The Committee to Protect Journalists has called for an investigation amid claims that an American reporter killed in South Sudan was deliberately targeted by government troops.
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Uttalelse fra H.E. Festus G. Mogae, styreformann i Joint Monitoring & Evaluation Commission (Juba, Sør-Sudan)
Uttalelse fra Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) 24 august 2017.
Sudan: Cholera Appears in North and West Darfur, Again in Khartoum
Cases of cholera re-emerged in southern Khartoum state. The disease emerged in El Sareif Beni Hussein and Foro Baranga localities in Darfur for the first time. And in East Jebel Marra, the Health Ministry deployed a medical team to an area where infections have rapidly spread in the past months.
Sudan president pardons, frees rights activist – family
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has pardoned and released a prominent human rights activists who had been jailed since last year on spying and other charges, his family said.
REFUGEES FROM SOUTH SUDAN FIND SAFETY IN ETHIOPIA
Nine of out every ten refugees that have fled to Ethiopia from South Sudan are women or children. Action Against Hunger has been operating in Ethiopia since 1985, preventing malnutrition and improving communities access to clean water, food, income, and health care services.
South Sudan rebels say talks to release Machar from S. Africa ongoing
A South Sudanese rebel official says diplomatic efforts involving regional leaders are underway to have the armed opposition leader, Riek Machar freed from South Africa.
South Sudan Gains Global Oil Firms’ Backing For First Energy Event
South Sudan’s first ever energy and infrastructure conference has gained strong support from global oil and gas firms, testifying to the nation’s unrealized energy industry potential.
War-torn South Sudan passes budget despite lacking funds
South Sudan’s parliament has passed a $300m budget despite the war-torn country’s government conceding it lacked the funds to pay for it.
Paradox of Darfur’s arm collections campaign
The current situation so-called arms collection is threatening fierce tribal war woes and causing bitterness among the regime’s two militias groups led by Musa Hilal, leader of the Border Guards Forces (BGF) and Muhammad Hamdan Dogolo Hamedti, head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
In South Sudan, mock trials are more legitimate than real ones
The high degree of international advocacy that motivated the government of South Sudan to convene the military court, including pressure from Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-N.J.), has not created a process to ensure justice for South Sudanese victims. There is no serious political will, let alone resources, to resolve their cases. The court is little more than a show trial for Western governments.