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18 June 2015 - The top UNICEF official has appealed “in the name of humanity and common decency” for an end to worsening violence against children in South Sudan.
18 June 2015 - Continuing to boost educational facilities in South Sudan, UNMISS today handed over a renovated high school in Pariang, Unity State.
17 June 2015 - UN agencies and non-governmental organizations in South Sudan recently launched an emergency airlift operation to deliver kits containing live-saving supplies to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in hard-to-reach areas.
17 June 2015 - UNMISS was taking matters of poor hygiene at its protection site in Malakal, Upper Nile, seriously and working quickly to solve the problem, the mission’s top official in the state said today.
16 June 2015 - To help tackle the humanitarian impact of crisis in South Sudan, the European Union (EU) and UN today announced that more than $275 million had been pledged to support victims in the country and wider region.
16 June 2015 - With the rainy season intensifying and conditions worsening at camps for the displaced, more than 60,000 people at UNMISS Bentiu protection sites have been vaccinated against cholera.
16 June 2015 - Different states in South Sudan today joined the global community in commemorating the Day of the African Child, which is observed on 16 June every year.
15 June 2015 - The UN refugee agency reported today that some 14,000 South Sudanese – mainly women and children – fled into Sudan over the weekend, describing the situation as “an emergency within an emergency”.
12 June 2015 - The number of people seeking protection at UNMISS Bentiu, Unity State, has risen to more than 70,000, according to a recently released mission report.
11 June 2015 - Speaking with UNMISS leadership, internally displaced persons (IDP) at the mission’s Malakal protection site today called for more security in the camp.