# south-sudan - Tuesday 20 November, 2018
# Bitter Conflict
# Bitter Conflict
Father Victor-Luke Odhiambo was shot dead by unknown assailants last Thursday.
# south-sudan - Saturday 10 November, 2018
# Humanitarian Crisis
# Humanitarian Crisis
The medical charity said its treating critically ill children for diseases that can be vaccinated against.
# south-sudan - Sunday 11 March, 2018
# Uganda
# Uganda
More people live here than in the whole of Co Galway.
# south-sudan - Friday 23 February, 2018
# Heinous Acts
# Heinous Acts
A UN report said some of the cases are “reminiscent of Bosnia”.
# south-sudan - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
# South Sudan
# South Sudan
Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.
# south-sudan - Friday 2 June, 2017
# Contamination
# Contamination
The children died of “severe sepsis/toxicity”, the UN said.
# south-sudan - Saturday 11 March, 2017
# Famine
# Famine
There is a looming risk of famine in a number of countries.
# south-sudan - Saturday 25 February, 2017
# Famine
# Famine
Famine was declared in the new African country on Monday, which has been embroiled in civil conflict for years.
# south-sudan - Monday 16 January, 2017
# Guilty
# Guilty
Three children died in the incident in 2015.
# south-sudan - Friday 15 July, 2016
# Unburied Bodies
# Unburied Bodies
Those who fled the latest violence described a campaign of wanton destruction.
# south-sudan - Thursday 14 July, 2016
# Selfless
# Selfless
The Loreto order said the two nuns are doing well “but it’s an anxious time”.
# south-sudan - Friday 11 March, 2016
# United Nations
# United Nations
The UN report also found that civilians suspected of supporting the opposition, including children, had being burnt alive and hanged from trees.
# south-sudan - Thursday 29 October, 2015
# War Crimes
# War Crimes
The African Union has accused South Sudan ese forces of extreme violence since the country’s civil war began nearly two years ago.
# south-sudan - Thursday 17 September, 2015
# Sudan
# Sudan
The explosion happened in the South Sudan ese city of Maridi.
# south-sudan - Wednesday 19 August, 2015
# Child Soldier
# Child Soldier
The story of James Riak, an aid worker with GOAL in South Sudan , who was kidnapped from his family as a ten-year-old and trained as a child soldier.
# south-sudan - Tuesday 30 June, 2015
# Atrocities
# Atrocities
A UN agency said warring forces have carried out horrific crimes against children including tying them together before slitting their throats.
# south-sudan - Monday 25 May, 2015
# War
# War
The country has been fighting since 2013.
# south-sudan - Sunday 1 March, 2015
# Mass Abduction
# Mass Abduction
Unidentified armed soldiers surrounded the town and went house to house taking away any boys thought to be over 12.
# south-sudan - Monday 23 February, 2015
# South Sudan
# South Sudan
UNICEF says that armed soldiers searched the area house by house.
# south-sudan - Tuesday 23 December, 2014
# Donated
# Donated
The money is going to South Sudan and Syria.
# south-sudan - Tuesday 4 November, 2014
# Conflict
# Conflict
This will bring the funding provided by Ireland to the South Sudan ese crisis this year to over €8.5 million.
# south-sudan - Monday 6 October, 2014
# Hunger
# Hunger
Irish aid agencies are warning that the conflict could cause a famine by early next year.
# south-sudan - Tuesday 19 August, 2014
# Daily Life
# Daily Life
Aid work is very full on – you work, live and socialise with your colleagues. But, cheesy as it sounds, I do really believe in what we’re doing here.
# south-sudan - Thursday 7 August, 2014
# South Sudan
# South Sudan
Seán Sherlock condemned the killing of aid personnel as they provided humanitarian relief to those impacted by the ongoing violence.
# south-sudan - Friday 1 August, 2014
# south-sudan - Wednesday 9 July, 2014
# South Sudan
# South Sudan
If the aid effort does not increase in South Sudan – 50,000 children could die from malnutrition.
# south-sudan - Wednesday 11 June, 2014
# Oireachtas Agenda
# Oireachtas Agenda
TDs will debate the controversial issue in the Dáil today.
# south-sudan - Saturday 24 May, 2014
# Civil War
# Civil War
A second ceasefire in the country has collapsed and both rebels and government forces are blocking the paths of UN peacekeepers.
# south-sudan - Tuesday 20 May, 2014
# South Sudan
# South Sudan
The crisis in South Sudan is now at a tipping point – we cannot afford to wait. The history books will pass their judgement on how we now react.
# south-sudan - Saturday 10 May, 2014
# War
# War
President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar met yesterday, prayed together, and agreed that “all hostile activities will stop”.
# south-sudan - Monday 5 May, 2014
# South Sudan
# South Sudan
South Sudan is already predicting that 50,000 children under five could die of hunger before the year is out.
# south-sudan - Tuesday 22 April, 2014
# Emergency
# Emergency
There are clear signs of impending famine in South Sudan – immediate, focused humanitarian efforts are needed to prevent imminent disease and starvation.
# south-sudan - Monday 21 April, 2014
# South Sudan
# South Sudan
More than 200 civilians were killed and 400 wounded in a recent attack.
# south-sudan - Friday 18 April, 2014
# Africa
# Africa
48 bodies were recovered from inside the base, which is sheltering thousands of displaced civilians. The bodies of ten attackers were found outside.
# south-sudan - Wednesday 9 April, 2014
# Living Conditions
# Living Conditions
Médecins Sans Frontières made the accusations today.
# Poverty
# Poverty
In marking the 20th Anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, we should also look to conflicts in Central African Republic and South Sudan , writes Joe Costello TD.
# south-sudan - Friday 14 March, 2014
# Silencing Dissent
# Silencing Dissent
The space in which human rights defenders can operate safely is steadily shrinking, with devastating consequences, writes Mary Lawlor.
# south-sudan - Sunday 16 February, 2014
# South Sudan
# South Sudan
Thousands have been killed and many more forced from their homes by the recent fighting in South Sudan . As the situation grows ever more serious, David Adams describes what he has witnessed.
# south-sudan - Thursday 23 January, 2014
# Civil War
# Civil War
The United Nations has said it is investigating widespread reports of atrocities and war crimes, including massacres, gang rapes and summary executions.
# south-sudan - Tuesday 14 January, 2014
# South Sudan
# South Sudan
There are reports of between 200 and 300 people on the overloaded ferry.
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