South Sudan Minister for Interior

South Sudan, Uganda

South Sudan declines to confirm Ugandan troop presence

South Sudan declined on Wednesday to confirm the deployment of Ugandan troops amid rising political and military tensions, raising fears of a potential escalation between rival factions and a return to full-scale conflict.

Voice of America · 3d

Attacks, Ugandan troops undermine South Sudan minister’s assurance of calm

“[The] situation in Juba is made to be fragile by certain elements so that people live in fear. ... Let me assure the people of Juba and people of South Sudan in general there is no fear, don ...

BBC · 3d

South Sudan denies Ugandan troops have deployed to its capital

South Sudan's government has denied earlier reports that Uganda had deployed special forces to its capital, Juba. Uganda's military chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba said the soldiers had gone to the neighbouring country to help South Sudanese President Salva Kiir "secure" the city.

PBS · 3d

Ugandan special forces deploy to South Sudan to protect government as civil war fears grow

Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva Kiir as a tense rivalry with his deputy threatens a return to civil war in the east African nation.

allAfrica.com on MSN1d

South Sudan: Opposition Leaders, Others, Detained

South Sudanese authorities have arrested at least 22 political and military personnel in the wake of violent clashes that ...

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 ...

The Economist2d

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 ...

News249d

South Sudan: Minister and general arrested in crackdown

South Sudan's petroleum minister, Puot Kang Chol, was arrested at his home in Juba, the country's capital, along with several family members and bodyguards, according to a statement released by ...

Reuters8d

South Sudan security forces release peacebuilding minister, vice presidency says

NAIROBI, March 7 (Reuters) - South Sudanese forces loyal to President Salva Kiir have released the peacebuilding minister ... in the fighting. South Sudan has formally been at peace since the ...

U.S. News & World Report9d

Another South Sudan Minister Arrested in Escalation of Standoff

NAIROBI (Reuters) -South Sudanese forces ... flares up and the civil war in Sudan has increased armed groups' access to weapons. Kuol, the peacebuilding minister, was among the politicians ...

Free Malaysia Today9d

South Sudan detains oil minister, military officials

The government’s information minister, Michael Makuei, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. He said in a statement he would hold a news conference later today. South Sudan’s ...

What’s causing insecurity in South Sudan?

And why South Africa's apartheid reparations fund remains largely unspent, 30 years after it was set up to compensate victims of gross human rights violations. Producers: Sunita Nahar in London. Frenn ...

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