Chinese peacekeeping police return from South Sudan mission

17:25, February 28, 2018

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  South Sudan to cut hiked work permit fee after outcry

  File photo shows an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) carry a sack of maize flour donated by humanitarian organizations at Mahad Camp in central Juba, South Sudan, March 9, 2017. (Xinhua/Gale Julius)Annual work permit fees for foreigners working in South Sudan will be reduced by 50 percent, the country's labor ministry said on Tuesday.Gathoth Gatkuoth, Labor and Public Service Minister, told

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  Sudanese ambassadors meet to enhance external relations

  The 7th Ambassadors Conference of the Sudanese ambassadors abroad kicked off sessions Monday to enhance Sudan's external relations.File photo: Sudan's prime minister and first vice president Bakri Hassan Saleh. (Photo: Reuters)Addressing the conference's opening sitting, Sudan's First Vice-President Bakri Hassan Saleh, expressed Sudan's willingness to enhance its external relations with all countries in the world, particularly within its Arab and

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  UN agencies warn 7 mln people in S. Sudan at risk of rising hunger

  Three UN agencies on Monday warned that 7 million people in South Sudan are at risk of rising hunger in the coming months unless assistance and access are maintained.The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Program (WFP) also warned that progress made to prevent people from dying of hunger could be undone."If