South Sudan's Government And The Main Rebel Alliance Have Agreed To A Peace Deal Ending 17 Years Of War

Al Jazeera: Sudan signs peace deal with rebel groups from Darfur

Agreement provides for the dismantling of rebel forces and integration of their fighters into the national army.

South Sudan's government and the main rebel alliance agreed on a peace deal on Monday to end 17 years of conflict.

The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), a coalition of rebel groups from the western region of Darfur and the southern states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, signed the peace agreement at a ceremony in Juba, capital of neighbouring South Sudan, which has hosted and helped mediate the long-running talks since late 2019.

The final agreement covers key issues around security, land ownership, transitional justice, power sharing, and the return of people who fled their homes because of war.

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More News On The South Sudan Peace Agreement

Sudan signs peace deal with key rebel groups, some hold out -- Reuters
Sudan reaches historic peace deal with rebel groups -- France 24
South Sudan, rebel alliance reach deal in ongoing peace efforts -- AP
Sudan government agrees to peace deal with five rebel groups -- The Guardian
Sudan signs historic peace deal with 5 rebel groups to end fighting -- UPI
Sudan: Main rebel alliance agrees landmark peace deal with government -- Middle East Eye
Peace deal signed by Sudan & rebel groups after 17 years of conflict -- RT
Sudan: torn apart by decades of war -- AFP

South Sudan Marks Five Years Of Vicious Civil War

ABC News: South Sudan marks 5 years of vicious civil war

The world's youngest nation on Saturday marked five years of vicious war in an ongoing conflict that is affecting millions of people, many of them children.

South Sudan is home to the largest refugee crisis in Africa and the third largest in the world, after Syria and Afghanistan, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Sixty-five percent of South Sudanese refugees are under the age of 18.

Not long after gaining independence and emerging from civil war, South Sudan slid back into conflict in December 2013 when President Salva Kiir sacked his then-deputy Riek Machar and accused him of plotting a coup. The personal rivalry sparked fighting between forces loyal to the president and rebels allied with Machar.

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WNU Editor: Most are skeptical that the latest peace deal will hold .... South Sudan refugees skeptical of new peace deal (Al Jazeera).

South Sudan Civil War Toll Is Estimated At 382,900

Rebel fighters hold up their rifles as they walk in front of a bushfire in a rebel-controlled territory in Upper Nile State, South Sudan, file. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

Daily Nation: South Sudan civil war toll estimated at 382,900

A newly published study funded through the US State Department estimates that at least 382,900 South Sudanese have died as a result of the country's five-year civil war.

That finding far exceeds previous estimates of South Sudan's death toll, with the United Nations, for example, reporting in 2016 that the conflict had killed about 50,000 people.

Fatalities in the range of 400,000 South Sudanese the country's civil war are comparable to the 510,000 deaths attributed to the fighting in Syria.

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Update #1: New report estimates 380K have died in South Sudan civil war (The Hill)
Update #2: A new report estimates that more than 380,000 people have died in South Sudan’s civil war (Washington Post)
Update #3: Study estimates 190,000 people killed in South Sudan's civil war (Reuters)

WNU Editor: The current peace deal has its skeptics .... Another Hollow Peace Deal Signed in South Sudan (Adam Valavanis, Council on Foreign Relations).

South Sudan Peace Deal Unravelling

Reuters: South Sudan rebels refuse to sign latest peace deal

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - South Sudanese rebels refused on Tuesday to sign the latest draft of a peace deal with the Juba government that would end a years-long civil war, a setback after recent breakthroughs in talks.

President Salva Kiir and the leader of the main rebel group, Riek Machar, signed up to a ceasefire and power-sharing agreement earlier this month. An initial deal in June aimed to end fighting that first broke out in 2013.

But Machar and another rebel group refused to sign the latest draft of the agreement, saying that disputes over power sharing and a new constitution had been ignored in the draft.

“This is an unfortunate development that will not reflect well on the impartiality of the mediators and will throw doubt onto the whole process,” the rebels said in a statement.

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Update #1: S.Sudan's Machar refuses to sign peace deal: mediator (AFP)
Update #2: South Sudan rebel leader Machar 'refused' to sign peace deal (Al Jazeera)

WNU Editor: All sides agree that they should end the civil war, but they cannot agree to the details on how to do this .... specifically on power sharing arrangements.

South Sudan Ceasefire On The Verge Of Collapse

Al Jazeera: South Sudan ceasefire violated hours after taking effect

South Sudan's government and armed opposition trade blame as 'permanent' ceasefire is violated within hours.

South Sudan's latest ceasefire has been violated hours after it began with the government and armed opposition trading blame.

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his opponent Riek Machar agreed, at talks in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Wednesday, to a "permanent" ceasefire to take effect within 72 hours, raising hopes of an end a devastating civil war.

The conflict erupted in 2013, around two years after South Sudan won independence from Sudan, when Kiir accused his then-deputy Machar of plotting a coup. It claimed tens of thousands of lives, displaced four million people and left the newly created country's oil-rich economy in tatters.

The "permanent" ceasefire had gone into effect at midnight.

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Update: South Sudan opposition accuses government of breaking ceasefire (AFP)

WNU editor: Usually a day or two passes before a ceasefire is broken. They did not even wait for that.

South Sudan Rivals Agree To A 'Permanent' Ceasefire Starting In 72 Hours

Al Jazeera: South Sudan rivals agree to 'permanent' ceasefire

South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar sign deal that will take effect within 72 hours.

South Sudan President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar have agreed to a "permanent" ceasefire to take effect within 72 hours, raising hopes of a peace deal to end their country's devastating civil war.

"A permanent ceasefire is hereby declared throughout the republic of South Sudan and shall enter into force within 72 hours of the signing of this declaration of agreement," announced Sudan's Foreign Minister Al-Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed, on Wednesday.

Kiir and Machar, a former vice president of South Sudan, signed the document in the presence of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

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WNU Editor: This is not the first time that a ceasefire agreement has been made. My prediction .... absent any meaningful talks in the future, this ceasefire will end sooner rather than later.

More News On South Sudan Rivals Agreeing To A 'Permanent' Ceasefire Starting In 72 Hours

South Sudan’s warring sides agree to permanent cease-fire -- AP
South Sudan foes agree 'permanent' ceasefire within 72 hours -- AFP
South Sudan rivals sign deal -- BBC
South Sudan rivals sign peace agreement in Khartoum -- Reuters
South Sudan foes Salva Kiir and Riek Machar sign 'permanent' ceasefire -- DW
South Sudanese Government Signs Cease-Fire with Rebels -- VOA
South Sudan’s Salva Kiir and Riek Machar to sign peace deal on Wednesday -- Africa News
A Peace Deal for South Sudan Is Signed. Will It Last? -- New York Times

South Sudan Peace Talks On The Verge Of Collapsing

Reuters: South Sudan rules out rebel leader Machar rejoining government

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - South Sudan offered to allow a rebel representative to join its government on Friday, but ruled out Riek Machar, saying they had “had enough” of the rebel leader after five years of civil war.

“Machar cannot be part of government. We have had enough of him,” Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth told a news conference in the Ethiopian capital.

Despite that dismissal, Lueth said South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir would meet his arch-rival and former vice president Machar for face-to-face talks again next week.

The two men met in Addis Ababa this week for the first time since a peace deal collapsed spectacularly in 2016, leading to the deaths of hundreds of people in fighting.

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WNU Editor: They are still going to talk on Monday, but these talks are going nowhere .... South Sudan foes to hold new talks on Monday (AFP)

Update: South Sudan: Kiir, Machar to meet in Khartoum next week after failed Addis talks (Africa News)

More News On The South Sudan Peace Talks On The Verge Of Collapsing

South Sudan Peace Deal Attempt Fails as Kiir Rejects Machar -- NYT/AP
‘Enough is enough’: South Sudan rules out role for opposition leader, casting doubt on peace talks -- Washington Post
S. Sudan says its 'had enough' of rebel leader as talks falter -- AFP

South Sudan President And Rebel Leader Meet In Ethiopia To Resume Peace Talks

Al Jazeera: South Sudan rebel chief meets President Kiir in Ethiopia

Two South Sudanese leaders met for the first time since a peace deal broke down in 2016.

South Sudan's rebel leader Riek Machar met Wednesday with President Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa - the first time in nearly two years - as part of talks to try to negotiate an end to a five-year civil war, Ethiopia's Prime Minister's chief of staff said on Twitter.

"The PM Abiy Ahmed hosted a private dinner to President Salva Kiir and Dr Rieck Machar together," Fitsum Arega said.

"Faced with the continued suffering in SouthSudan, Ethiopia simply can’t stand by. With more work, a peaceful future is possible," Arega added.

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More News On south Sudan Peace Talks

South Sudan President Salva Kiir meets with rebel leader Riek Machar -- DW
Warring Leaders of South Sudan Meet for Peace Talks -- New York Times
South Sudan foes meet after two years -- AFP
Regional leaders renew South Sudan peace push -- AFP
More time needed to achieve peace, South Sudan rebels say -- Reuters
South Sudan’s civil war has raged for 5 years. Now the leaders of the two sides are meeting. -- VOX News
Inside South Sudan's civil war (Video) -- BBC

South Sudan Ceasefire Last Only A Few Hours

US News and World Report/Reuters: South Sudan Army, Rebels Clash Hours After Ceasefire

NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Sudan's army clashed with rebels in an oil-producing region early on Sunday, both sides said, shattering a ceasefire hours after it came into effect.

Both sides accused the other of starting the fighting around the town of Koch in Unity state.

Seventeen aid workers fled the violence, according to a humanitarian source. There were no immediate details of casualties.

The government and rebel groups signed a ceasefire on Thursday in the latest attempt to end a four-year civil war and let humanitarian groups reach civilians.

The ceasefire formally came into force on Sunday morning, but fighting broke out soon afterwards, according to a humanitarian security report seen by Reuters.

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More News On The Crisis In South Sudan

S.Sudan govt, rebels accuse each other of breaking truce -- AFP
South Sudan: Army and rebels allege truce breaches -- Al Jazeera
Both sides report breach of South Sudan ceasefire agreement -- Africa Times
South Sudan army calls to investigate cessation of hostilities violations -- Sudan Tribune
Civil War Leads South Sudan Closer to Starvation -- VOA

Another Cease-Fire Agreement In South Sudan

Reuters: South Sudan government, rebel groups sign ceasefire

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - South Sudan’s government and rebel groups signed a ceasefire on Thursday in the latest attempt to end a four-year civil war and allow humanitarian groups access to civilians caught in the fighting.

The ceasefire aims to revive a 2015 peace deal that collapsed last year after heavy fighting broke out in South Sudan’s capital Juba. It was agreed after talks in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa convened by regional bloc IGAD.

A decision by President Salva Kiir to sack his deputy Riek Machar triggered the war in the world’s youngest country. The war has been fought largely along ethnic lines between forces loyal to Kiir, who is Dinka, and Machar, who is Nuer.

Tens of thousands have died and a third of the population of 12 million have fled their homes. The conflict has since mutated from a two-way fight into one involving multiple parties and this has made it harder to find peace.

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WNU Editor: I have lost count on how many ceasefires in South Sudan have been signed in the past few years .... I suspect that this one will be broken just as fast. In the meantime the suffering continues .... Civil war is pushing South Sudan closer to starvation (National Post/AP)

More News On Another Cease-Fire Agreement Being Signed In South Sudan

South Sudan warring parties ink new ceasefire -- AFP
South Sudan warring sides sign cease-fire for Christmas Eve -- AP
South Sudan to Implement Cease-fire Saturday -- VOA
Latest clashes highlight fragility of S.Sudan ceasefire deal -- Daily Mail
South Sudan Cease-Fire Is Signed, but 'Difficult' Period Awaits -- New York Times

UN Report: South Sudan's Government Using Food As Weapon Of War

Reuters: Exclusive: South Sudan's government using food as weapon of war - U.N. report

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - South Sudan President Salva Kiir’s government is using food as a weapon of war to target civilians by blocking life-saving aid in some areas, United Nations sanctions monitors told the Security Council in a confidential report seen by Reuters on Friday.

During 2016 and 2017, the U.N. monitors said a military campaign by government troops in the northwestern town of Wau and surrounding areas in Western Bahr el-Ghazal targeted civilians on ethnic grounds and displaced more than 100,000.

“The government has during much of 2017 deliberately prevented life-saving food assistance from reaching some citizens,” the monitors wrote. “These actions amount to using food as a weapon of war with the intent to inflict suffering on civilians the government views as opponents to its agenda.”

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WNU Editor: This use of food as a weapon is devastating wide sections of the country .... More Than a Million People in South Sudan Are on the Brink of Starvation (Time)

South Sudan Peace Talks Going Nowhere

FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (C) attends a ceremony marking the thirty fourth anniversary of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) at the military headquarters in Juba, South Sudan May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Jok Solomun/File Photo

Reuters: Little hope of peace talks as renewed fighting looms in South Sudan

KAMPALA (Reuters) - As fresh fighting looms in South Sudan with the onset of the dry season, there is little chance of peace talks to end a war that has already killed tens of thousands of people and created Africa’s largest refugee crisis, diplomats and analysts said.

South Sudan’s December-to-May dry season usually intensifies clashes because travel is easier on the impoverished country’s unpaved roads, which turn to mud in the rains.

“It would be a miracle if they get anything done,” said Peter Biar Ajak, a civil society leader who consults with African and western diplomats on the country’s stop-start peace process.

South Sudan’s war began in late 2013 between soldiers of President Salva Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, and his former vice president, Riek Machar, a Nuer, devastating the country’s swampy northeast.

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More News On South Sudan's Civil War

South Sudanese rebels claim control of strategic new town -- Sudan Tribune
US embassy issues travel warning as political infighting escalates to armed stand-off in South Sudan -- SOFREP
South Sudan extends state of emergency in four regions -- The Punch
South Sudan's civil war rages, bringing complaints of abuses -- Seattle Times/AP
Civilians Caught in Middle as South Sudan War Nears 4-year Mark -- Voice of America
More Than a Million People in South Sudan Are on the Brink of Starvation -- Time

South Sudan's Massive Child Refugee Crisis

DW: Conflict forces millions of children in South Sudan to flee homes says UN

South Sudan's civil war has forced over 1 million children to flee the country while another million are internally displaced, UN agencies say. Officials have warned that the future of an entire generation is at risk.

The latest figures on the conflict in South Sudan show that the civil war has hit children especially hard, two United Nations agencies said on Monday.

Over 1 million children have fled the country and another million are currently displaced within South Sudan, the UNHCR and the UN children's fund UNICEF said in a statement.

The figures show "how devastating this conflict has been for the country's most vulnerable," said Leila Pakkala, UNICEF's Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa.

"The future of a generation is truly on the brink," she warned.

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WNU Editor: To make matters worse .... a new rebel group wants to intensify the war .... New Rebel Group Threatens to Intensify South Sudan's Civil War (Bloomberg)

More News On South Sudan's Refugee Crisis

War forces two million South Sudanese children to flee homes -- Reuters
Conflict displaces 2m South Sudanese kids -- The Australian
South Sudan crisis: One million child refugees -- BBC
More than a million children have been forced to flee South Sudan since 2013 -- VICE News
1 million children refugees from South Sudan’s civil war -- Washington Post/AP
1 million children uprooted from war-torn South Sudan: UN -- ABC News
More Than 1Mln Children Flee Ongoing Violence in South Sudan - UN Refugee Agency -- Sputnik
UN Official: 'The Future of a Generation is Truly on the Brink' in South Sudan -- VOA

South Sudan Civil War -- News Updates April 15, 2017

Relief Web: Restraint urged on warring parties in South Sudan as violence escalates

The warring parties in South Sudan have been urged by the most senior UN official in the country to show restraint in the face of an escalation in violence and remember their responsibility towards protecting civilians from conflict.

Fresh fighting has broken out between government SPLA and opposition forces in a number of locations including Raga in the west of South Sudan, Waat in Jonglei to the east and in the area of Wunkur and Tonga in the northern Upper Nile region.

It follows recent fighting in Pajok, and a week ago in Wau town and the surrounding area which led to the displacement of thousands of people.

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South Sudan Civil War -- News Updates April 15, 2017

Fighting in South Sudan's Raga kills at least 14 people -- Al Jazeera
South Sudan rebels say troops kill 14 civilians in Raga town -- AP
South Sudan governor says repulsed rebel attack on Raja -- Sudan Tribune
South Sudan Rebels Allied With Machar Take Control of Raja -- VOA
South Sudan drops poisonous gas on rebel-held territories -- South Sudan News Service
South Sudan: UN Mission Calls for Restraint As Violence Erupts in a Number of Places Across South Sudan -- UN News Service
British official: South Sudan violence is tribal 'genocide' -- AP
'Sliding into catastrophe': South Sudan famine could spread -- ABC News/AP
World Food Program 'horrified' as South Sudan workers killed -- AP
South Sudan: Humanitarian Coordinator condemns horrific killing of aid workers in Wau -- Relief Web
South Sudan: New Spate of Ethnic Killings -- Relief Web
South Sudan's silent slaughter: Dinka massacre unchecked by regional, international groups -- Malia Zimmerman, Fox News
Starving Under the Bullets in South Sudan -- Jonathan Pedneault, Newsweek

South Sudan's Civil War Is Intensifying

Reuters: Fighting around South Sudan town of Malakal kills 56: government

Heavy fighting around the town of Malakal in South Sudan killed dozens of people over the weekend, a military spokesman said on Sunday, after rebels said they would try to seize control of the town.

The rebels had attacked government positions on Friday night but the military had held their ground, army spokesman Lul Ruai Koang said.

"Our forces were able to successfully drive them back with heavy casualties. Over 56 rebels were killed," he told a group of journalists whom the government had flown to Malakal on Sunday to see the situation.

"We came here ... to let the people of South Sudan, and in particular the region, know that Malakal was not captured by the rebels as reported over the weekend."

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More News On South Sudan's Civil War

South Sudan starves as aid blocked, money spent on fighting -- AP
At least 60 killed as fighting surges in South Sudan -- AFP
South Sudan spends budget on fighting as people starve -- Al Jazeera
South Sudan Beefs Up Security at Oilfield After Clash Kills 56 -- Bloomberg
In South Sudan, Machar Says Party Wants Peace But Prepares for War -- VOA
South Sudan's never ending war -- IRIN

South Sudan Rebel Leader Riek Machar Calls For A Re-Start Of The Civil War

VOA: South Sudan’s Riek Machar Calls for Armed Struggle

Former South Sudan First Vice President Riek Machar has called for an armed struggle against the government of President Salva Kiir — a move that could mark a renewal of the country's civil war.

The call came in a statement issued over the weekend, following a meeting in Khartoum of Machar’s Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO).

The movement signed a peace deal with South Sudan's government in August 2015 but implementation was delayed and largely fell apart after the sides clashed in the capital in July.

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Update #1: South Sudan Rebel Leader Says President Wants 'Ethnic State' (AP)
Update #2: S.Sudan rebel chief issues war call from exile (AFP)

WNU Editor: The South Sudan government has issued a response .... S.Sudan’s Kiir warns former deputy for warmongering (DW). Unfortunately .... reports of fighting are now coming in (see above video).

South Sudan's Civil War Has Made Its Leaders Rich

BBC: South Sudan's Kiir and Machar profited during war - report

South Sudan's political and military elite have made themselves rich while the country has struggled under a civil war of their making, a report says.

Commissioned by actor George Clooney, the document accuses President Salva Kiir, opposition leader Riek Machar, and top generals of profiteering.

It follows the trail of money with links to the families of both Mr Kiir and Mr Machar.

Those named have not yet responded to the allegations.

The BBC is seeking comment from them.

The report's authors spent two years collecting evidence and testimony on behalf of a new investigative unit - called The Sentry - which was co-founded by the US actor.

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WNU Editor: This report follows the UN report on what is happening in South Sudan .... Violence in South Sudan orchestrated by government, UN report reveals (The Guardian).

Clooney and Prendergast have written the following commentary .... War crimes shouldn’t pay in South Sudan (George Clooney and John Prendergast, Washington Post).

More News On How South Sudan's Leaders have Profited From The Civil War

South Sudan Leaders Amass Great Wealth as Nation Suffers, Report Says -- NYT
South Sudan Leaders Sending Millions in Ill-Gotten Wealth Abroad, Report Says -- WSJ
George Clooney Helps Reveal How South Sudan’s Civil War Has Enriched Leaders -- Time
Saving South Sudan From Its Founding Fathers -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg
How George Clooney's Investigative Unit Exposed South Sudan Leaders' Dirty Money -- Newsweek

South Sudan Ceasefire Holding (So Far)

NBC: South Sudan Cease-Fire Takes Hold; 'Several Hundred' Dead After Clashes

The guns were quiet in South Sudan's capital on Tuesday as a shaky cease-fire appeared to take hold following days of deadly violence.

Fighting in the capital Juba started with a skirmish Thursday and descended into heavy fighting between forces loyal to South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar, a former rebel leader.

The two rivals had signed a peace deal last year to end an ethnically-charged civil war that had raged since 2013 and killed thousands, pitting the Dinka supporters of Kiir against the Nuer followers of Machar.

However, the deal failed to stem the fighting — and the recent spasm of violence was seen as a dangerous step toward returning to all-out civil war.

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More News On South Sudan

South Sudanese emerge from shelters after heavy fighting -- Reuters
Ceasefire holding in South Sudan capital -- AFP
South Sudan ceasefire declared by Kiir and Machar holding -- BBC
Precarious calm in South Sudan’s capital as foreigners flee -- AP
South Sudan rebel chief: Respect ceasefire -- CNN
South Sudan’s leaders announce ceasefire as UN calls for arms embargo on the country -- Euronews
Human Rights Watch Calls for Arms Embargo on South Sudan -- VOA
A fragile ceasefire in South Sudan appears to be holding -- Quartz
South Sudan: is the renewed violence the restart of civil war? -- Jason Burke, The Guardian

South Sudan Fighting Intensifies -- News Updates July 11, 2016

Reuters: Heavy fighting in South Sudan risks return to civil war

Heavy fighting involving tanks and helicopters raged in South Sudan on Monday between troops loyal to the president and those backing the vice president, risking a return to civil war and further instability in a turbulent and poor region of Africa.

Clashes between the forces of President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar - the former rebel leader who became vice president under a deal that ended a two-year civil war - have killed hundreds of people since they broke out in the capital Juba four days ago.

The violence intensified early on Monday. A Reuters witness saw two helicopters overhead firing in the direction of Machar's headquarters, while residents reported tanks on the street. A United Nations official said heavy gunfire had erupted around U.N. bases where hundreds of civilian had fled to shelter.

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South Sudan Fighting Intensifies -- News Updates July 11, 2016

Fighting enters 5th day in South Sudan capital -- AP
More than 300 dead as South Sudan capital is rocked by violence -- The Guardian
At least 300 dead in South Sudan: Capital is rocked by explosions and mass shootings as government troops and rebels clash in the streets -- Daily Mail
South Sudan crisis: Renewed fighting in Juba -- Al Jazeera
Heavy Fighting Breaks Out in South Sudan -- VOA
South Sudan On Brink of Civil War as Juba Fighting Intensifies -- NBC
South Sudan: Clashes erupt in Juba hours after UN plea -- BBC
China Peacekeepers Killed in South Sudan as Civil War Looms -- Bloomberg
Violence in South Sudan Kills Two Chinese U.N. Peacekeepers -- WSJ
South Sudan: U.S. evacuates embassy staff in deadly violence -- CNN
Embassies evacuate as violence worsens in South Sudan -- DW
South Sudan: CARE International prepares to evacuate staff as capital becomes 'war zone' -- ABC News Online
A Look at South Sudan, a Young Country Divided by Civil War -- AP

Civil War Has Returned To South Sudan

BBC: South Sudan 'back to war', says VP Riek Machar's spokesman

South Sudan is "back to war", a spokesman for the vice-president has told the BBC, as rival factions clash and hundreds have been reported killed.

Forces loyal to Vice-President Riek Machar say government troops attacked their positions in the capital, Juba.

But Information Minister Michael Makuei Lueth said "the situation is normal and it is under full control".

The UN mission said its buildings had suffered damage, and that hundreds had sought shelter in its compounds.

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More News On South Sudan's return To Civil War

Scores killed in South Sudan fighting, gunfire erupts in capital -- Reuters
Deadly fighting breaks out in South Sudan's capital -- AP
South Sudan fighting: Gunfire erupts again in Juba -- Al Jazeera
Heavy Fighting Erupts In South Sudan's Capital -- NPR
Heavy gunfire outside U.N. building in South Sudan -- CNN
South Sudan capital rocked by renewed violence -- The Guardian
South Sudan Violence: At Least 272 Dead In Clashes As Country Marks Fifth Anniversary -- IBTimes
Renewed fighting in South Sudan, former rebel side blames government -- Reuters
Heavy fighting erupts in South Sudan capital -- AFP
South Sudan could be on the brink of war, again -- VICE News and Reuters