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27 August 2015 - UN emergency relief teams have reached more than 27,000 people in a town in South Sudan cut off by insecurity since March, according to a joint statement issued by UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP)…
28 August 2015 - The Security Council today called on all parties, with the help of the United Nations, to implement its recently signed peace accord and adhere to the permanent ceasefire. “The Security Council acknowledges…
27 August 2015 - Signing a peace agreement on South Sudan’s conflict was a critical step towards ending the 20-month conflict that had devastated the county and caused unspeakable suffering, the UN’s top official said today…
25 August 2015 - UNICEF has launched a campaign to increase school attendance and participation in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area. The children’s agency says the so-called “back to learning” initiative gives children…
23 August 2015 - The late Speaker of Western Equatoria’s Legislative Assembly, Bage James Elisa, was laid to rest today following his fatal slaying on Friday evening. Thousands of people paid their last respects to the 45…
Woman at UNMISS Protection of Civilians site, Bentiu, Unity State. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy
21 August 2015 - UNMISS has donated a new solar-powered water system to Malith village in Rumbek East county, Lakes state. Speaking during the launch today, Yom Marik, a member of the Lakes state water management committee…
21 August 2015 - Juba journalists have declared three days of mourning following the death of Peter Moi Julius, who worked for the city’s corporate business newspaper. The bullet-riddled body of Peter Moi was discovered on…
19 August 2015 - Some 29 aid workers had been killed since South Sudan’s conflict began in 2013 and many more were missing, the UN’s top humanitarian official in the country said today in Juba. “As we recall the tragic losses…
19 August 2015 - UNMISS and humanitarian partners in Malakal, Upper Nile State, have begun relocating more than 10,000 new internally displaced persons (IDPs) to a contingency area at its base. The IDPs, mostly from Panyikang…
16 August 2015 - Brandishing placards and chanting slogans, internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the UN base in Bentiu, Unity State, today peacefully protested any delay in signing a peace deal. The IDPs called on President…