'Silent emergency' in South Sudan as protracted conflict displaces millions of cattle-UN
Jan 01, 2015, at 08:11 pm
New York, Jan 1 (IBNS) As South Sudan's livestock owners flee the country's conflict, a "silent emergency" has emerged threatening the very fabric of society and further undermining social stability, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Wednesday as it announced a scale-up in its livestock interventions in the embattled nation.
South Sudan: UN agencies reach more than half a million people with life-saving aid
Oct 01, 2014, at 03:42 pm
New York, Oct 1 (IBNS) Two United Nations agencies have reached more than half a million people, including 100,000 children under the age of five, in the most remote and conflict-hit areas of South Sudan with life-saving supplies and services.