18 October 2011 – The United Nations Children Fund has donated $160,000 (640,000 South Sudanese Pounds) to help complete a new children's ward at Malakal Teaching Hospital in Upper Nile State.

14 October, 2011– In a bid to bring peace and reconciliation between the warring Murle and Luo Nuer communities, government and church officials in Jonglei State will begin separate peace building meetings with the warring tribes on 15 October.

14 October 2011 – An assessment team from the Japan Ground Self Defence Force (GDSF) surveyed Juba International Airport today, as Japan mulls over the possibility of sending personnel to support the UN peacekeeping operation in South Sudan.