Business prospectors and job seekers from different parts of Sudan and South Sudan are flocking to oil-rich Melut County, especially the payams (townships) of Paloich and Adar Yale.

26 September 2011 – UN agencies in South Sudan began a two-week training course for 40 of the country's police officers yesterday in the capital of Juba to build their capacities in crime awareness and investigation.

2 December 2011 - As part of the ongoing collaboration between the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operation and the government of Sweden on "Environmental and Health Issues in Peacekeeping Operations,UNMISS was chosen as a pilot mission for development of models and tools for handling