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UNITED NATIONS – The United States slammed South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir on Tuesday for the African state’s “man-made” famine and ongoing conflict, urging him to fulfill a month-old pledge of a unilateral truce by ordering his troops back to their barracks. Check also: Peace Calling In South Sudan Through Video Games “We must see a sign that progress is possible,” ...

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has accused South Sudan’s government of ignoring the plight of 100,000 people suffering from famine , 7.5 million in need of humanitarian aid and thousands more fleeing fighting . Check also: South Sudan Government Rejects UN Proposal To Send More Peacekeepers Guterres’ rebuke was delivered to the country’s president, Salva Kiir , on Thursday, mentioning “a ...