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20 January 2014 - Churches in the Western Equatoria capital Yambio have donated vitally needed items to over 60 internal displaced persons (IDPs) who were recently caught in conflict in Mundri Country.
An estimated 4,000 displaced civilians sheltering at the UNMISS base in Bentiu, Unity State, have left for safer destinations with the help of government transport. Almost 5,000 remain in the protected area. Photo: UNMISS/Anna Adhikari
17 January 2014 - The conflict in South Sudan could now be assessed as an internal armed conflict, UN Assistant-Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonovic said at a press conference in Juba today.
Standing guard to protect residents of UNMISS Tomping internally displaced person camp (IDP), Juba. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy
17 January 2014 - Health workers at the UNMISS Juba Tomping base, which now hosts over 17,000 displaced South Sudanese, were facing tremendous challenges, the hospital commandant said today.
16 January 2014 - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has put in place four surgical teams to provide emergency medical assistance to people injured in the South Sudanese conflict, the organization said today.
16 January 2014 - The United Nations would protect the human rights of all South Sudanese people, regardless of ethnicity or political affiliation, a senior UN official said in the Jonglei State capital Bor today.
15 January 2014 - During recent fighting in Upper Nile State, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) treated 116 people with gunshot wounds in Malakal and Nasir, the organization said in a statement today.
16 January 2014 - A report on human rights violations in the South Sudan conflict would be released in the next few weeks, a top UN official said today in Juba.
16 January 2014 - Some 30,000 feet above the ground in South Sudan, the pilot of an Australian C-17 Globemaster was kitted out in a flak jacket and helmut, preparing to clear the country’s airspace.