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- 19 Apr 2017 - The warring parties in South Sudan have been urged by the most senior UN official in the country to show restraint in the face of an escalation in violence and remember their responsibility towards protecting civilians from conflict. Fresh fighting has broken out between...
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One of the photos of the exhibition launched by UNMAS in Juba. Photo: UNMAS/Martine Perret
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UNMISS “Protection of Civilians” (PoC) Sites [i] As of 30...
- 30 Mar 2017 - The ongoing conflict in South Sudan is affecting food security in some of the country’s more “stable states,” the head of UN peacekeeping in South Sudan, UNMISS, has said. David Shearer, the UN’s most senior official in the country, was speaking during a visit to Aweil in the...
David Shearer chats with an elder in Gogrial
Mr David Shearer greeting the leaders in Gorgrial
- 30 Mar 2017 - The authorities in Gogrial have been praised by the most senior UN official in South Sudan for closing seven road blocks in the state, a move which has facilitated both trade and enabled humanitarian access. David Shearer, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative in...
UNMISS chief David Shearer strongly condemns the killing of six aid workers, calling it "utterly reprehensible".
The Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Eugene Owusu, strongly condemns the killing of six aid workers in an ambush on 25 March.
UNMISS chief David Shearer today visited Torit in Imatong State, an area from which as many as 75 per cent of the residents may have fled due to a lack of food.
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