Sudan, UN

Security Alert: U.S. Orders Evacuation in South Sudan
The United States has mandated the evacuation of its non-emergency personnel from South Sudan due to escalating security concerns. The State Department reports ongoing armed conflicts involving various groups,
Several dead after UN helicopter shot at in South Sudan
One crew member died when a UN helicopter was shot at, a statement from its mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) said. It added that an injured South Sudanese general and several other
1 crew member killed as UN helicopter is attacked in violence-prone South Sudan
A crew member was killed and two others were injured when a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a remote part of South Sudan was attacked.
U.S. Orders Evacuation Amid Escalating South Sudan Tensions
The U.S. has mandated non-essential personnel to leave South Sudan due to escalating conflict and security concerns. The situation, exacerbated by arrests of key figures, threatens the 2018 peace deal.
U.N. Helicopter Attacked as South Sudan Teeters on Brink
The aircraft came under fire as it tried to rescue wounded soldiers, the United Nations said. The attack came amid fears that a critical power-sharing deal was at risk of collapse, risking all-out civil war.
UN Peacekeeper, South Sudan Soldiers Die in Evacuation Mission
One person working with the United Nations peace-keeping mission to South Sudan and several members of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces were killed during an evacuation exercise in the north of the country.
General among dozens killed in attack on UN helicopter evacuation in South Sudan
A South Sudanese general and dozens of soldiers were killed on Friday when a United Nations helicopter trying to evacuate them from the northern town of Nasir came under attack, the government said. The United Nations said the incident,
UN helicopter attacked during South Sudan rescue mission
- South Sudan President Salva Kiir, left, and First Vice President Riek Machar, right, shake hands after meetings in Juba, South Sudan, Oct. 20, 2019. Kiir appealed for calm after a U.N. helicopter was attacked and a crew member killed during a Friday rescue mission.
Tension as UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan, deaths recorded, see details
A UN helicopter has been shot at in South Sudan with deaths recorded. The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan, said the attack may constitute a war crime.
U.N. chopper hit in South Sudan, killing one crew member and some soldiers
A United Nations helicopter attempting to evacuate South Sudanese troops came under fire in the northern town of Nasir on Friday, the U.N. mission there said, resulting in the death of a crew member and several soldiers including a general.
South Sudan situation deteriorating at alarming pace - U.N. rights body
Increased violence and political friction in South Sudan threaten its fragile peace process, a United Nations rights body ...
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South Sudan on edge as cracks emerge in ruling coalition
South Sudan’s ruling coalition, the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGNoU) had been a loose arrangement meant to ...
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Sudan accuses South Sudan of allowing UAE ‘aggression base’
Sudan’s Minister of Minerals, Mohamed Bashir Abunommo, accused South Sudan on Saturday of allowing the United Arab Emirates ...
South Sudan detains oil minister and military officials in threat to peace deal
South Sudanese forces have arrested the petroleum minister and several senior military officials allied with First Vice ...
Climate Change Made South Sudan’s Heat Wave 10 Times as Likely, Study Finds
As global temperatures continue to rise, similar extreme heat waves in February could occur once every 10 years, according to ...
Army surrounds South Sudan vice president's home as his allies are arrested
South Sudanese soldiers have surrounded Vice President Riek Machar’s home in the capital and several of his allies were ...
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Q&A: ‘Madhol hospital will increase access to quality healthcare in South Sudan’-UAE official
The National Ministry of Health, in partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Friday inaugurated the Madhol Field ...
Could South Sudan return to civil war?
Sudan is on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war - and this civil war could be on a much larger scale than we’ve seen in the past.” What’s going on in South Sudan? This week alarm bells have ...