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    <text>South Sudanese president Salva Kiir meets with Darfur governor Minni Minnawi in Juba, South Sudan, to discuss efforts to end the conflict in Sudan. </text>
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    <text>Five aid workers are killed and four more injured in an ambush against a convoy by unknown gunmen in Duk County, Jonglei State, South Sudan. Several civilians are also killed and wounded. </text>
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    <text>The South Sudan People's Defence Forces announces that they have deployed troops in Akobo, South Sudan to secure full control of the area for the first time since the outbreak of the civil war in the country after having previously recapturing the area from opposition forces. </text>
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      <text>Six people are killed, including a five-year-old, and three others are injured when a boat capsizes and sinks on the Grande River in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. </text>
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    <text>Up to 22 people are killed, including women and children, and several others are injured when Agwelek Forces gunmen open fire on villagers in Ayod County, Jonglei State, South Sudan. </text>
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    <text>The South Sudanese army orders all civilians, United Nations personnel, and aid workers in the Akobo, Nyirol, and Uror counties of the Jonglei State to evacuate ahead of an imminent operation against opposition forces. </text>
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      <text>United States federal judge Angel Kelley of Massachusetts blocks the Trump administration's plan to end temporary protected status for South Sudanese nationals, issuing an administrative stay that prevents the expiration of deportation protections while a legal challenge proceeds. </text>
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    <text>U.S. federal judge Angel Kelley of Massachusetts blocks the Trump administration's plan to end temporary protected status for South Sudanese nationals, issuing an administrative stay that prevents the expiration of deportation protections while a legal challenge proceeds. </text>
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      <text>At least seven people are killed and twenty-five others are injured in an airstrike on a hospital ran by Médecins Sans Frontières in Old Fangak, Fangak County, South Sudan. </text>
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    <text>At least seven people are killed and 25 others are injured in an airstrike on a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières in Old Fangak, Fangak County, South Sudan. </text>
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    <slug>/feed/2025/03/27/south-sudanese-vice-president-riek-machar-is-detained-by-security-forces-following-an-arrest-warrant-on-unclear-charges</slug>
    <text>South Sudanese vice president Riek Machar is detained by security forces following an arrest warrant on &quot;unclear charges&quot;, according to his spokesperson. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition says Machar's arrest has effectively ended the 2018 peace agreement which ended the civil war. </text>
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      <text>A UNMISS helicopter operator and approximently 27 South Sudanese soldiers are killed after being fired on by a local militia group while evacuating Nasir, South Sudan. </text>
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    <text>A UNMISS helicopter operator and approximately 27 South Sudanese soldiers are killed after being fired on by a local militia group while evacuating Nasir, South Sudan. </text>
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      <text>Security forces in South Sudan arrest Puot Kang Chol, a senior member of the the parliamentary opposition, minister of petroleum and mining, and army general, as well as multiple other opposition-aligned military officers. South Sudanese soldiers also surround vice president Riek Machar's house overnight before later withdrawing. </text>
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      <text>Security forces in South Sudan arrest Puot Kang Chol the minister of petroleum and an army general, who are senior members of the main opposition and South Sudanese army troops surrounded Riek Machar house overnight before they withdraw later.All other senior military officials allied with Machar have been placed under house arrest. </text>
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    <text>Security forces in South Sudan arrest Puot Kang Chol, a senior member of the parliamentary opposition, minister of petroleum and mining, and army general, as well as multiple other opposition-aligned military officers. South Sudanese soldiers also surround vice president Riek Machar's house overnight before later withdrawing. </text>
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  <slug>/feed/2026/08/24/two-on-patrol-ethiopian-peacekeepers-of-the-united-nations-mission-in-south-sudan-are-killed-in-an-ambush-in-jonglei-sta</slug>
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    <day>24</day>
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  <text>Two on-patrol Ethiopian peacekeepers of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are killed in an ambush in Jonglei State, South Sudan. </text>
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