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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...

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...

A pregnant police trainee sits with other trainees during the visit of the defense minister to a police training center in Kaljak, South Sudan Saturday, July 11, 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)
Hunger, squalor mar South Sudan post-war unification efforts

By Maura Ajak Aug. 16, 2020 02:10 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...

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