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10 April 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson, paid tribute today to the five members of the UNMISS Indian Battalion who died in an ambush in Jonglei state on Tuesday.
8 April 2013 - The South Sudan government must take all necessary steps to protect civilians during ongoing military operations in Jonglei State, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson, said in Juba today.
Following the ravages of more than two decades of civil war, the South Sudan Prisons Service had fallen into a sorry state.
As she cut and stitched cloth, Habib could have been any woman in a tailoring school, trying to learn a skill that would be useful in the future.That she might one day earn a living from tailoring was hardly debatable.
4 April 2013 - Conflicting communities in Jonglei State were using children as weapons of war and triggering further violence, an UNMISS official said today in the state capital Bor.
1April 2013 - Concluding a peace conference in Rumbek today, members of the Kuei and Rup communities agreed to pay compensation for lives lost on both sides in fighting between rival youths.
31 March 2013 – A fire broke out in Rumbek Market today, destroying property worth an estimated 200,000 Sudanese pounds before UNMISS brought it under control.
The cause of the blaze is still unclear, although witnesses told UN Radio Miraya it had begun at a market welding site.
28 March 2013 - As attacks from armed militia groups in Jonglei State have intensified in recent months, UNMISS bases in Pibor and Gumuruk have sheltered thousands of civilians.
25 March 2013 - Farmers affected by last year's flooding in Unity would receive food-for-work during the current agricultural season, a top state official announced today.
21 March 2013 - Prosecutors and police investigators must practice skills they have learned from the international community in carrying out their duties, a top government official said today in the Lakes State capital Rumbek.