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UN: 500 Killed in South Sudan Clashes

Ethnic violence follows coup attempt

(Newser) - Fighting in South Sudan has killed up to 500 people, according to the United Nations, which fears the violence in the oil-rich East African country is "largely along ethnic lines." The US has ordered its citizens to leave the country immediately . The president of South Sudan—the world'...

US Warns Americans: Get Out of South Sudan

Violence heating up following failed coup

(Newser) - The State Department today issued a travel warning for South Sudan, recommending that all Americans "depart immediately," as violence rises in the wake of an attempted coup . That includes non-emergency US personnel, who have already been ordered to depart, forcing the US to suspend normal operations at its...

South Sudan Knocks Back Coup Attempt: Top Official

Former VP led effort: foreign minister

(Newser) - Disgruntled soldiers and politicians led by a former vice president attempted to overthrow the South Sudanese government, a top government official said today, as sporadic fighting continued between factions of the military in the latest violence to hit the world's youngest nation. Some troops within the main army base...

39K Girls Forced to Marry Each Day
 39K Girls 
 Forced to Marry 
 Each Day 
new study
Mar 8, 2013 11:48 AM CST

39K Girls Forced to Marry Each Day

UN survey of 42 countries shows more than a third of girls married

(Newser) - How young is too young to get married? In many countries, the answer to that question would disturb you. A new UN Population Fund survey of 42 countries found that more than a third of all girls under the age of 18 in them are married, many presumably against their...

US-Funded African Armies Slaughtering Elephants

Poaching is at its highest level in decades

(Newser) - Elephant poaching in Africa is at its highest level in decades, and American taxpayer dollars are helping to fund the frenzied slaughter, the New York Times finds. Soldiers from US-trained and funded armies in Uganda, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo have been implicated in poaching and ivory...

31 Dead in Sudan Plane Crash
 31 Dead in Sudan Plane Crash 
Aug 19, 2012 6:01 AM CDT

31 Dead in Sudan Plane Crash

Among dead may have been 2 gov't ministers

(Newser) - As many as 31 people were killed in a plane crash in southern Sudan today, close to the border with South Sudan, reports Reuters . Among the dead was at least one government minister and possibly more, heading to an Islamic festival to celebrate the end of Ramadan. Ghazi al-Sadiq, the...

Runner With No Country Can Compete at Olympics

IOC makes exception for Guor Marial, born in southern Sudan

(Newser) - Root for Team USA, sure, but save a spot for Guor Marial, too. The marathon runner will compete as an independent athlete—a first—and run under the Olympic flag, reports the AP . The IOC made an exception given Marial's circumstances: He was born in southern Sudan but fled...

Sudan to Syria, Obama Protects &#39;Odious&#39; Regimes

 Sudan to Syria, 
 Obama Protects 
 'Odious' Regimes 
Nicholas Kristof
Jun 10, 2012 9:58 AM CDT

Sudan to Syria, Obama Protects 'Odious' Regimes

Kristof: US should be 'crystal clear about which side we're on'

(Newser) - In both Syria and Sudan, President Obama's "dithering" is "lame, ineffective, and contrary to American interests and values," writes Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times . Worse, by "taking prudence to the point of paralysis," he's protecting two of the most "odious"...

Nodding Disease Strikes Uganda, Confounds World

No answers to affliction that causes retardation, stunts growth

(Newser) - It's called the "nodding disease," a mysterious ailment in East Africa that attacks only children, striking the brain and nervous system, stunting growth, causing seizures and mental retardation, reports the New York Times . It first appeared in the 1960s, but was often misdiagnosed until recently. Found from...

5 Reasons You Should Care About Sudan War

Rising gas prices and more 'lost boys' could result

(Newser) - The conflict between Sudan and South Sudan may seem far-flung, but Scott Baldauf of the Christian Science Monitor runs down five reasons Americans should pay attention, including:
  • Gas prices: They may have eased in the US lately , but instability in oil-producing nations could change that in a hurry. One of
...

South Sudan: This Means War
 South Sudan: This Means War 
Apr 24, 2012 6:40 AM CDT

South Sudan: This Means War

President Salva Kiir says Sudan's attacks amount to declaration of war

(Newser) - As far as South Sudan is concerned, Omar al-Bashir has crossed the Rubicon. In a meeting today with Chinese President Hu Jintao, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir said it was "a very critical moment for the Republic of South Sudan because our neighbor in Khartoum has declared war,"...

Old War Returns to World's Newest Country

3 killed as Sudan bombs South Sudan

(Newser) - An old war is returning to the world's newest country . Sudanese warplanes bombed two towns across the border in South Sudan today, inching the two countries, former civil war opponents, closer to full-scale war, CNN reports. At least three people were killed. "I can see market stalls burning...

Sudan Declares South &#39;Enemy&#39;
 Sudan Declares South 'Enemy' 
Apr 16, 2012 2:19 PM CDT

Sudan Declares South 'Enemy'

North shells border city taken by South

(Newser) - Violence is coursing through Sudan once more, after South Sudanese troops took over an oil-rich border town last week. Sudan reportedly killed five civilians in air attacks on the disputed town of Heglig yesterday; today it began shelling the area, a spokesman for the South tells the AP . Sudan has...

Sudan Rebels Holding 29 Chinese

China reportedly building roads in dangerous southern Sudan

(Newser) - At least 29 Chinese citizens are being held by Sudanese militants after a battle with Sudan's army at a road-construction project in a remote and volatile region of the country yesterday, reports the AP . The rebels tell MSNBC that they're holding the Chinese "for their own safety...

Obama Sends US Troops to Hunt African Militia Leader

One-hundred will help find Joseph Kony of Lord's Resistance Army

(Newser) - President Obama is sending about 100 US troops to central Africa to help track down Joseph Kony, the head of the Lord’s Resistance Army, he told Congress today. Obama said that LRA “has murdered, raped, and kidnapped tens of thousands of men, women and children in central Africa,...

Next for South Sudan: Building an Economy

Officials want to wean the new nation off oil

(Newser) - In South Sudan, the world's newest nation , 98% of revenue comes from oil—and one of the first tasks its nascent government must tackle is how to change that, since oil revenue must still be split with the north. Work will begin today on building an economy that's...

South Sudan Is Born
 South Sudan Is Born 
Jul 9, 2011 6:03 AM CDT

South Sudan Is Born

New nation celebrates its birth at midnight

(Newser) - The world has a new nation: South Sudan. Thousands of South Sudanese citizens celebrated today's milestone with a massive street party, reports AP . "This is a great day for me because it's a day that reflects the suffering that all southerners have had for almost 50 years,...

UN Peacekeepers Expected at Birth of South Sudan

New nation will be one of world's poorest

(Newser) - Up to 7,000 UN peacekeeping forces will be sent to South Sudan to help with the birth of the world's newest country, which officially separates from Sudan at midday tomorrow, reports the Telegraph . The Christian-majority south has been fighting with the Muslim-majority north for 38 of the 54...

Sudan Border Region Revolts
 Sudan Border Region Revolts 
Jul 1, 2011 7:41 AM CDT

Sudan Border Region Revolts

Rebels in Nuba Mountains want independence for their non-Muslim region

(Newser) - Just days before southern Sudan is poised to break away and form a new country, ending decades of civil war and bloodshed, new fighting is breaking out in the north's Nuba Mountains along the north-south border, reports the New York Times . The Sudan government is desperate to keep the...

Looters Burn Sudan Border Town

North takes Abyei amid fears of new conflict

(Newser) - South Sudan's move toward independence has taken a turn for the worse: Armed looters burned sections of a disputed Sudan border town today as north Sudan’s army refused UN orders to withdraw from it, Reuters reports. Entering the town with tanks, the north took control of Abyei this...

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