suffering on an unimaginable scale. The peace process has so far produced nothing. The cessation of hostilities is a fiction. The economy has collapsed, » Mark Lowcock said in…

Recruitment of tiny one troopers smooth rising in South Sudan 0

Recruitment of tiny one troopers smooth rising in South Sudan

Yambio, South Sudan – John was taken when he was 15 years old. He is one of 700 children who were forcibly recruited by South Sudan’s National Liberation Movement. « They arrested me when we were going to the garden, » he told Al Jazeera. « Life in the bush was hard and if you leave, they will look for you…

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What’s going on between Egypt and Sudan?

Ongoing tensions in the Red Sea region came to the fore in late December, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Sudan as part of his Africa tour. During the visit, Erdogan and his Sudanese counterpart, Omar al-Bashir, signed more than a dozen agreements to boost the economic partnership between the two nations. Among these agreements…