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South Sudan is reeling from an escalating conflict between the government-aligned army and opposition forces and allied groups that observers say risks returning the country to a full-blown civil war. On Sunday, at least 169 people were killed after armed youth from Mayom county in the north raided a village in neighbouring Abiemnom county near the Sudan border. The UN mission in South Sudan said it was sheltering more than 1,000 civilians in its base in the area and providing medical care to those injured.
The US-Israeli war on Iran has been condemned as illegal across much of the global south, with China saying it was unacceptable to “blatantly kill the leader of a sovereign state”.Many countries objected that.
The power struggles between President Salva Kiir and his political rival Riek Machar are pushing the country towards conflict. Analysts urge the international community to exert pressure on both parties to avert war.
South Africa has ordered Israel’s top diplomat to the country to leave within 72 hours, citing “insulting attacks” on South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa on social media and the “abuse of diplomatic...
The US government, a United Nations agency and domestic and international media organizations have criticized amendments to South Korea's media law, accusing the government of introducing legislation that.
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