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WASHINGTON ? Three years after midwifing South Sudan's birth, the United States is desperately trying to prevent the world's youngest nation from falling apart. Yet despite shared consternation by the Obama administration and Congress, no one is quite sure what the U.S. can do to bring peace to a country that in many ways owes its existence to the United States. The violence has killed more than 1,000 people and driven 180,000 from their homes in the last month, and spread to neighbors killing each other purely on tribal identification, threatening a place that until recently was viewed by Democrats and Republicans alike as an American success story in Africa. quot;Each day that the...

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9 January 2014 Last updated at 20:06 GMT South Sudan civilians have been sheltering in a UN compound in the key rebel-held city of Bentiu as government forces approach. At least 1,000 people have been killed and 200,000 have fled their homes because of the fighting. The BBC's Alastair Leithead reports. Share this story About sharing...

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quot;Back to normal? almost,quot; said a junior official rushing past me in a corridor of the presidential offices in Juba. These are wildly unpredictable times in a nation still grappling with an abrupt and spectacular crisis. But there are now some tentative signs that South Sudan#039;s President, Salva Kiir, is gaining the upper hand. quot;Bentiu will be in our hands today. Or maybe tomorrow,quot; said the government#039;s military spokesman, Philip Aguer, as he juggled two phones and a steady stream of saluting officers at his office on the outskirts of Juba. Col Aguer told me he was confident that the two key towns under rebel control, Bentiu, and Bor, would soon fall to a...

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With mats and mattresses on their heads, pots and plastic bags in their hands, the people just kept walking. Some also drove cattle through the red dust kicked up by the white United Nations armoured vehicle that led the convoy through Bentiu town as the sun set. They were all heading the same way - south - away from the advancing government troops intent on retaking the city from rebel forces. When the split between President Salva Kiir and former Vice-President Riek Machar turned to violence, the army#039;s 4th Division stationed in Bentiu switched sides and backed the rebels. For two weeks the troops from the Nuer tribe have controlled the capital of oil-producing Unity State. But change...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are Thursday's foreign exchange rates for the Mauritanian Ouguiya.
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Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Despite the difficult conditions prevailing in the country, the Libyan government has been able implement over 400 projects across the country.
Economy

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Malian president, Ibrahima Boubacar Keita, is expected in Nouakchott Friday for a three-day visit to Mauritania, PANA learnt Thursday from reliable sources.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government has denied reports that it banned the importation of fish into the country, according to the Agriculture Minister, Dr. Akinwumi Adeshina.
Agriculture

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A second batch of 250 Malians, living in the Central Africa Republic (CAR), returned home Wednesday, fleeing the religious conflicts in Central African State, PANA learnt from official sources.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria and the United Kingdom on Thursday signed an agreement providing for the transfer of prisoners between the two States.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigeria's President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, will travel to Abidjan, Cote D?Ivoire, Friday to attend a meeting of leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? The United Kingdom (UK) is to invest about 100 million pounds for the rehabilitation of Nigerian prisons.
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan has instructed his government that South Sudanese citizens fleeing from the fighting in their country must be treated well in Sudan, according to the Sudanese Foreign Minister, Ali Ahmed Karti.
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New York, US (PANA) ? The UN has released US$15 million from its humanitarian rapid response fund for critical relief operations in South Sudan, where over 230,000 people have been driven from their homes since fighting erupted between government and opposition forces nearly a month ago.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) ? South Sudanese detained in the wake of the current crisis in Africa?s youngest nation have told a regional mediation team that the situation requires a political solution, according to a statement issued in Addis Ababa on Thursday.
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Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Former Mauritian President Cassam Uteem will lead a team of international observers, working under the auspices of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), to the referendum on the Egyptian constitution scheduled for 14 and 15 January 2014.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian military said Thursday it killed at least 38 suspected members of the violent Islamic sect Boko Haram and lost one soldier during a routine patrol in Damboa town in northern Borno state.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Following are the latest foreign exchange rates for the Nigerian currency, the Naira:
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - ECOWAS leaders are due to meet with Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, Friday, the Nigerian presidency has announced, while saying President Goodluck Jonathan will be among the leaders.
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Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Executive Director of United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), Babatunde Osotimehin, begins a two-day visit to Mauritania on Saturday during which he will meet President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and senior government officials.
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Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 2013 Glo-CAF Awards celebrating the best in African football has started in Nigeria's commercial city of Lagos, PANA reported from here Thursday.
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