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South Sudanese leaders should address chronic insecurity, rights abuses, and the worsening humanitarian situation during the co

South Sudan: Use Peace Deal Extension For Reforms

Photos: YouTube (Nairobi) – South Sudanese leaders should address chronic insecurity, rights abuses, and the worsening humanitarian situation during the country’s extended transition period, ...

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South Sudan: End New Wave Of Repression Against Peaceful Protests

Photos: Wikimedia Commons\YouTube South Sudanese authorities have arrested civil society activists and a politician and closed down a radio station and an academic think-tank, ...

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Museveni’s Eroding Pillars of Dictatorship: Terror, Diplomatic Cover, Foreign Financial Support

Riding the back of the tiger. Gen. Kayihura with generalissimo–before Museveni threw him under the bus.   [Saturday Morning Commentary] This is my Saturday ...

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Petition: Guterres Don’t Let Museveni Use U.N. to Politicize Suffering of South Sudan Refugees

Secretary General Guterres. Photo–Flickr A PETITION The United Nations. New York City Dear Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Visit the South Sudanese refugees but don’t ...

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UN Panel Wants Arms Embargo on South Sudan — Calls President Kiir’s Side “Main Belligerent”

Top Gun. General Museveni greeting the mystery fighter pilot who runs military strikes for Salva Kiir? In its scathing Final Report, a United Nations ...

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President Trump, U.S. Must Demand Justice For Victims In Both Syrian and South Sudan Conflicts

President Kiir and benefactor Gen. Museveni who gets $750 million annually plus arms from Washington. Photo: Twitter There must be no double standard. There ...

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As U.S.-Africa Summit Opens, Human Rights Abuses Gain Media Traction

Gen. Museveni signs Anti-LGBT law — not quite the Western darling any more [Publisher’s Commentary: U.S.-Africa Summit Day One] Secretary of State John Kerry ...

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Waiting On UN’s Ban Ki-Moon For Answers About Contractual Arrangements Between United Nations And Incoming GA President Sam Kutesa’s Company, ENHAS

Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon [Editorial Commentary] Five days ago The Black Star News contacted The United Nations spokesperson and raised the issue of potential ...

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U.S. Warns Rights Abusers In South Sudan Conflict As State Department Dismisses Uganda Leaders War Comments

Obama: South Sudan human rights abusers will be held accountable A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State dismissed comments by Uganda’s President that ...

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Signs That South Sudan Combatants May Negotiate Peace

Machar and Kiir– two hats too many? There is increasing hope that international condemnation of the on-going atrocities in South Sudan will force the ...