Abrego Garcia, South Sudan
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The United Nations' World Food Programme has conducted humanitarian airdrops in South Sudan as the country faces surging conflict along with global assistance programs roiled in financial crisis.
On July 9, 2011, the Republic of South Sudan declared its independence from Sudan and became Africa's 54th nation.
Members of South Sudan’s parliament are scheduled to resume sittings next week after a six-month recess caused by unpaid allowances.
South Sudanese authorities say that eight men deported from the United States are now in government custody in the African country.
South Sudan took in eight deportees from the United States in a bid to normalize relations with the US, the African nation’s foreign affairs ministry said.
Bishop Christian Carlassare of Bentiu, South Sudan’s newest diocese, has urged good governance and selfless service as the nation celebrated its independence day on July 9.
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Assistant Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the deportation flight carrying the deportees landed in South Sudan just before midnight EST on Friday.
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The Department of Homeland Security said it deported several violent criminal illegal aliens after weeks of delays caused by court orders from "activist judges" that blocked ICE actions.
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has fired the country's army chief after seven months in the post and named a replacement, according to an announcement on state radio.
Courts blocked the handover after lawyers raised concerns of torture. Then the Supreme Court intervened to allow the Trump administration’s plan to move forward.
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