Opposition groups in south Sudan accused soldiers and officials on Wednesday of tampering with ballots and intimidating polling agents.
Confusion, delays and charges of fraud marked the start of Sudan’s first multi-party elections in a quarter-century.
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/ 20 September 2009
Tribesmen attacked a village in south Sudan on Sunday, overwhelming soldiers guarding the settlement and killing an unknown number.
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/ 16 September 2009
Daruka Lueth knew it was no ordinary cattle-rustling raid the moment armed tribesmen circled her south Sudanese village and opened fire.
At least 177 people have been killed in weekend attacks on villages of the Lou Nuer tribe by armed men from the Murle ethnic group in south Sudan.
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/ 10 December 2008
SABMiller said it would launch a lager in south Sudan, the first beer produced since Islamic law shut down the region’s last brewery 25 years ago.
Aid flowing to South Sudan following a 2005 peace deal is beginning to improve healthcare for women.
The government of South Sudan ordered Ugandan troops hunting rebels of the Lord’s Resistance Army to leave its territory on Monday.
A thatched roof propped up by sticks provides the only shelter from driving rain for Sudanese mother Akur Chol Akur and her three young sons.
Ugandan rebels have killed 23 people including 14 south Sudanese soldiers and ”started war”, a south Sudanese minister said on Saturday.