DefenceTalkMore than 50,000 fighters including former rebels from rival camps in South Sudan’s civil war were set to be integrated into the country’s army in a long-overdue graduation ceremony on Tuesday. The unification of forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and his rival, Vice President Riek Machar, was a key condition of the 2018 peace […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-sudans-ex-rebels-set-to-join-unified-army-79249/

DefenceTalkFighting between armed groups aligned with government and opposition forces in South Sudan this year subjected civilians to “unimaginable violence” that could amount to war crimes, Amnesty International said Thursday. The rights watchdog documented fighters on all sides indiscriminately murdering and mutilating civilians and razing entire villages during an upsurge in fighting between June and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-sudan-violence-could-amount-to-war-crimes-amnesty-77561/

DefenceTalkSouth Sudan is the world’s youngest country and also one of the poorest, crippled by a devastating civil war that has left tens of thousands dead. As rebel leader Riek Machar is sworn in as vice president ahead of the formation of a new national unity government on Saturday, here is some background. World’s youngest […]https://www.defencetalk.com/war-ravaged-south-sudan-at-a-glance-74223/

DefenceTalkWASHINGTON: Four U.S. service members were injured today when their aircraft came under ground fire in South Sudan during a mission to evacuate American citizens in Bor, according to a statement issued by U.S. Africa Command. The updated Africom statement reads as follows: “At the request of the Department of State, the United States Africa […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ground-fire-injures-4-us-troops-in-south-sudan-49980/