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South Sudan orders temporary ban on social media over violence in neighboring Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudanese authorities on Wednesday ordered telecoms to block access to social media for at least 30 days, citing concerns over the dissemination of graphic content relating to the ongoing violence against South Sudanese in neighboring Sudan. The...
South Sudan imposes nationwide overnight curfew to curb violence targeting Sudanese traders
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudanese authorities have imposed a countrywide dusk-to-dawn curfew after a night of violence during which businesses run by Sudanese traders in the capital were looted. Police chief Gen. Abraham Manyuat said Friday that the curfew will commence from...
Transcript: Jason Carter remembers his grandfather Jimmy Carter's life, achievements and frugality
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jason Carter, the former president’s grandson who now chairs The Carter Center governing board, memorialized his grandfather with blend of personal touches and humor, recognition of Jimmy Carter's intensity and ambition, and his determination to help people whether through...
Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
JARWENG, South Sudan (AP) — Nobel Prize-winning peacemaker Jimmy Carter spent nearly four decades waging war to eliminate an ancient parasite plaguing the world’s poorest people. Rarely fatal but searingly painful and debilitating, Guinea worm disease infects people who drink...
As flooding becomes a yearly disaster in South Sudan, thousands survive on the edge of a canal
AYOD, South Sudan (AP) — Long-horned cattle wade through flooded lands and climb a slope along a canal that has become a refuge for displaced families in South Sudan. Smoke from burning dung rises near homes of mud and grass where thousands of people now live after floods swept away their...
No. 4 Duke overcomes a sluggish start and beats Incarnate Word 72-46
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Khaman Maluach scored a season-high 17 points and No. 4 Duke beat Incarnate Word 72-46 on Tuesday night. Maluach — a 7-foot-2 freshman center from South Sudan — shot 6 of 7 from floor and had seven rebounds as the Blue Devils (8-2) won their fourth straight....
South Sudan peace talks resume after 4 months and the sacking of a government delegation
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — After four months and the sacking of a government delegation, the stalled South Sudan peace talks resumed Wednesday in Kenya, the latest effort to end the conflict that has long crippled the African country's economy. The talks are taking place between...
East African summit urges peace in eastern Congo but its leader skips talks
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — East African heads of state made another push for peace in eastern Congo on Saturday but its prospects remained bleak following a regional summit that was marked by the Congolese president's absence and an early departure of his Rwandan counterpart. A...
Gunfire breaks out at the home of South Sudan's former spy chief who is under house arrest
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Heavy gunfire erupted late Thursday in South Sudan ’s capital of Juba at the home of the country's former spy chief who has been under house arrest for the past two months, residents said. According to witnesses, soldiers exchanged fire with Gen. Akol...
Presidents of South Sudan and Kenya push for a resolution in stalled peace talks
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan peace talks, previously held in neighboring Kenya, will resume under a directive from President Salva Kiir and his Kenyan counterpart, William Ruto, who met Wednesday and directed the mediation team to reconvene and resolve all outstanding issues within two...
