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South Sudan reported its first coronavirus case on Sunday, one of the last African nations to confirm the presence of COVID-19 within its borders. “South Sudan confirms one case of coronavirus,” Riek Machar, the country’s first vice…

The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on South Sudanese First Vice President Taban Gai, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement. This is in Washington’s latest move to pressure the country’s politicians to form a unity…

South Sudanese rebels refused on Tuesday to sign the latest draft of a peace deal with the Juba government that would end a years-long civil war, a setback after recent breakthroughs in talks. President Salva Kiir and…

President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has granted an amnesty to all those involved in the nation’s civil war including rebel leader Riek Machar, according to a television broadcast. On Sunday Kiir, SPLM-IO leader Machar – the president’s…