15 May 2012 - An estimated 12,000 South Sudanese will be airlifted from Khartoum to Juba and provided with humanitarian assistance when they arrive, a top UN official said today.

11 May 2012 - The UN-backed military initiative launched recently by the African Union (AU) against the terror group Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has kept its members constantly on the move, according to a UN envoy.

11 May 2012 - While welcoming South Sudan's commitment to human rights, the UN's top rights official stressed today in the capital Juba that work was needed to improve areas like the security services, cultural practices against women and press freedom.