Govt Troops Re capture key town of Bor, defeating 15,000 rebels ,while 500,000 displaced by fighting in South Sudan


SPLA soldiers sing as they celebrate in Bentiu, Unity stateJNN 19 Jan 2014 Bor : South Sudanese government forces on Saturday recaptured the key town of Bor, defeating an army of thousands of rebels, an army spokesman said. UN relief office said Friday that nearly 500,000 people have been uprooted by the conflict erupted a month ago between the government and rebels in South Sudan. Continue reading

Thousands killed as South Sudan slides toward civil war


South Sudan slides to Civil WarJNN 29 Dec 2013 Thousands of South Sudanese have been killed in more than a week of violence, with reports of bodies piled in mass graves, the UN says. Continue reading