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  South Sudan shaken by sustained fighting: UN

  World | December 04, 2014 6:43 IST

  United Nations: An outburst of heavy fighting between government and opposition forces in South Sudan represents "the most sustained hostilities between the two parties since May", a UN spokesman said here on Wednesday.Stephane Dujarric made

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  UN envoy calls for peace process in South Sudan

  World | October 23, 2014 8:29 IST

  United Nations: A UN envoy Wednesday called on the international community to help push for peace talks between warring parties in South Sudan, stressing that "the untold suffering of the people of South Sudan must

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  World leaders give their annual speeches at the UN

  World | September 28, 2014 8:35 IST

  United Nation: World leaders gathered on Saturday for the fourth day of the annual ministerial meeting of the U.N. General Assembly to address the state of their countries and the world. Here are highlights from

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  UN chief calls for end to hostilities in South Sudan

  World | September 27, 2014 8:44 IST

  United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for an immediate end to hostilities in South Sudan, saying "there cannot be a military solution to the conflict" in the world's youngest country.The appeal came

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  UN Security Council calls for peace in South Sudan

  World | August 09, 2014 7:03 IST

  United Nations: The UN Security Council on Friday voiced grave concern at the political, security and humanitarian crisis gripping South Sudan, calling on political leaders to implement the peace agreements.The council expressed "grave concern regarding

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  100,000 sheltering in UN Mission's bases in South Sudan

  World | July 04, 2014 11:50 IST

  United Nations: The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has reported that nearly 100,000 people are seeking protection in its bases across the country, and the number is likely to remain high, a spokesperson said

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  'Piles and piles' of bodies in South Sudan slaughter

  World | April 23, 2014 12:19 IST

  Nairobi, Kenya: The townsfolk believed the mosque was safe. They crammed inside as rebel forces in South Sudan took control of the town from government troops. But it wasn't safe. Robbers grabbed their cash and

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  2 Indian peacekeepers injured in attack on UN base in South Sudan

  World | April 18, 2014 10:56 IST

  United Nations: Two Indian peacekeepers have been injured in a “deadly and unprovoked” attack by a mob of armed men on civilians sheltering inside a UN base in the war-ravaged town of Bor in South

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  Indian soldiers come under fire in South Sudan

  World | January 16, 2014 12:08 IST

  United Nations: An Indian peacekeeping contingent in South Sudan came under fire as fighting erupted between local groups near a UN base in Malakal, requiring the soldiers to fire multiple rounds in order to protect

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  200 drown as boat capsizes in South Sudan

  World | January 15, 2014 9:47 IST

  Juba: More than 200 people, including women and children, were killed in South Sudan when an overcrowded ferry capsized in White Nile river, media reported Tuesday.The accident took place Sunday while the victims were fleeing

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  India shuts down South Sudan oilfields, evacuates entire staff

  World | December 23, 2013 17:42 IST

  New Delhi: India today evacuated all its oil employees from strife-torn South Sudan and shut down oilfields amid escalating violence in the world's youngest nation.All 11 executives working on 40,000 barrels per day Greater Nile

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  Rebels hold key oil capital in South Sudan

  World | December 22, 2013 23:41 IST

  Kampala: South Sudan's central government lost control of the capital of a key oil-producing state on Sunday, the military said, as renegade forces loyal to a former deputy president seized more territory in fighting that

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  South Sudan on edge as army hunts coup plotters

  World | December 17, 2013 22:59 IST

  Juba: Gunfire continued to ring out in South Sudan's capital, Juba, Tuesday as the military “cleared out remnants” of soldiers accused of mounting a coup attempt, the foreign minister said, as more than 13,000 people

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  South Sudan repulses coup attempt, minister says

  World | December 16, 2013 17:34 IST

  Juba: Disgruntled soldiers and politicians led by a former vice president attempted to overthrow the South Sudanese government, a top government official said Monday, as sporadic fighting continued between factions of the military in the

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  Bashir withdraws threat to block oil from South Sudan

  World | September 05, 2013 9:59 IST

  Khartoum: Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir has issued directives to maintain the flow of oil from South Sudan through northern ports after talks with the new country's leader Salva Kiir Mayardit.Sudan will now abide

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  Oil-rich South Sudan looks to India

  World | August 25, 2013 16:29 IST

  Addis Ababa: South Sudan is looking to India to improve its agricultural and food security practices and hopes the New Delhi visit of Salva Kiir Mayardit, the president of the world's youngest nation, will "lay

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  Bodies of soldiers killed in South Sudan reach India

  India | April 11, 2013 13:53 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 11: The bodies of five Indian UN peacekeepers killed in South Sudan have reached India, the army said Thursday."The bodies of the five martyrs have been brought back. The bodies will be

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  Antony condoles killing of Indian peacekeepers

  India | April 09, 2013 21:18 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 9:  Defence Minister A.K. Antony Tuesday expressed condolences over the killing of five Indian peacekeepers, including an officer, in South Sudan in an ambush by a rebel group and lauded the bravery

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  A New Flag Raised: South Sudan Celebrates Birth

  World | July 09, 2011 21:54 IST

  Juba, South Sudan, Jul 9: South Sudan raised the flag of its new nation for the first time Saturday, as thousands of South Sudanese citizens and dozens of international dignitaries swarmed the new country capital

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  South Sudan Becomes World's Newest Nation On Saturday

  World | July 08, 2011 21:23 IST

  Juba/Kampala, Jul 8: After decades of brutal war which killed two million people, oil-rich South Sudan finally becomes independent from Sudan's Khartoum-ruled north tomorrow in an emotional celebration to be witnessed by a host of