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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.
9 July 2014 - The South Sudanese people voted in the referendum to become “first class citizens” in their own country, but were now at risk of losing that freedom, President Salva Kiir Mayardit said in Juba today as the country commemorated its third Independence Day anniversary.
9 July 2014 - As South Sudan celebrates its third independence anniversary today, the top UN official yesterday reminded the country’s political leaders that the ongoing crisis is man-made and that it is their responsibility and within their power to stop it.
Juba, 8 July 2014 - In her final action as the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson delivered the following remarks at a press encounter held in Juba International Airport this afternoon.
8 July 2014- To help store blood for patients in need, President Salva Kiir inaugurated a new National Public Health Laboratory, Blood Bank and Diagnostic Center in Juba today.
7 July 2014 - To empower Western Equatoria youth to become “ambassadors of peace”, the state government today organized a forum in the state capital Yambio.
8 July 2014 - An end to the fighting in South Sudan would not by itself provide an adequate solution to the country’s crisis, outgoing Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) to South Sudan Hilde F. Johnson said in Juba today.
Children playing in new protection site next to UN House in Juba. About 100 people move here daily from Tomping base. Photo: UNMISS/John Mcilwaine
7 July 2014 - The ongoing crisis in South Sudan was “such a watershed moment” that it was easy to forget all that UNMISS had achieved before its onset, outgoing Mission Chief Hilde F. Johnson said in Juba today.
4 July 2014 - Bidding farewell to the Greater Equatoria region, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General (SRSG) for South Sudan Hilde F. Johnson, today visited the Eastern Equatoria State capital Torit.