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5 May 2014- UN Police Adviser Stefan Feller today met with displaced people seeking shelter at the UNMISS base in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal. “I am here to assess the challenging situation in which my colleagues…

5 May 2014 - Seeking to promote harmony among displaced people seeking shelter at the UNMISS base in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal, the mission today started training women on their role in peace building. “Women have…

2 May 2014 - President Salva Kiir has expressed willingness to travel to Ethiopia for talks and to consider forming a transitional government as part of efforts to end the crisis in South Sudan, U.S. Secretary of State John…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry with Ambassador Susan Page and South Sudanese government officials after he arrived in Juba as part of efforts to end conflict. Photo:UNMISS/Isaac Gideon

30 April 2014 - It is too early to determine whether recent violence in South Sudan amounted to genocide, but risk factors like hate speech and targeted killings based on ethnicity are causes for concern, a senior UN official…

29 April 2014 - With seven million people in South Sudan at risk of food insecurity, the top humanitarian official in the country today called for a one-month truce to allow civilians to cultivate their fields. “I call on all…

30 April 2014 - Expressing graving concern, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said at a press conference in Juba today that neither South Sudan’s political leaders nor the international community seem to perceive how…

29 April 2014 - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay met with former Vice President Riek Machar at an undisclosed location today. “I’ve just come back… from a meeting Riek Machar, together with Adama Dieng (UN…

28 April 2014 - Aiming at resolving the current crisis in South Sudan, peace talks led by the Inter-governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) resumed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa today. The talks, which are…

Some of hundreds of displaced people seeking refuge at UNMISS base in Western Bahr El-Ghazal State capital Wau. Photo: UNMISS/Micheal Wondi

28 April 2014 - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights arrived in Juba today in the wake of recent killings of civilians in the Unity State capital Bentiu and the Jonglei State capital Bor. Navi Pillay, who is on a joint…

26 April 2014 - To avoid a “terrible crisis” from becoming a “catastrophic crisis”, war-torn South Sudan must keep up agricultural production and continue with development programmes where possible. That was the key message…