Estimated number of people killed since December 2013Since civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013, over 50,000 people have been killed—possibly as many as 383,000, according to a recent After almost five years of civil war in South Sudan, Kiir and Machar participated in In December 2013, following a political struggle between Kiir and Machar that led to Machar's Under the threat of international sanctions and following several rounds of negotiations supported by the In late December 2013, the UN Security Council authorized a rapid Violence has prevented farmers from planting or harvesting crops, causing food shortages nationwide. Fighting continued in and around Malakal.On 20 January, South Sudan's army said it had seized back full control of the strategic town of Malakal Monday, the last major settlement under rebel control, after almost a week of bitter street fighting.On 26 January 2014, rebels spokesman Lul Ruai Koang said that government forces had attacked rebel positions in northern oil On 10 February, the South Sudan government spokesman Michael Makuei told that the peace talks in its second round were not resuming that day. Déjà Vu: Preventing Another Collapse in South SudanSouth Sudan's Opposition Leader Warns of a Return to Civil WarWill South Sudan Make a November Deadline to Form a Unity Government?One Year On, South Sudan’s Stalled Peace Deal Is Proving Its Skeptics RightThe Old Guard Are Killing the World’s Youngest CountrySouth Sudan is at Risk of a New Conflict. In September 1963 a rebellion erupted in southeastern Sudan, led by the Anya Nya, a southern Sudanese guerrilla organization that believed that only violent resistance would make the government of ʿAbbūd seek a solution acceptable to the southerners.
Two soldiers involved in the initial clashes were detained for further investigations, he said. Fighting broke out in Pariang on 20 December, when some SPLA troops defected to the rebels. In any case, many communities, particularly politically connected ones, are able to quickly rearm, said Alan Boswell, a senior analyst for South Sudan at the International Crisis Group.“Disarmament in South Sudan resembles an abusive counterinsurgency operation, not an orderly collection of arms, which the local militias often resist giving up,” Mr. Boswell said.
Aguer said that there was overnight fighting among troops in At the same time, about 200 employees of the regional petroleum operators, of which the three largest were Mutineers clashed with troops loyal to President Kiir inside the barracks of the SPLA 4th Division in Bentiu, the capital of Unity State since the evening of 20 December. The talks are scheduled to last 60 days, and the parties are required refrain from combat during this period.The Guardian and BBC reported that 240 Nuer men were rounded up and killed at a police station in Juba in mid-December.Ateny Wek Ateny, president's spokesman told to news conference, claims that rebel troops went into the hospital in the town of On 17 April 2014, 58 people were killed in an attack on the UN base in During the first two days of fighting, reports indicated that 66 soldiers had been killed in clashes in Juba,On 23 December, the UN's humanitarian coordinator stated the number of dead had likely surpassed 1,000 peopleThe International Crisis Group reported on 9 January that up to 10,000 people were estimated to have died.In addition to those wounded or killed, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has stated that about 413,000 people are internally displaced, 66,500 are seeking refuge at United Nations bases around the country, and more than 74,300 have fled the country.On 21 January 2014 Ankunda said that 9 Ugandan soldiers died in a rebel ambush at Gemeza a week ago, and 12 others had been killed in total since 23 December.On 11 April, UNICEF warned that Conflict in South Sudan has triggered a serious risk of famine that will kill up to 50,000 children within months if immediate action is not taken.African coups d'état, self-coups and attempted coups since 1960By JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press (21 December 2013). Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.Although Azharī had campaigned to unite the Sudan with ʿAbbūd dissolved all political parties and established a Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Sudanese independence and civil war Although Azharī had campaigned to unite the Sudan with Egypt, the fighting in the southern Sudan and the responsibilities of political power and authority ultimately led him to disown his campaign promises. SPLA-loyalists received a boost when rebel On 27 December, the combined SSLA/SPLA force clashed with rebels in On 8 January, much of the rebel force retreated, destroying ammunition dumps along the way, to stop them falling into the hands of the SPLA. Many of the most important politicians in Unity come from Mayom County, including Nugen Monytuel, the governor of Unity, and much of the SSLM/A.