UNMISS staff off-loading materials to fortify its bases in South Sudan, where thousands of civilians have sought shelter. The supplies were flown into Juba from Italy on an Air Force C-17 aircraft provided by the Australian government. Photo: UNMISS/Patrick Morrison

5 January 2014 - With little more than the shirts on their backs, some 1,500 foreign nationals have been relocated to Juba or the Sudanese town of Heglig from the UNMISS compound in Bentiu, Unity State.

4 January 2014 - Civilians at the UNMISS Bentiu base seeking protection from South Sudanese violence have been receiving life-saving medical care from a UNICEF doctor’s field health clinic.