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UN says aid trucks looted in ‘volatile’ Sudan, urges safe passage
Smoke billows during fighting in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, on May 3, 2023. - Persistent fighting between Sudan's rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce, as a senior UN official arrived for talks on providing relief to millions of trapped civilians. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sudan’s warring military factions reportedly agree in principle to seven-day ceasefire
Smoke rises above buildings after an aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
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Remaining journalists detained over video of South Sudan president are freed
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir (L) looks on as he waits for the arrival of Pope Francis at the Presidential Palace in Juba, South Sudan, on February 3, 2023. - Pope Francis landed in Juba, in the first visit to South Sudan by a pope since the predominantly Christian nation gained independence from Muslim-majority Sudan in 2011 after decades of bloody struggle. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)
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‘Let us accept one another’: Pope makes final bid for peace, forgiveness in South Sudan
Pope Francis greets people during the Holy Mass at John Garang Mausoleum, during his apostolic journey, in Juba, South Sudan, February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
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Pope Francis implores South Sudan’s leaders to end bloodshed, recriminations
Pope Francis addresses a gathering at the Presidential Palace during Pope's apostolic journey, in Juba, South Sudan, February 3, 2023. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Journalists detained over footage appearing to show South Sudan president wet himself
FILE - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir attends the swearing-in ceremony for Kenya's new president William Ruto, at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya on Sept. 13, 2022. A journalists' union in South Sudan asserted Friday Jan. 6, 2023 that six staffers with the national broadcaster are detained in connection with footage apparently showing the country’s president urinating on himself during an event. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
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An ambassador’s regret: Canadians aren’t treated equally when they run into trouble abroad
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Flooding in Sudan’s Darfur region kills 12, says UN
FILE - Children carry bags on their head as they walk the flooded fields near Malualkon in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, South Sudan, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant, File)
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South Sudan peace deal on shaky ground amid deadly clashes
FILE PHOTO: South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar addresses a news conference in Juba, South Sudan April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Samir Bol//File Photo
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UN warns hunger is expected to rise in 23 global hot spots
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Sudan and main rebel group restart peace talks
Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and South Sudan's President Salva Kiir sign a declaration of principles between Sudanese Transitional government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army - North in Juba, South Sudan March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jok Solomun
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South Sudan faces famine threat as flooding continues
Thatched huts surrounded by floodwaters are seen from the air in Old Fangak county, Jonglei state, South Sudan Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. Some 1 million people in the country have been displaced or isolated for months by the worst flooding in memory, with the intense rainy season a sign of climate change. (AP Photo/Maura Ajak)
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Canadian is among thousands who disappeared in South Sudan
Trainees parade during the visit of the defense minister to a military training center in Owiny Ki-Bul, Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan Saturday, June 27, 2020. At crowded camps in South Sudan, former enemies are meant to be joining forces and training as a unified security force after a five-year civil war so they can help the shattered country recover but they can barely find enough food. (AP Photo/Maura Ajak)
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Experts fear coronavirus outbreak could spin ‘out of control’ in South Sudan
A doctor of International Medical Corps is disinfected at the isolation ward of Ministry of Health Infectious Disease Unit, in Juba, South Sudan, on April 24, 2020.
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South Sudan’s Vice-President and Defence Minister test positive as coronavirus cases surge in the country
Staff of the International Medical Corps put on personal protective equipment in the isolation ward of the Ministry of Health Infectious Disease Unit, in Juba, South Sudan, on April 24, 2020.
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First COVID-19 cases confirmed in crowded UN-run camp in South Sudan
In this April 6, 2020, file photo, a man washes his hands to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus in Juba, South Sudan.
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Pope kisses feet of South Sudan leaders, urging them to keep the peace
In this photo taken and released on April 11, 2019 by the Vatican Press Office, Vatican Media, Pope Francis (Bottom) kneels to kiss the feet of South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit at the Pope's Santa Marta residence in the Vatican. - Pope Francis on April 11 knelt and kissed the feet of leaders of South Sudan at the end of a two-day retreat to help them solidify a peace agreement. (Photo by Handout / VATICAN MEDIA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / VATICAN MEDIA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ---HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images