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04.09.2020
UN POC sites begin transitioning to conventional displacement camps

[…] Political violence has reduced significantly across the country in the wake of a peace deal and formation of a new Government. As a result, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has begun to progressively withdraw its troops and police from the POC [Protection of Civilians] sites in Bor and Wau and will gradually do the same at other camps.

Source: UNMISS
02.09.2020
UNMISS establishes temporary base to deter road ambushes in Central Equatoria

A temporary peacekeeping base is being established at Lobonok, in the Central Equatorian region of South Sudan, to help deter violence after a surge in armed attacks on civilians and humanitarian convoys.

Source: Reliefweb
11.08.2020
At least 81 people killed as South Sudan's disarmament erupts in violence

At least 81 people have been killed in the South Sudan region of Warrap State following heavy fighting between armed civilians and government forces carrying out a disarmament exercise, the military’s spokesman said on Tuesday.

Source: Reuters
28.07.2020
Dozens killed in Sudan, South Sudan inter-communal fighting

Armed men suspected of being from South Sudan’s Greater Pibor Administrative Area stormed a village Monday in Bor County, killing roughly 17 people according to eyewitnesses and state authorities – the latest attack in a wave of deadly inter-communal clashes across the region.

Source: VOA News
27.07.2020
South Sudan misses deadline to form new parliament

Parties to South Sudan’s revitalized peace deal missed a regional deadline Sunday to dissolve and reconstitute parliament. A July 14 communiqué by East African bloc IGAD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development), which mediated South Sudan’s peace agreement, called on President Salva Kiir to dissolve the current National Legislative Assembly by July 26.

Source: VOA News
15.07.2020
South Sudan peace building on track, Igad told

[…] In a virtual meeting of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) called by the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, he noted that South Sudan has been making progress in the last five months on the execution of the September 2018 peace agreement, but called for more international efforts and regional support.

Source: The East African
08.07.2020
Kiir pledges full-scale disarmament campaign to end tribal violence in South Sudan

South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Wednesday announced that his government would start a full-scale disarmament campaign to end tribal violence in the country. … He said the intercommunal clashes across the country are now threatening the "success in ending political violence" and South Sudan’s stability.

Source: Sudan Tribune
25.06.2020
Is this the last chance for peace in South Sudan? Q&A with Daisaku Higashi

[…] He spoke with Samir Ashraf, editor of the Global Observatory, on the state of the peace process in South Sudan, and the impact that the political transition in Sudan is having on its neighbor.

Source: IPI Global Observatory
24.06.2020
What is causing South Sudan's inter-communal fighting?

Hundreds of people have been killed in inter-communal violence raging in South Sudan’s Jonglei state in recent weeks […]. On Tuesday, President Salva Kiir issued a presidential decree forming a committee to resolve ongoing inter-communal violence involving the Dinka Bor, the Lou Nuer and Murle tribes in Greater Jonglei. In his decree, Kiir said he expects the panel to ensure that stability is restored in the area within the next 21 days.

Source: VOA News
17.06.2020
South Sudan leaders reach key deal on control of states

South Sudan's president and his former rival have reached a deal on the selection of governors for the country's 10 states, an issue seen as the biggest threat to peace since a transitional unity government was formed in February.

Source: Al Jazeera