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3 February 2012 - To assess the security situation in Jonglei State, where members of the Lou Nuer and Murle communities have been carrying out retaliatory attacks, UNMISS officials conducted a one-day mission today to Ayod…
2 February 2012 - To assess the humanitarian situation of over 140,000 civilians who have been affected by inter-communal violence in South Sudan's Jonglei State, the UN's humanitarian chief visited the area today. Meeting…
3 February 2012 – In what has been dubbed the biggest single release of children associated with armed forces and groups (CAAFGs) since South Sudan became independent, 53 young people were released today in Western Bahr-El…
1 February 2012 – One of South Sudan's biggest challenges was the hundreds of thousands of people displaced in 2011, the UN's top humanitarian official said today in the capital Juba. Meeting with aid agency representatives…
31 January 2012 – The World Food Programme (WFP) has scaled up food assistance to reach 80,000 people affected by the recent escalation of inter-communal violence in Jonglei State, in the eastern part of South Sudan. "The…
27 January 2012 – Two days before flying to Arusha, Tanzania, to better their skills so that they can educate others, nine South Sudanese health professionals selected to take part in a one-year scholarship programme met…
25 January 2012 – With concern for health increasing in Upper Nile State, several agencies launched a dry season awareness campaign on the topic today, to continue until 25 May. Covering the state's 13 counties, the campaign…
25 January 2012 – A first group of 17 Mbororo nomads left Wau in South Sudan's Western Bahr El-Ghazal State today to be repatriated to the Central African Republic (CAR). The repatriation follows a history of uneasy relations…
24 January 2012 - To learn more about the situation on the ground in South Sudan's conflict-torn Jonglei State, a Norwegian delegation headed by the country's Deputy Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Torgeir Lasen, visited Pibor…
24 January 2012 – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed alarm today at yesterday's air attack in South Sudan on vulnerable refugees already fleeing violence in Sudan's Blue Nile State. At least one Sudanese…
25 January 2012 – Two weeks after Lou Nuer youth withdrew from the Murle area of Jonglei State following heavy fighting there, UNMISS peacekeepers are continuing to evacuate casualties. It is estimated that over 6,000 armed…
23 January 2012 - Fleeing fighting and recent bombing in Sudan's nearby Blue Nile State, hundreds of refugees have arrived in the South Sudanese county of Maban in Upper Nile State. The Blue Nile town of Rom was bombed on 16…