South Sudan Genocide

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Monday that South Sudan will be heading toward genocide unless immediate action is taken to impose an arms embargo and pressure leaders of the world's newest nation to end hate speech, incitement and violence.

War-torn South Sudan faces a catastrophic "tipping point" amid famine and genocide warnings, an aid agency said Thursday, as the conflict entered its fifth month with no sign of bloodshed ending.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon flew into South Sudan Tuesday to demand an end to a brutal four-month-old civil war that has sparked dire warnings of genocide and famine.

Ethnic violence in South Sudan risks spiralling into genocide, with the country's leaders locked in a personal struggle for power, top UN officials said on Friday as a UN Security Council showdown looms over calls to impose targeted sanctions.

US Secretary of State John Kerry landed in South Sudan on Friday to demand a ceasefire in a brutal four-month-old civil war that has sparked dire warnings of genocide and famine.

War-torn South Sudan must not become another Rwanda, the UN envoy for the prevention of genocide said Wednesday, after touring massacre sites in the young nation which is plagued by a wave of atrocities and ethnic killings.

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned on Monday that South Sudan will be heading toward genocide unless immediate action is taken to impose an arms embargo and pressure leaders of the world's newest nation to end hate speech, incitement and violence.

War-torn South Sudan faces a catastrophic "tipping point" amid famine and genocide warnings, an aid agency said Thursday, as the conflict entered its fifth month with no sign of bloodshed ending.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon flew into South Sudan Tuesday to demand an end to a brutal four-month-old civil war that has sparked dire warnings of genocide and famine.

Ethnic violence in South Sudan risks spiralling into genocide, with the country's leaders locked in a personal struggle for power, top UN officials said on Friday as a UN Security Council showdown looms over calls to impose targeted sanctions.

US Secretary of State John Kerry landed in South Sudan on Friday to demand a ceasefire in a brutal four-month-old civil war that has sparked dire warnings of genocide and famine.

War-torn South Sudan must not become another Rwanda, the UN envoy for the prevention of genocide said Wednesday, after touring massacre sites in the young nation which is plagued by a wave of atrocities and ethnic killings.