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Internally displaced people form a line at a food distribution center at a camp for displaced people in Juba, South Sudan.

Amid calls for reconciliation in South Sudan, displaced people remain in limbo

Displacement

As warring parties in South Sudan call for a national truth and reconciliation process, displaced people still living in protected civilian camps say they continue to fear for their security.

Residents displaced by recent fighting gather at a trading area within the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in Malakal, in Upper Nile State.

Why three towns in South Sudan have ‘utterly collapsed’

Conflict & Justice
Jacob Atem in 2012 with his step-mother in the village of Maar, South Sudan.

Sudan’s ‘Lost Boys’ get caught in their country’s violence once again

Conflict & Justice
A displaced man at the UN 's Tomping camp, where some 15,000 displaced South Sudanese are sheltered.

Peace talks started in South Sudan, but quickly hit a roadblock

Conflict & Justice
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South Sudan remains on the brink of civil war

Conflict & Justice
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A South Sudan army soldier, in Malakal, on Monday, after government forces re-captured the city.

The fighting is getting worse in South Sudan, even as peace talks loom

Conflict & Justice

Tens of thousands of people in South Sudan are spending New Year’s Day hiding in the bush as violence spreads across the country. A political squabble has degenerated into ethnic clashes. But there is some hope as envoys have arrived in neighboring Ethiopia to try to thrash out a peace deal.

Salva Kiir and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta

So far there are few signs of any progress in ending the violence in South Sudan

Conflict & Justice

Ethnic fighting continues in the young nation of South Sudan. The United Nations estimates more than 1000 people have died in the 11 days of clashes.

Displaced people stay in makeshift tents inside Tomping United Nations base

No good news out of South Sudan on this Christmas Eve

Conflict & Justice

Things are not looking very good in South Sudan on this Christmas Eve. There are reports of newly-discovered mass graves, as well as mass killings and violence.

South Sudan's President, Salva Kiir, listens to a question during a news conference, Wednesday. He's accused of not listening to critics.

Was there a coup in South Sudan?

Conflict & Justice

Africa’s newest country, South Sudan, appears to be in the grip of a violent power struggle. Hundreds of deaths have been reported. The president accuses his former vice president of trying to stage a coup.

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