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15 January 2014 - Continuous fighting around the Jonglei State capital Bor has driven an estimated 136,000 South Sudanese civilians across the River Nile into Awerial County in Lakes State, according to local officials. An…

15 January 2014 – As civilians continue to face peril in South Sudan, the first group of 25 Nepalese military reinforcements arrived today in Juba from the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).The team of one officer…

15 January 2014 - Sending a new team of UN Police officers to the Unity State capital Bentiu would help UNMISS to better protect civilians seeking refuge in its base, UN Police Commissioner Fred Yiga said in Juba today. “You…

14 January 2014 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced during a visit to Addis Ababa that his country would be offering assistance of about $25 million to South Sudan, according to a statement issued today by the…

14 January 2014 - The situation in Aweil North County was peaceful and security organs must work to maintain this, Northern Bahr El-Ghazal State Acting Governor Lino Adup Achier said today in Gok Machar. During a visit there…

Six Bosnian UN Police Advisors arriving in Juba to strengthen UNMISS capacity on 12 January. Bosnia now has 41 police in the country, with another 28 expected to arrive soon. Photo: UNMISS/Julio R. Brathwaite

13 January 2014 - Fighting in South Sudan threatens to increase hunger and unravel modest gains made in food security since the country became independent two and a half years ago, UN agencies warn. A major concern is the…

13 January 2014 - More than 400 displaced children in two UN bases in Juba today joined thousands of Central Equatoria State candidates in writing their Primary School Leaving Examinations. The examinations, scheduled for 16…

13 January 2014 - As hundreds of civilians continued to seek refuge UNMISS bases in Juba, the mission and humanitarian partners were preparing to move some internally displaced people (IDPs) to a new protection site, an…

13 January 2014 - When Rebecca Gak heard shooting on 18 December, she ran from her small restaurant in the Jonglei State capital Bor, picked up her infant son and two daughters and fled. Her husband would follow later, she…

13 January 2014 - The World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a new emergency operation to expand assistance to people affected by crisis in South Sudan, according to a statement the agency issued today. The $57.8 million…

12 January 2014 - There was nothing for South Sudanese people to celebrate on 9 January this year, a South Sudanese refugee now living at a camp in Uganda’s Arua District said recently.“Maybe people are celebrating in other…