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FILE - In this Saturday, June 27, 2020 file photo, trainees parade with the wooden mock guns which they use to train with, during the visit of the defense minister to a military training center in Owiny Ki-Bul, Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan. The scale of violence in South Sudan is "a lot worse" than during the country's five-year civil war, a United Nations commission announced Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, accusing senior officials of supporting armed groups that at times have included tens of thousands of fighters. (AP Photo/Maura Ajak, File)
UN mandates South Sudan force to prevent return to civil war

By Edith M. Lederer Mar. 12, 2021 11:42 PM EST

Children use buckets to clear muddy floodwater from a dyke in the village of Wang Chot, Old Fangak county, Jonglei state, South Sudan Thursday, Nov. 26, 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)
'Our children die in our hands': Floods ravage South Sudan

By Maura Ajak Jan. 01, 2021 02:58 AM EST

Pope hopes to visit South Sudan, Lebanon if security permits

Dec. 24, 2020 12:16 PM EST
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis told the leaders of South Sudan and Lebanon on Thursday that he hopes to visit their countries but demanded they do more to bring...

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2020, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House to a crowd of supporters, in Washington. Trump announced in October that he and his wife, first lady Melania Trump, tested positive for the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Macron is the latest world leader to catch COVID-19

Dec. 17, 2020 06:18 AM EST

A child fetches water with a bucket in Old Fangak county, Jonglei state, South Sudan Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. One county in South Sudan is likely in famine and tens of thousands of people in five other counties are on the brink of starvation, according to a new report released Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 by international food security experts. (AP Photo/Maura Ajak)
New report says part of South Sudan is in 'likely famine'

By Sam Mednick And Maura Ajak Dec. 11, 2020 03:26 AM EST

UN report says South Sudan has healed little since civil war

By Cara Anna And Maura Ajak Oct. 06, 2020 07:33 AM EDT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Sudan has made no concrete steps toward national healing more than two years after the end of a civil war that killed nearly 400,000...

FILE - In this July 17, 2020, file photo, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro who is infected with COVID-19, wears a protective face mask as he flashes thumbs-up at supporters during a Brazilian flag retreat ceremony outside his official residence Alvorada Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. Bolsonaro announced his illness in July and used it to publicly extol hydroxychloroquine, the unproven malaria drug that he’d been promoting as a treatment for COVID-19 and was taking himself. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
Trump joins growing list of virus-infected world leaders

By Cara Anna Oct. 02, 2020 03:28 AM EDT

In this photo taken Friday, June 19, 2020, a laboratory specialist secures samples taken from potential coronavirus patients at the country's only laboratory that tests for the coronavirus in Juba, South Sudan. The United Nations says the country's outbreak is growing rapidly, with nearly 1,900 cases, including more than 50 health workers infected, and at the only laboratory in the country that tests for the virus a team of 16 works up to 16-hour days slogging through a backlog of more than 5,000 tests. (AP Photo/Charles Atiki Lomodong)
Virus outbreak could spin 'out of control' in South Sudan

By Maura Ajak And Cara Anna Jun. 22, 2020 03:03 AM EDT

UN extends arms embargo and other sanctions in South Sudan

By Edith M. Lederer May. 29, 2020 11:42 PM EDT
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Friday extending for a year an arms embargo on South Sudan and a travel ban and financial...

Hundreds killed in new violence in South Sudan, ICRC says

Associated Press May. 21, 2020 01:07 PM EDT
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of people have been killed in a new burst of intercommunal violence in South Sudan, the International Committee of the Red Cross...

A plastic sheet is used as a protective barrier as shoppers buy goods at a mall in Manila, Philippines on Monday, May 18, 2020. Crowds and vehicular traffic returned to shopping malls in the Philippine capital after a two-month coronavirus lockdown was partially relaxed over the weekend, prompting police to warn of arrests and store closures. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
The Latest: Probe suggests more virus deaths in Mexico City

By The Associated Press May. 18, 2020 03:38 AM EDT

The congregation practices social distancing to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, with chairs arranged a distance apart, as they sit outside and listen to a Sunday morning mass at the Bole Medhane Alem Ethiopian Orthodox Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sunday, April 5, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
South Sudan 51st of 54 African nations to report virus case

By Maura Ajack Apr. 05, 2020 07:56 AM EDT