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Health worker measuring baby’s arm during UNICEF and World Food Programme launch of joint nutrition response plan for South Sudan. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
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9 September 2015 - With a child becoming severely malnourished every two minutes, the nutrition situation in South Sudan remained dire, UNICEF Country Representative Jonathan Veitch said in a press statement today. The…
9 September 2015 - Western Equatoria State Legislative Assembly today reopened in the state capital Yambio, following a long recess and the death of Speaker Bage James Elia, who was killed by unknown gunmen last month…
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9 September 2015 - UN Police (UNPOL) and South Sudan National Police Service (SSNPS) recently launched a community policing awareness campaign in Torit County’s Efanyak community. According to Gabriel Adaka, an SSNPS warrant…
South Sudan joins the global community in celebrating International Literacy Day on 8 September. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine
South Sudan national football team Bright Stars won their first ever competitive game against Equatorial Guinea on 5 August. Photo: UNMISS/JC McIlwaine.
7 September 2015 - With the rainy season making roads impassable, the World Food Programme (WFP) began air dropping much-needed food in the Unity State capital Bentiu today. According to Francis Sarpong, WFP head of office in…
4 September 2015 - To improve living conditions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living at the UNMISS protection-of-civilians (PoC) site in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal, humanitarian partners recently started…
President Salva Kiir signing peace agreement to resolve country's conflict in Juba on 26 August. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy
1 September 2015 - Crime rates in the UNMISS protection site in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal had reduced as a result of joint efforts by UN Police (UNPOL) and internally displaced persons’ security watch groups, an…