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Another civil war looms in South Sudan
Many South Sudanese worry that Juba could soon be consumed by violence again. In 2020 the two main adversaries in the civil ...
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 ...
Pentagon Sending Combat Forces to the Border in Line With Trump Directive
The troop mobilization indicates that President Trump is breaking with recent presidents’ practice of limiting deployments ...
Al Jazeera on MSN5d
‘Alarming regression’ in path to peace in South Sudan, UN commission warns
However, the independence movement, led by Kiir’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), quickly splintered. By 2013, the country had descended into full-scale civil war. The fighting killed more ...
South Africa plans to spend more on health and defense after US cuts aid
Lawmakers in South Africa have laid out plans to shore up the budgets for health and defense but also put up value added tax ...
The Citizen1d
SA Cuba deal that racked up R1.7 billion in irregular expenditure revived under new name
South Africa's skills transfer project known as Project Thusano will now go by the name Project Kgala despite the Auditor-General's report.
EWN1d
Budget includes additional spending on SANDF to continue DRC deployment, G20 Summit security
The National Treasury included the items in its latest budget review released on Wednesday, along with the 2025 budget.
The Mail & Guardian1d
SA’s arms exports to UAE, a state accused of violating Genocide Convention
South Africa sold nearly R88 million worth of arms to the United Arab Emirates, to support a paramilitary group in Sudan ...