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From 1983 to 2005, he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M, Now known as South Sudan People's Defense Forces) as a commander in chief during the Second Sudanese Civil War. He served as First Vice President of Sudan for three weeks, from the comprehensive peace agreement of 2005 until his death in a helicopter crash on July 30 ...
The South Sudanese Civil War was a multi-sided civil war in South Sudan fought from 2013 to 2020, between forces of the government and opposition forces. The Civil War caused rampant human rights abuses, including forced displacement, ethnic massacres, and killings of journalists by various parties.
In early December 2021, South Sudan's ministry of health reported dozens of deaths due to an unidentified illness. [1] The reports came amidst severe flooding in the region and prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to send rapid response team to collect samples of the disease. [4] Initial samples tested negative for cholera.
As of 2015 42 percent of South Sudan's budget is allocated to military and security expenditures. In the same year, only 35 percent of the teachers in South Sudan had a primary-level of education. [66] An additional obstacles students face is the forced recruitment into armed militias and state military.
Death rate: 1.5 – 2.4 per 10,000/day in Zamzam camp; 1.1 – 3.6 under-five children per 10,000/day in Zamzam camp; 100 deaths per day in Sudan [1] Refugees: 777,330 to Chad 695,143 to South Sudan 133,049 to Ethiopia 31,600 to the Central African Republic: Causes: Sudanese civil war (2023–present) (including war, humanitarian aid blockade ...
The SPLM-N was founded by units of the predominantly South Sudanese Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army stationed in areas that remained in Sudan following the South Sudanese vote for independence in 2011. These forces then led a rebellion in the southern states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile a few months later. [57]
There were around 600 Indians in South Sudan; around 450 in Juba and others elsewhere in the country at the time of the conflict. Two C-17 Globemasters of the Indian Air Force were deployed to evacuate Indians and other foreign nationals. The first flight left Juba on 15 July (South Sudan Time), carrying 143 individuals including ten women and ...
The famine in Sudan in 1998 was a humanitarian disaster caused mainly by human rights abuses, as well as drought and the failure of the international community to react to the famine risk with adequate speed. [1] The worst affected area was Bahr el Ghazal in southwestern Sudan. In this region over 70,000 people died during the famine. [2]