South Sudan: UNICEF warns of ‘desperation and hopelessness’ for children 10 years after independence
Jul 07, 2021, at 12:57 pm
New York: Ten years after South Sudan achieved independence, more children there are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance than ever before, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Tuesday.
Slow progress, stubborn cycles of violence, as South Sudan turns 10
Jun 22, 2021, at 04:12 pm
New York: South Sudan, the UN’s youngest Member State, is marking its tenth anniversary of independence amid languishing political progress and a range of humanitarian challenges, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative told Security Council members on Monday.
Women abducted in South Sudan released, hundreds remain missing
Apr 06, 2021, at 05:31 pm
New York: Fifty-eight women and children of more than 600 who were abducted last year during vicious intercommunal fighting in South Sudan, have been reunited with their families, the UN Spokesperson told reporters on Monday.
Allies of South Sudan militias must be held accountable: UN human rights report
Mar 16, 2021, at 05:26 pm
New York: Military and political officials in South Sudan supporting community-based militias in the Greater Jonglei region, must be held accountable for violence that killed more than 700 people over a six-month period last year, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Monday.
Violence in South Sudan engulfs country, 10 years after independence ‘children all have guns’
Feb 20, 2021, at 04:39 pm
New York: Extreme violence and attacks involving thousands of fighters at a time have engulfed more than three-quarters of South Sudan, UN human Rights Council-appointed investigators said on Friday, warning that the bloodshed faced by civilians are “the worst recorded” since the country’s civil war began in December 2013.
South Sudan: UN rights commission welcomes ‘first steps’ towards transitional justice institutions
Feb 02, 2021, at 06:41 pm
New York: A UN human rights commission on South Sudan has welcomed developments towards the establishment of long-awaited transitional justice mechanisms to address violations committed during conflict, as required under the 2018 peace agreement.
Conflict, floods and COVID-19 push South Sudanese into extreme hunger
Dec 19, 2020, at 04:01 pm
New York: Driven by insecurity, the effects of COVID-19, an on-going economic crisis, and the impact of flooding on livelihoods, three UN agencies called on Friday for immediate humanitarian access to eastern South Sudan’s Pibor county, where people are facing catastrophic levels of hunger.
Keep focus on South Sudan, UN mission chief tells Security Council
Dec 16, 2020, at 11:11 pm
New York: The head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has appealed for the international community to remain focused on the country as it continues to make gains on the political and peacebuilding fronts.
South Sudan: ‘No child anywhere should suffer from polio’: UN health agency
Nov 14, 2020, at 03:53 pm
New York: Although South Sudan had recently been declared free from the wild poliovirus, the UN health agency said on Friday that 15 children under the age of five are reported to have been infected by a vaccine-derived form of polio, which has left them with irreversible paralysis.
South Sudan rape convictions reaffirm commitment to zero tolerance
Nov 04, 2020, at 03:46 pm
New York: The top UN official working to end rape during wartime said she was encouraged by recent “positive steps” taken by the South Sudanese army to bring perpetrators to justice, thereby underscoring the Government’s commitment to zero tolerance.
Little progress on disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan
Oct 23, 2020, at 03:35 pm
New York: Despite the strengthening of the relationship between Sudan and South Sudan, little progress has been made regarding the disputed Abyei region, the head of UN Peacekeeping told the Security Council on Thursday.
Starvation used as weapon of war in South Sudan conflict, UN rights body finds
Oct 07, 2020, at 03:38 pm
New York: Starvation is being intentionally used as a war tactic in South Sudan’s brutal conflict, a UN-backed human rights panel said on Tuesday, releasing its latest report on the country.
Flooding leaves South Sudan facing threat of ‘catastrophic’ hunger levels
Sep 30, 2020, at 03:59 pm
New York: Torrential rains and flooding across South Sudan have created the threat of “catastrophic” levels of hunger and left hundreds of thousands homeless, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
Rights expert denounces lack of investigation into 2017 killing of journalist in South Sudan
Aug 26, 2020, at 02:57 pm
New York: Lack of investigation into the killing of a journalist three years ago in South Sudan is indicative of a wider climate of hostility towards journalists in the country, an independent UN human rights expert has said.
Plane crash in South Sudan kills 17 people
Aug 22, 2020, at 10:29 pm
Juba/Xinhua: At least 17 people were killed and one person survived after a cargo plane crashed after takeoff from Juba airport in South Sudan on Saturday morning, witnesses said.
May 25, 2020, at 02:14 pm
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday condemned a fresh wave of intercommunal violence in the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, that has left hundreds dead across 28 villages in Jonglei State, according to local authorities.
South Sudan: Coronavirus cases confirmed inside UN civilian protection site
May 14, 2020, at 03:43 pm
New York/IBNS: The South Sudanese Government has confirmed that two cases of COVID-19 have been identified inside a Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in the capital, Juba, although the world’s youngest nation has been relatively unscathed by the pandemic, with 74 cases recorded so far.
UN rights chief urges South Sudan authorities to address inter-communal violence
Mar 21, 2020, at 09:59 am
New York/IBNS: Authorities in South Sudan must address intercommunal violence if the nation is to achieve lasting peace, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday, in response to a recent escalation in fighting in the east and central parts of the country.
Mar 15, 2020, at 04:12 pm
New York/IBNS: Following the unveiling of a new unity cabinet in South Sudan on Thursday, the UN Secretary-General has commended the “spirit of compromise and collaboration” shown by President Salva Kiir and rival-turned-top deputy, Riek Machar, on what has been a rocky road towards forging lasting peace.
Deadlock broken, South Sudan on road to ‘sustainable peace’, but international support still key
Mar 05, 2020, at 01:57 pm
New York/IBNS: Positive developments in South Sudan have “moved the country further along the road to sustainable peace”, the top UN official there told Security Council members on Wednesday.
UN chief welcomes South Sudan’s Unity government, lauds parties for ‘significant achievement’
Feb 23, 2020, at 06:15 pm
New York/IBNS: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed on Saturday the establishment of the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) in South Sudan.
‘Deliberate starvation’ tactics used in South Sudan could be a war crime
Feb 21, 2020, at 04:52 pm
New York/IBNS: The people of South Sudan have been “deliberately starved” in different parts of the country for ethnic and political reasons, and sexual violence against women and men as a weapon of war is ongoing, UN investigators said on Thursday.
South Sudan: UN official welcomes release of women and children abducted by armed group
Feb 05, 2020, at 10:08 am
New York/IBNS: The expert leading UN efforts to stamp out sexual violence committed during wartime has welcomed the release of 78 women and 50 children by an armed group in South Sudan.
Son of slain UN aid worker in South Sudan freed and reunited with father
Jan 04, 2020, at 06:47 am
New York/IBNS: The abducted four-year-old son of a UN migration agency worker who was killed in South Sudan in October has been released and reunited with his father during an emotional reunion in the capital Juba on Friday.
South Sudan famine threat: UN food security agency in ‘race against time’
Dec 13, 2019, at 10:16 am
New York/IBNS: The World Food Programme (WFP) is warning against potential famine in South Sudan as hunger deepens due to drought, floods and an uncertain political future.
South Sudan: UN calls for end to inter-communal clashes, attacks against aid workers
Dec 04, 2019, at 10:31 am
New York/IBNS: Peacekeepers have been sent to the northern Lakes region in South Sudan in a bid to deter further violence between communities there, the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS, said on Tuesday.
UN chief welcomes decision to delay formation of South Sudan unity government
Nov 13, 2019, at 08:54 am
New York/IBNS: The UN Secretary-General has welcomed the decision to push back the deadline for the formation of a unity Government in South Sudan.
UN migration agency appeals to South Sudan group to free volunteer worker and child
Nov 02, 2019, at 06:48 am
New York/IBNS: The UN migration agency appealed on Friday for the immediate liberation of a volunteer and child who’ve been missing since a gun battle in South Sudan at the weekend that claimed the lives of three agency workers.
‘Unique opportunity’ to resolve border dispute between Sudan, South Sudan
Oct 25, 2019, at 09:55 am
New York/IBNS: Sudan and neighbouring South Sudan “have never been closer” to reaching a sustainable peace with each other, and their own internal armed opposition groups, the head of UN peacekeeping told the Security Council on Thursday.
UN Security Council calls for South Sudan leaders to speed up action on peace deal
Oct 22, 2019, at 09:31 am
New York: In a visit to South Sudan this past weekend, members of the UN Security Council urged leaders to expedite implementation of a 2018 peace agreement aimed at ending six years of ongoing conflict.