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Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – "How to Train Your Dragon," a live-action reboot of a popular 2010 animated film, roared to the top of the North American box office with $83.7 million in weekend ticket sales,...
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain laid down an ominous marker on their march towards global domination at the FIFA Club World Cup on Sunday as Bayern Munich showed no mercy to Auckland's amateurs with...

Salva Kiir appoints his ally as deputy leader of the ruling party.

Nairobi (Reuters) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has made changes to the top leadership of the ruling party by official decree, at a...

Chad’s ex-prime minister arrested for ‘inciting hatred’

N'Djamena (AFP) – Chad's former prime minister and opposition leader Succes Masra was arrested early Friday accused of inciting hatred in connection with deadly clashes...

Juba Denies Rumors of President Salva Kiir’s Death Amid Political Tensions with Riek Machar’s Supporters

The government of South Sudan on Thursday denied rumors circulating on social media about the death of President Salva Kiir, calling them “false and...

Amnesty International accuses the Ugandan army of violating the arms embargo imposed on South Sudan.

Nairobi (AFP) – Amnesty International on Tuesday called on the United Nations Security Council to enforce the arms embargo imposed on South Sudan, describing...

With 12 Votes in Favor, UN Security Council Issues Resolution Extending the Mandate of the Peacekeeping Mission in Juba

The United Nations Security Council approved, by a majority of its members, a resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in...

Chadian judiciary calls for imprisonment of President Mahamat Déby’s chief of staff on corruption charges

On Wednesday, the public prosecutor in Chad called for a 10-year prison sentence for Idriss Youssouf Boy, the former minister and chief of staff...

South Sudan: The lives of 60,000 children are at risk due to fighting and food shortages (UNICEF)

AFP -In South Sudan, the United Nations sounded the alarm on Thursday, May 8, due to a disruption in food supplies needed by 60,000...

The United Nations prepares for a decisive vote on the arms embargo on South Sudan

The annual renewal of the UN arms embargo on South Sudan is scheduled for a vote this May. In this interview, Crisis Group expert...

Doctors Without Borders: 7 killed and 20 injured in an attack in South Sudan

Johannesburg (Reuters) – Doctors Without Borders said on Saturday that at least seven people were killed, 20 injured, and the last remaining hospital and...

UN envoy urges Security Council to try to prevent renewed civil war in South Sudan

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top United Nations official in South Sudan urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to use its clout to...

Salva Kiir Announces New Foreign Minister for South: Ramadan Mohamed Abdallah Dismissed

The President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has issued a decree dismissing the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation,...

Salva Kiir assures the Ugandan President of commitment to implementing the peace agreement.

Juba - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, one of the guarantors of the 2018 peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war, held closed-door talks...

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