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UN condemns Nassir attack, calls for talks to resume

20 July 2014 - Following today's attack by opposition forces on Nassir in South Sudan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the top UN official in the country called for an immediate end to offensive operations.

22 Jul 2014

Police graduate from munitions course, urged to protect civilians

18 July 2014 - Completing a three-month intensive training in munitions disposal, basic life support and emergency trauma, 19 South Sudanese police officers graduated today at Rajaf complex outside Juba.

21 Jul 2014

Kiir inaugurates county headquarters, hospital projects in Wau

18 July 2014 - President Salva Kiir has inaugurated several projects in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal capital Wau, including two county headquarters, a maternity ward, blood bank and museum.

18 Jul 2014

UN relief chief warns of looming disaster in Sudan and South Sudan

16 July 2014 - Deeply concerned by escalating crises in Sudan and South Sudan, the top UN relief official warned today that the humanitarian situation was deteriorating for hundreds of thousands of people in both countries.

17 Jul 2014

UNMISS Malakal drains stagnant pools to curb cholera

14 July 2014 - In an urgent effort to prevent cholera from spreading within the UNMISS Malakal Protection of Civilians (PoC) site and surrounding areas, the mission today began draining stagnant water in the camp.

15 Jul 2014

US Ambassador visits protection of civilians site in Malakal

11 July 2014 - U.S. Ambassador to South Sudan Susan Page today led a high-level delegation to the UNMISS base in the Upper Nile State capital Malakal to assess the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) seeking shelter there.

11 Jul 2014

African Union extends Commission of Inquiry mandate

10 July 2014 - The African Union (AU) General Assembly today extended by three months the mandate of its Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan to allow for more extensive consultations, a statement issued by the AU in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa said.

11 Jul 2014

Citizens helping fellow citizens are real humanitarian heroes - Lautze

9 July 2014 - The real humanitarian heroes in South Sudan were the country’s citizens who were doing everything possible to assist fellow citizens in need, the Acting Humanitarian Coordinator Sue Lautze said in a statement today.

10 Jul 2014

South Sudan states celebrate independence anniversary

9 July 2014 - There were repeated calls for peace and security to prevail in the country as hundreds of people gathered in the capitals of South Sudan’s ten states to celebrate the third Independence Day anniversary.

09 Jul 2014

No reason to celebrate independence, say internally displaced persons

9 July 2014 - Even before the crisis, many South Sudanese people saw no reason to celebrate independence, internally displaced persons (IDPs) said in Juba recently, ahead of today’s third independence anniversary celebrations.

09 Jul 2014

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