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.

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.

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.