10 July 2014 - The African Union (AU) General Assembly today extended by three months the mandate of its Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan to allow for more extensive consultations, a statement issued by the AU in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa said.

Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General Raisedon Zenenga, UN Police Commissioner Fred Yiga and UNMISS Human Rights Director Ibrahim Wani meeting South Sudan National Police Service leadership in Juba to explain the mission’s new mandate.

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.