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# South Sudan

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2023
Pope Francis urges end to ethnic hatred at open-air mass in South Sudan
It was the pontiff’s first visit to the largely Christian country since it achieved independence from mainly Muslim Sudan in 2011.
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Feb 5th 2023, 11:00 AM
South Sudan journalists detained over viral video of president reportedly urinating on himself
President Salva Kiir, 71, oversaw the birth of South Sudan as an independent nation after it broke free from Sudan in July 2011.
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Jan 7th 2023, 3:50 PM
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'They showed little mercy': Cork priest describes how friend was shot dead in South Sudan
Father Victor-Luke Odhiambo was shot dead by unknown assailants last Thursday.
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Nov 20th 2018, 6:10 AM
The 'forgotten' conflict of South Sudan: 'People often walk two days to get to the hospital'
The medical charity said its treating critically ill children for diseases that can be vaccinated against.
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Nov 10th 2018, 7:15 AM
Welcome to Bidi Bidi - the largest refugee settlement in the world
More people live here than in the whole of Co Galway.
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Mar 11th 2018, 9:00 PM
UN wants war crime charges after people in South Sudan 'forced to watch the rape of loved ones'
A UN report said some of the cases are “reminiscent of Bosnia”.
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Feb 23rd 2018, 2:36 PM
'If men are caught, they are killed. If women are caught, they are raped'
Men, women and children in South Sudan have been shot, hacked to death with machetes and burnt alive.
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Jul 4th 2017, 6:10 AM
15 infants die in South Sudan after children as young as 12 years old administer measles vaccine
The children died of “severe sepsis/toxicity”, the UN said.
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Jun 2nd 2017, 1:06 PM
World faces worst humanitarian crisis since 1945 - UN official
There is a looming risk of famine in a number of countries.
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Mar 11th 2017, 7:52 AM
Explainer: Why tens of thousands face starvation in war-torn South Sudan
Famine was declared in the new African country on Monday, which has been embroiled in civil conflict for years.
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Feb 25th 2017, 2:00 PM
Mother pleads guilty to killing kids in Australian lake
Three children died in the incident in 2015.
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Jan 16th 2017, 7:36 AM
Stench of death hangs over South Sudan capital
Those who fled the latest violence described a campaign of wanton destruction.
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Jul 15th 2016, 7:00 PM
Irish nuns stay in South Sudan to care for schoolgirls despite outbreak of violence
The Loreto order said the two nuns are doing well “but it’s an anxious time”.
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Jul 14th 2016, 2:04 PM
South Sudan fighters allowed to rape women in lieu of wages
The UN report also found that civilians suspected of supporting the opposition, including children, had being burnt alive and hanged from trees.
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Mar 11th 2016, 1:11 PM
Evidence of mass graves, forced cannibalism and rape in South Sudan conflict
The African Union has accused South Sudanese forces of extreme violence since the country’s civil war began nearly two years ago.
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Oct 29th 2015, 6:04 AM
Lit cigarette blamed for petrol tanker explosion that killed 85 people
The explosion happened in the South Sudanese city of Maridi.
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Sep 17th 2015, 2:03 PM
I learned how to write in the dirt as a child soldier - now I'm an aid worker in the same conflict
The story of James Riak, an aid worker with GOAL in South Sudan, who was kidnapped from his family as a ten-year-old and trained as a child soldier.
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Aug 19th 2015, 1:00 PM
South Sudan army raped then burned girls alive
A UN agency said warring forces have carried out horrific crimes against children including tying them together before slitting their throats.
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Jun 30th 2015, 11:00 AM
Trócaire workers evacuated after fighting breaks out in South Sudan
The country has been fighting since 2013.
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May 25th 2015, 12:40 PM
Hundreds from South Sudan town 'abducted to become child soldiers'
Unidentified armed soldiers surrounded the town and went house to house taking away any boys thought to be over 12.
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Mar 1st 2015, 3:20 PM
89 boys abducted by armed soldiers while doing their exams
UNICEF says that armed soldiers searched the area house by house.
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Feb 23rd 2015, 6:00 PM
Ireland giving over €3 million to South Sudan, Syria and Ethiopia
The money is going to South Sudan and Syria.
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Dec 23rd 2014, 1:39 PM
Ireland donates €2 million to South Sudan as President Higgins visits the country
This will bring the funding provided by Ireland to the South Sudanese crisis this year to over €8.5 million.
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Nov 4th 2014, 6:00 PM
'If famine comes to South Sudan it will come through the barrel of a gun'
Irish aid agencies are warning that the conflict could cause a famine by early next year.
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Oct 6th 2014, 10:35 AM
Opinion: Humanitarian work is intense and all-consuming, but I believe in what I do
Aid work is very full on – you work, live and socialise with your colleagues. But, cheesy as it sounds, I do really believe in what we’re doing here.
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Aug 19th 2014, 8:00 AM
Ireland donates €1.5 million to South Sudan famine prevention fund
Seán Sherlock condemned the killing of aid personnel as they provided humanitarian relief to those impacted by the ongoing violence.
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Aug 7th 2014, 4:40 PM
Christian woman sentenced to death in Sudan arrives safely in the US
Who doesn’t love a happy ending?
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Aug 1st 2014, 1:39 PM
Knightley: 'What I saw and heard was worse than I could have ever imagined'
If the aid effort does not increase in South Sudan – 50,000 children could die from malnutrition.
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Jul 9th 2014, 7:00 AM
Does Ireland's corporate tax rate need to be changed?
TDs will debate the controversial issue in the Dáil today.
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Jun 11th 2014, 9:00 AM
Ireland sends €2 million to South Sudan as 4 million people face starvation
A second ceasefire in the country has collapsed and both rebels and government forces are blocking the paths of UN peacekeepers.
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May 24th 2014, 7:30 AM
Opinion: After a day submerged in a river, the family escaped the men who wanted them dead
The crisis in South Sudan is now at a tipping point – we cannot afford to wait. The history books will pass their judgement on how we now react.
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May 20th 2014, 8:00 AM
After 5 months and thousands of deaths, ceasefire begins in South Sudan
President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar met yesterday, prayed together, and agreed that “all hostile activities will stop”.
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May 10th 2014, 11:42 AM
Opinion: I see families waiting helplessly as certain famine approaches
South Sudan is already predicting that 50,000 children under five could die of hunger before the year is out.
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May 5th 2014, 7:00 PM
Column: I watched thirsty children collect water contaminated with sewage
There are clear signs of impending famine in South Sudan – immediate, focused humanitarian efforts are needed to prevent imminent disease and starvation.
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Apr 22nd 2014, 7:30 PM
UN: South Sudanese rebels broadcast calls to rape rival groups
More than 200 civilians were killed and 400 wounded in a recent attack.
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Apr 21st 2014, 3:45 PM
58 killed, including women and children, in attack at UN base in South Sudan
48 bodies were recovered from inside the base, which is sheltering thousands of displaced civilians. The bodies of ten attackers were found outside.
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Apr 18th 2014, 1:42 PM
UN accused of showing "indifference" to 21,000 displaced people
Médecins Sans Frontières made the accusations today.
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Apr 9th 2014, 10:21 PM
Column: The forgotten crises that don't make the evening news still deserve our attention
In marking the 20th Anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, we should also look to conflicts in Central African Republic and South Sudan, writes Joe Costello TD.
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Apr 9th 2014, 7:30 PM
Column: There's a viral spread of increasingly restrictive laws curtailing human rights
The space in which human rights defenders can operate safely is steadily shrinking, with devastating consequences, writes Mary Lawlor.
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Mar 14th 2014, 7:30 PM
Column: "The bodies are all gone, eaten by the dogs"
Thousands have been killed and many more forced from their homes by the recent fighting in South Sudan. As the situation grows ever more serious, David Adams describes what he has witnessed.
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Feb 16th 2014, 7:00 PM
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