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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.

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
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
Displaced people stay in makeshift tents inside Tomping United Nations base

No good news out of South Sudan on this Christmas Eve

Conflict & Justice
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
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South Sudan: A Young Nation on a Razor’s Edge

Global Politics

US officials who watch South Sudan are sounding an alarm that the young country is increasingly at war with itself. Anchor Marco Werman walks with Gayle Smith, President Obama’s point person on South Sudan.

Press freedom hard to come by in South Sudan

The new constitution of South Sudan is one of the most progressive in Africa. It guarantees freedom of the press, however in practice, reality is very different.

China Struggles to End Hostilities along Oil-Rich Sudan Border

Global Politics

China is attempting a delicate balancing act – trying to mediate the explosive dispute between Sudan and the newly independent nation of South Sudan. As The World’s Mary Kay Magistad explains to host Marco Werman.

Testing Press Freedoms in South Sudan

Conflict & Justice

Authorities in South Sudan detained two journalists and shut down their paper over negative coverage of the wedding of the daughter of the president.

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