Author: Martin Berge, Jr.

Thousands of people marched in processions to celebrate Christmas in Bor Town and in the UNMISS protection of civilians site in the area

At least 22 people have been killed in inter-clan clashes in South Sudan, a local government official has said.

The Congolese authorities have arrested 18 South Sudanese refugees suspected of being members of the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army -In Opposition (SPLA-IO), which has been fighting the government for four years, in a civil war that has left tens of thousands of people dead and devastated the country

On Wednesday, Sudan expressed its readiness to “reach a rapprochement with Turkey at any cost,” referring to its rejection of Egyptian media reports that criticised the Turkish-Sudanese rapprochement, which culminated in the recent visit of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Khartoum

A South Sudanese rebel group on Friday accused government troops of attacking their base only a day after the parties signed a ceasefire in a four-year war that has killed tens of thousands of people

South Sudan’s government and rebel groups signed a ceasefire on Thursday in the latest attempt to end a four-year civil war and allow humanitarian groups access to civilians caught in the fighting

Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir says Sudan and Rwanda face the same challenges and entertain the same aspirations, with the same political will and resources to could help them achieve development, attract investment and bring prosperity to their people.

The first ‘Protection of Civilians’ site – a place of refuge and safety set up next to a United Nations base in South Sudan – has been successfully closed after internally displaced families expressed the desire and confidence to return to their homes, the UN mission in the country said Wednesday.