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18 October 2011 – As a means of boosting awareness about hygiene, Global Handwashing Day was celebrated in Warrap State at Kuajok Boys Primary School. Martin Kuot Madut, acting head teacher at the school, said that sanitation…

18 October 2011 - An additional 300 arms collected during ongoing civilian disarmament in Unity State were loaded today into trucks at Freedom Square in Rumbek for transportation to the South Sudanese capital of Juba. In…

18 October 2011 – The United Nations Children Fund has donated $160,000 (640,000 South Sudanese Pounds) to help complete a new children's ward at Malakal Teaching Hospital in Upper Nile State. "Once the ward is completed it…

17 October 2011 – Civilian disarmament in Warrap State's Greater Tonj concluded peacefully today, bringing an end to the first or voluntary phase of the government-led campaign in the area. "We collected almost 800 weapons in…

14 October, 2011– In a bid to bring peace and reconciliation between the warring Murle and Luo Nuer communities, government and church officials in Jonglei State will begin separate peace building meetings with the warring…

13 October, 2011 – In response to acute food shortages in Jonglei State, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a $54 million project at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry yesterday in…

14 October 2011 – An assessment team from the Japan Ground Self Defence Force (GDSF) surveyed Juba International Airport today, as Japan mulls over the possibility of sending personnel to support the UN peacekeeping operation…

12 October 2011 – Although they live in one of the main South Sudanese oil-producing states, ongoing fuel shortages have kept residents of the Upper Nile capital in the dark for the past three months. "Three months without…

11 October 2011 – To plan forthcoming civilian disarmament activities in his state, Upper Nile Governor Simon Kun Pouch officially opened a two-day workshop in the capital Malakal today. The workshop was organized by the…

10 October 2011 – Participants at a workshop that kicked off today in the South Sudanese capital of Juba have decided to set up a national network of experts to enhance gender mainstreaming at all levels of government and…

7 October 2011 – The South Sudanese capital of Juba played host today to the country's first international business symposium and trade fair, which gathered together local and foreign investors as well as government officials…

7 October 2011 – After receiving another influx of returnees in Warrap, the state government and an interagency humanitarian team verified and registered 74 people today in the capital Kuajok. Many of the returnees, who…