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Seven-year-old Nancy does not know it yet, but in five or six years’ time she will have to give up her home life and become the property of a family she has never met, all because her mother committed a crime.
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UNMISS chief David Shearer and the mayor of Torit, Juliana Mamoi Choko, give a symbolical hand to the building of a Safe House for vulnerable civilians in need of protection.
Various components of UNMISS and humanitarian actors were involved in putting out fires and assisting affected internally displaced persons in the Bentiu PoC site.
Dr. Bny Agyiri is part of the Ghanaian Battalion (GHANBATT) based in Leer. So far, Dr. Agyiri has delivered 35 babies, with a 100 per cent survival rate, in an area with no other health facilities.
UNMISS chief David Shearer strongly condemns the killing of six aid workers, calling it "utterly reprehensible".
The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Eugene Owusu, strongly condemns the killing of six aid workers in an ambush on 25 March.
Scared civilians fleeing Pibor town, fearing an imminent outbreak of violence that ended up not happening. For a few hours, hundreds sought shelter close to the UNMISS base.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres spoke to members of the Security Council yesterday.
Women in Malakal discuss ways to increase participation in conflict resolution. Dialogue is the way, they reckon.
UNMISS chief David Shearer today visited Torit in Imatong State, an area from which as many as 75 per cent of the residents may have fled due to a lack of food.