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Food insecurity in South Sudan is on the rise, and children are among those worst affected. Photo: UNICEF.
Famine has been declared in parts of South Sudan, where an estimated 100,000 people are already starving.
Andrew Gilmour, UN Assistant Secretary-General for human rights, on his visit to South Sudan. Here in Malakal on 15 February (in the centre of the photo).
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“Any word less than terrible would be an understatement. I think it is a terrible human rights situation and it is deeply distressing”.
Children in Kajo-Keji on 16 January 2017. Many women and children from the area have fled to Uganda, where receiving the huge influx of refugees creates numerous challenges.
The refugee office in Uganda says it has been receiving an influx of up to 4,000 South Sudanese refugees every day for the past one week.
UN Special Envoy for children and armed conflict deplores recruitment of children into armed ranks in South Sudan.
The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict is ‘saddened’ and ‘disappointed’ by the continued recruitment of children into armed ranks in South Sudan.
Arshad Khan, the Country Programme Manager of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), speaking at the launch of South Sudan's National Adaption Programme of Action (NAPA) with regards to the effects of climate change.
The National Adaption Programme of Action (NAPA) for climate change was launched in Juba today, as part of the government’s global obligation to taking action to lessen effects of climate change.
Representatives from communities in the Pariang area in an UNMISS Civil Affairs dialogue forum with members of nomadic groups from Sudan.
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has facilitated a unique two-day-long peace forum in Pariang, north of Bentiu.
Alfred Taban, the Chairperson of the Association for Media Development in South Sudan (ADMISS), speaking in Juba at today's celebration of World Radio Day.
As South Sudan joined the rest of the world to mark World Radio Day, the government and people of South Sudan were urged to make better use of radio to promote the peace process.
The youth advocacy group Ana Taban, here represented by Ayak Chjol Deng and Manasseh Mathing, has launched a campaign dubbed #Bloodshedfree2017, calling on the country’s leaders to stop the fighting and suffering.
A group of energetic and dynamic youth is demanding an end to bloodshed in 2017.
The youth advocacy group Ana Taban has launched a campaign dubbed #Bloodshedfree2017, calling on the country’s leaders to stop the fighting and suffering.
Youth activist Riak Maker Mading and Anna Nimiriano, associate editor at the Juba Monitor newspaper, say lack of national unity breeds hate speech.
Youth activist and part-time teacher Riak Maker Mading says the people of South Sudan need to work on building a strong national identity to counter hate speech and restore the fractured social fabric.
UNMISS chief David Shearer calls on the people of South Sudan to promote peace and reconciliation. (Photo taken in Juba).
The Head of the UN Mission in South Sudan and Special Representative of the Secretary-General is continuing with his 2-day visit to the Unity area with a call for peace to allow displaced people to return to their homes. David Shearer visited the UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site sheltering