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US pushes for ceasefire deal in South Sudan ethnic clashes

The United States has asked South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel-leader Riek Machar to sign a ceasefire deal and immediately end hostilities which has left hundreds of people dead

US scrambles to prevent civil war from breaking out in South Sudan

Three years after midwifing South Sudan's birth, the United States is desperately trying to prevent the world's youngest nation from falling apart.

More than 2,00,000 people displaced in South Sudan conflict: UN

The ongoing conflict in South Sudan has already uprooted more than 200,000 people from their homes, a UN spokesperson confirmed here Wednesday.

Ethiopia mediating peace deal in South Sudan's ethnic clashes

Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry says delegations from South Sudan's warring factions will meet for the first time today for peace talks in the capital, Addis Ababa

Fighting continues in South Sudan city Bor, described as 'war zone'

Fighting continued on Wednesday in South Sudan's city of Bor, a government official said, describing it as "a war zone" where the army and rebels are battling even as both sides have committed to peace talks in neighboring Ethiopia.

Ugandan president presses for ceasefire after South Sudan clashes

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Monday that leaders would join hands against forces allied to South Sudanese ex-vice president Riek Machar , if he failed to respond to a ceasefire agreement offered to him.

'White army' marches towards contested state capital in South Sudan

Twenty-five thousand young men who make up a tribal militia known as the "White Army" are marching toward a contested state capital in South Sudan, an official said Saturday, dimming hopes for a cease-fire.

South Sudan's government agrees to end hostilities after ethnic clashes

Regional African leaders say South Sudan's government has agreed to end hostilities.

More than 1,20,000 people displaced in South Sudan violence: UN

The United Nations says more than 120,000 people have been displaced by continuing violence in South Sudan, and about half are now sheltering at U.N. compounds.

African leaders arrive in South Sudan in effort to mediate ethnic clashes

African leaders arrived in South Sudan on Thursday to try to mediate between the country's president and the political rivals he accuses of attempting a coup that the government insists sparked violence threatening to destroy the world's newest country.