Each time Patrick Okello goes to tend his crops, he has to tell the soldiers or face 50 lashes with a whip when he returns
Author: Martin Berge, Jr.
28 aid workers killed in South Sudan last year, a new high
The United Nations says violence against aid workers in South Sudan reached a new high in 2017, with 28 killed
South Sudan: Food Assistance Fact Sheet, Updated January 17, 2018
By the end of the 2017 lean season in September—the period of the year when food is most scarce— approximately 56 percent of the country’s population was facing life threatening hunger and in need of humanitarian assistance, making 2017 the most food-insecure year in South Sudan’s history
‘Lives and futures of millions of children in South Sudan continue to hang in the balance’ warns new UNICEF Executive Director following South Sudan visit
“I have just spent two days in South Sudan where I saw first-hand how four years of a man-made conflict have left children sick, hungry and on the brink of death»
South Sudan Rebels Call Mediators Biased
Rebels in South Sudan have accused mediators of allowing the government to violate the recent cease-fire, an allegation the top mediator quickly rejected Thursday
From Seedling to Shade: Planting Trees in South Sudan’s Displacement Sites
With sweltering heat — temperatures often over 40 degrees Celsius — and either extreme humidity or dust, life in the UN protection of civilians (PoC) site in Bentiu, South Sudan, is harsh by any measure. Bentiu hosts the largest PoC site in the country, with a population of more than 112,000 people, many of whom have been seeking protection in the site since the conflict erupted in December 2013
S. Sudan rebels say IGAD, TROIKA contributing to ceasefire violations
The armed opposition forces allied to former first deputy president Riek Machar has accused the regional peace meditators and international guarantors of indirectly backing attacks and truce breaches on their areas in Jonglei region
Ethiopia, Norway vow to strengthen cooperation
Ethiopia and Norway on Friday stressed the need to strengthen cooperation in the field of migration and refugee management
South Sudan: Rebuilt bridge in Upper Nile helping local communities, improving aid delivery
For Samuel James Ayot, a villager from Akoka in rural north South Sudan, accessing basic services and earning a livelihood does not mean having to make a perilous neck-deep wade across a river, thanks to the tireless efforts of Indian peacekeepers from the United Nations mission there, who rebuilt a bridge and connected his village to a major provincial town
British envoy to visit Khartoum this month to discuss Sudan’s peace
The United Kingdom Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan Chris Trott will visit Khartoum during this month for discussions on Sudan’s peace process, said the British Ambassador to Sudan Michael Aron