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CLEAN : Ethiopia and Uganda pillar countries for South Sudan peace
Uganda and Ethiopia are devoted to the implementation of the peace agreement for South Sudan signed in 2015 the Ethiopian Prime Minister said Thursday after meeting with Uganda's President in Entebbe
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CLEAN : African Union condemns killing of aid workers in S.Sudan
The new chairman of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat visits South Sudan to discuss access for humanitarian workers to the famine affected population
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CLEAN : Forest Whitaker highlights development issues in Juba visit
American actor and UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace and Reconciliation Forest Whitaker visits students at Juba University in South Sudan as he launches a series of programmes as part of his Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative (WPDI)
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CLEAN : S.Sudanese refugees flee to Uganda after attacks in Pajok
Refugees from South Sudan cross the border into Uganda after fleeing the town of Pajok an ethnic Acholi agricultural and trading community which pro-government forces attacked on Monday 3 April killing at least 85 people according to...
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CLEAN : Long delayed peacekeepers to arrive in South Sudan next week: UN
The first elements of a long-delayed UN regional force for South Sudan will start to be deployed next week eventually adding 4,000 peacekeepers to the current 12,000. The announcement was made by the UN's Under-Secretary General for...
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CLEAN : Sacked South Sudan army chief returns to Juba
Sacked South Sudanese army chief Paul Malong returns to the capital Juba claiming he had been asked to return by the authorities and insisting that he'd never had any intention of rebelling
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CLEAN : Measles vaccine blunders kill 15 children in South Sudan
Fifteen children died in South Sudan after receiving contaminated measles vaccines that had not been properly refrigerated and were mixed using the same syringe for four days
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CLEAN : South Sudan famine key issue at WEF
The food crisis ravaging South Sudan is one of the key issues being discussed at this week's World Economic Forum on Africa which is bringing together the continent's business and political elite
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CLEAN : Abe greets Japanese peacekeepers returning from S.Sudan
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a ceremony at the Defence Ministry in Tokyo marking the return of the country's international peacekeeping mission to South Sudan, three days after the final contingent of Self-Defence Force...
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CLEAN : S.Sudan troops tried for rape murder appear in court
Thirteen South Sudanese soldiers accused of raping five foreign aid workers and killing their local colleague appear before a military court for the second time
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CLEAN : S.Sudan troops tried for rape murder in Juba compound attack
A South Sudan military court begins the trial of 13 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers and murdering a local journalist during fighting in Juba last July
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CLEAN : S. Sudan: trial of soldiers accused of rape postponed
South Sudanese soldiers accused to raping foreign aid workers appear in court
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CLEAN :UN chief visits Uganda camp ahead of SSudan refugee fundraiser
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres visits a refugee settlement in northern Uganda ahead of a fundraising summit in Kampala aimed at raising at least $2 billion to help the country deal with nearly one million refugees from...
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CLEAN : UN sees 70% shortfall in aid for South Sudan refugees
Only 30 percent of $1.4 billion aid needed in 2017 for refugees fleeing the conflict in South Sudan has been raised a UN official said Monday raising fears of aid cuts
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CLEAN : Ethiopia: IGAD discusses critical South Sudan situation
Leaders of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) discuss the critical situation in South Sudan in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and urge rival factions to respect the terms and conditions of the 2015 peace agreement
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CLEAN : Weak and awaiting worse: villagers fear S.Sudan famine
South Sudans northwest is untouched by civil war yet hunger still wreaks havoc here food shortages are cyclical and the annual hunger gap is about to begin
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CLEAN : Barefoot and alone children flee brutal S. Sudan war
South Sudan's civil war has raged on for the past three years with such viciousness that parts of the country are bereft of food and a third of the population has fled their homes but few refugees present as vexing a problem as children...
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CLEAN : FILE : S.Sudan troops tried for aid worker rapes
The trial of 13 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers and murdering of a local journalist during fighting in Juba last July continues in South Sudan's military court
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CLEAN : UN warns aid workers forced to flee S.Sudan violence
The UN warns that 5,000 displaced people and 25 aid workers in South Sudan have been forced to flee from Pagak and the surrounding area due to growing instability in the region
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German FM pleads for reconciliation in SSudan
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel visited South Sudan on Thursday, meeting both the country's President and Prime Minister.
Gabriel said he was happy to see President Salva Kiir Mayardit had pardoned rebel prisoners as...
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CLEAN : More than one million S. Sudan refugees in Uganda: UN
Uganda is now home to one million refugees from South Sudan according to the UN refugee agency
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CLEAN : Uganda struggling to cope with influx of refugees
A million refugees from South Sudan have now arrived in neighbouring Uganda according to the UN refugee agency
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CLEAN : South Sudan refugees face long exile: UN's Grandi
The UN's refugee chief said Tuesday a long period of exile lies ahead for South Sudanese refugees fleeing a war that erupted in their country after it split from the north