Michael Atit reports for VOA from South Sudan.
Ban Ki-moon fired Lt. Gen. Johnson Mogoa Kimani Ondieki of Kenya following UN report that concluded peacekeeping force failed to protect civilians, aid workers
Spokesman for president calls report accusing Kiir and Machar of using war to amass wealth 'nonsensical' and 'rubbish'
More than 300 Kenya Commercial Bank employees are demanding sixfold pay increase to cover soaring cost of living; strike catches customers off guard
At least a dozen social media accounts have been set up under South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's name, but his spokesman says all of them are fake.
The plane, carrying 96 peacekeepers from the U.N. Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) and four crewmembers was shot at as it came in to land at Kadugli airport.
Victims of the attack in Western Bahr el Ghazal state were shot, then slashed with machetes, before their bodies were set on fire, witnesses and medical staff say.
Both sides blame the other for starting the latest fighting, as the conflict in South Sudan goes into a second year.
A spokesman for the SPLA denies rebel accusations that government forces and local militias attacked several towns in Upper Nile and northern Jonglei states.
Advocacy group Global Witness says in a report that a deal is being negotiated behind closed doors between a Spanish oil company and the government of South Sudan.
Experts and herders at a meeting in Wau say South Sudan could export livestock to other countries by 2020, but first it needs an official policy for the sector -- and peace.
It's not the first time that South Sudanese have toyed with the idea of moving the national capital from Juba to another city. This time, they're suggesting Wau in Western Bahr el Ghazal.
One money transfer company manager in Western Bahr el Ghazal says business is down 30 percent since the start of the year.
People who fled Bentiu in Unity state say women are being raped, people killed, and shops looted, and a top U.N. official says the town has been wiped off the map.
The initiative in Western Bahr el Ghazal to recruit young men and women to fight alongside SPLA forces gets a mixed reaction from residents.
Ease of use and low transaction fees are helping money transfer companies to grow rapidly in South Sudan's Western Bahr el Ghazal state.
