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US deports convicted criminals to South Sudan
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) Eight individuals labeled as “barbaric criminal illegal aliens” by U.S. authorities have been deported to South Sudan, a nation the U.S. State Department warns travelers to avoid due to ongoing violence, crime, and abductions. According...
U.S. Deports Eight ‘Illegal Aliens’ to South Sudan
MENAFN
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July 7, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States has expelled eight individuals it referred to as “barbaric criminal illegal aliens” to South Sudan, a nation that the US State Department strongly advises against traveling to because of widespread violence, kidnappings,...
UN Reports Over 700 Civilian Casualties in South Sudan
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN) A disturbing new report from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) highlights a significant rise in civilian violence across the country during the first quarter of 2025. Between January and March, 739 civilians were killed,...
Russian chess icon associated to S-Sudan coup plan
MENAFN
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June 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Former world chess champion and Russian dissident Garry Kasparov has been named in connection with an alleged coup attempt in South Sudan, according to a report by Bloomberg on Wednesday. The story centers on Peter Ajak, a Harvard fellow...
Trump considers deporting migrants to conflict-torn Sudan
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN) The U.S. Supreme Court has approved the government's request to deport migrants to third-party countries, including conflict-ridden nations like Libya and South Sudan, regardless of the migrants' countries of origin. This ruling overturns...
South Sudan’s President Dismisses Seasoned Chief Justice
MENAFN
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May 29, 2025
(MENAFN) On Wednesday night, South Sudanese President Salva Kiir dismissed Chief Justice and Supreme Court President Chan Reec Madut, along with his deputy John Gatwech Lul, in a sudden leadership change. The announcement was made public via the...
Minister Ronald Lamola: Pre-Budget International Relations and Cooperation Media Briefing
South African Government
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July 5, 2025
Africa: Implementing Agenda 2063 Our foreign policy is an extension of our domestic imperatives on human rights and resolving the triple challenges of inequality, poverty and unemployment. Through attracting Foreign Direct Investment, we intend to...
China Slams U.S. Role in South Sudan Sanctions Resolution
MENAFN
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June 1, 2025
(MENAFN) A Chinese diplomat launched a fierce critique of the United States on Friday regarding its management of a Security Council resolution on sanctions related to South Sudan. During discussions over the draft resolution, African members of...
UN Security Council Approves Extension on South Sudan Arms Embargo
MENAFN
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May 31, 2025
(MENAFN) On Friday, the United Nations Security Council approved a resolution renewing an arms embargo on South Sudan for another year, extending it until May 31, 2026. The resolution also maintains targeted sanctions, including travel bans and...
Russia Warns Military Force Will Not Resolve South Sudan’s Violence
MENAFN
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May 28, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova issued a stark warning Tuesday that escalating violence in South Sudan cannot be resolved through military means. The clashes between government troops and opposition factions have...
Russia Says Force will not Solve South Sudan War
MENAFN
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May 28, 2025
(MENAFN) The worsening unrest in South Sudan cannot be resolved through armed intervention, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has cautioned. Hostilities between the government and various opposition groups have intensified,...
US Deports Asian Immigrants to South Sudan
MENAFN
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May 21, 2025
(MENAFN) Two Asian nationals held in a Texas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility have been forcibly returned to South Sudan, a war-affected African nation, despite a ruling from a federal court prohibiting such action, according to...
ICE Breaches Court Ruling, Deports Two Immigrants to South Sudan
MENAFN
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May 21, 2025
(MENAFN) Two immigrants detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Texas have been deported to South Sudan, despite a federal court ruling preventing such actions, their legal representatives reported Tuesday. The men,...
Media reports more African nations face US visa prohibition
MENAFN
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June 19, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...
Moscow states power will not solve S-Sudan predicament
MENAFN
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May 29, 2025
(MENAFN) Russia has warned that the ongoing violence in South Sudan cannot be resolved through military means. Speaking at a briefing in Makhachkala on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova expressed deep concern over the...
South Sudan voices remarks on US visa ban
MENAFN
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April 23, 2025
(MENAFN) South Sudan has pushed back against Washington’s decision to revoke all US visas for its citizens, rejecting accusations that it refused to accept deported nationals. The country's Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Monday clarifying...
South Sudan opposition party names interim chair as Machar remains detained
MENAFN
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April 10, 2025
(MENAFN) South Sudan's primary opposition party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO), announced on Wednesday the appointment of an interim chair. This decision comes as the party's First Vice President, Riek Machar,...
Visa cancellation: US sanctions South Sudan on deportee issue
MENAFN
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April 6, 2025
(MENAFN) The United States, under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has declared an immediate cancellation of visas for all South Sudanese passport holders. Additionally, the US will prevent any South Sudanese citizens from entering the country at...
South Sudanese Refugee Recalls Harrowing Escape Amid Sudan's Conflict
MENAFN
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April 20, 2025
(MENAFN) As the conflict in Sudan escalated, Sarah Williams and her children found themselves ensnared in the violence that swept through their Khartoum neighborhood. Gunfire shattered the tranquility of their home, flames engulfed nearby...
Chemical Weapons Attack in South Sudan Condemned by World Without War
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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March 24, 2025
NEW YORK, March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Without War has condemned recent airstrikes on civilian targets in Nasir, South Sudan, amid reports that the Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) used chemical incendiary weapons. Images and...