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Famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, where an estimated 100,000 people are already starving.
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Food insecurity in South Sudan is on the rise, and children are among those worst affected. Photo: UNICEF.
Andrew Gilmour, UN Assistant Secretary-General for human rights, on his visit to South Sudan. Here in Malakal on 15 February (in the centre of the photo).
UNMISS PoC sites Update No.153
UNMISS conducting a community outreach activity in Abinajok district.
Yasmin Sooka and Ken Scott, two of three members of a United Nations-mandated Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan on a visit to Juba in December 2016.
Human rights experts call for independent body to investigate conflict related crimes in South Sudan
“An independent mechanism is needed to immediately assist in investigating violations in South Sudan, in advance of the establishment of the hybrid court,” a United Nations-mandated Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, has said.
17 Feb 2017
Press statement: Senior UN human rights official condemns the deplorable rights situation in South Sudan and calls for prompt establishment of a court to prosecute atrocity crimes.
Members of the Rajaf East community on the outskirts of Juba were thoroughly entertained when local comedians explained the UNMISS mandate to them on Wednesday 15 February.
Salua Dokha is a mother of six living in the UNMISS protection of civilians site in Malakal. She's one of the luckier ones, managing to make a living by cooking and selling food.
UNMISS SRSG David Shearer describes situation of displaced people in Upper Nile region as “real problem”
Children in Kajo-Keji on 16 January 2017. Many women and children from the area have fled to Uganda, where receiving the huge influx of refugees creates numerous challenges.