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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…
19 January 2012 – In a continuing effort to assess security in South Sudan, national Minister of Interior Alison Manana Magaya visited the Lakes State capital of Rumbek today. Speaking to Radio Miraya, the minister said the…
20 January 2012 – A top UN official confirmed today that more than 120,000 people affected by recent violence in Jonglei State – twice that of two weeks ago -- might need emergency assistance. "The violence in Jonglei hasn't…
19 January 2012 - Strongly condemning ongoing violence in South Sudan's Jonglei State, UNMISS head Hilde F. Johnson today urged political, traditional and youth leaders to end the killings and confrontations. "All concerned…
19 January 2012 - Pibor County Commissioner Joshua Kony today called for the creation of buffer zones along tribal borders in the strife-torn state of Jonglei to facilitate more effective monitoring of the movements of armed…
23 January 2012 –Hilde Johnson, the Secretary-General's Special Representative and head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) stressed today that the best way to protect civilians in the strife-torn state of Jonglei is…