South Sudan: UN envoy, Government agree on steps to tackle widespread sexual violence
New York, Oct 14 (IBNS) Back from her first visit to South Sudan, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura warned on Monday that sexual violence is a consistent characteristic of the conflict there, and is being perpetrated by all the parties.
UN chief tells South Sudan leaders to heal suffering they caused
New York, Sept 26 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday blamed the dire humanitarian situation in South Sudan on the country's leaders, telling them: "You opened the wounds that have caused so much suffering. Now heal them."
Thousands of children at risk of starvation in South Sudan, UNICEF warns
New York, Sept 24 (IBNS) Thousands of children under the age of five are at risk of dying from malnutrition in South Sudan and 1.5 million people will be in crisis and emergency food insecurity levels from September through December, warned the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday .
South Sudan: Preliminary UN probe shows helicopter was shot down
New York, Sept 10 (IBNS) The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said on Tuesday its initial investigation Has revealed that UN helicopter that crashed near Bentiu late last month was shot down.
New UN South Sudan envoy stresses civilian protection, national ownership of peace process
New York, Sept 3 (IBNS) Taking up her post on Tuesday as head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Ellen Margrethe Løj acknowledged that while it was a "huge and difficult" challenge, the job was impossible to turn down because the country's people had fought hard for their independence.
South Sudan: Three dead in UN-contracted helicopter crash near Bentiu
New York, Aug 27 (IBNS) The United Nations mission in South Sudan has confirmed that three crew members died and another was injured when one of its helicopters crashed on Tuesday near Bentiu, Unity state.
South Sudan on brink of a 'humanitarian catastrophe,' warns senior UN peacekeeping official
New York, Aug 7 (IBNS) A senior United Nations peacekeeping official on Wednesday warned that after just three years of independence, South Sudan is now on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe and a protracted internal conflict.
UN peacekeepers in South Sudan headed to site of deadly attacks on aid workers
New York, Aug 6 (IBNS) A unit of United Nations peacekeepers is heading to South Sudan’s Maban County after at least five South Sudanese humanitarian workers were killed earlier on Tuesday by a community-based self defence militia calling itself the Mabanese Defence Forces.
South Sudan: After killing of aid worker in Bunj, UN calls for militias to be reined in
New York, Aug 5 (IBNS) The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan on Monday strongly condemned the killing of a humanitarian worker, as peace talks to end fighting in the world’s newest country resumed in Addis Ababa.
South Sudan: UN agency seeks massive boost in funding, warns of 'refugee exodus'
New York, July 12 (IBNS) The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) appealed on Friday for $658 million to respond to South Sudan’s growing regional refugee crisis, with as many as 715,000 refugees expected by the end of the year.
South Sudan: UN site in Malakal offers protection to civilians
New York, Jun 10 (IBNS): The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Monday inaugurated a new site adjacent to its base in Malakal to offer protection for civilians uprooted by conflict and to relieve the congestion inside the world body's compound, which is hosting an estimated 19,000 people.
South Sudan: UN confirms looting of homes, hospitals
New York, Jun 7 (IBNS): The United Nations mission in South Sudan on Friday confirmed reports of "intense small arms fire and shelling" close to its base in Renk, Upper Nile state, where some of the 93,000 civilians sheltered by UN peacekeepers throughout the country are staying.
South Sudan: UN boosts aid operations to reach remote areas
New York, Jun 6 (IBNS): As the rainy season begins in South Sudan, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has scaled up its emergency response operations with large-scale airdrops to provide remote communities with livelihood kits that will allow them to plant crops, fish waterways and protect livestock from fatal diseases.
UN concerned over South Sudanese people fleeing fighting
New York, May 28 (IBNS): Some 70,000 more people have fled their homes in South Sudan since a May 9 agreement was signed to end the fighting that has ravaged the world's youngest nation for over six months, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday.
South Sudan: UN meets rebel leader to discuss peace efforts
New York, May 24 (IBNS): The top United Nations official in South Sudan has met with rebel leader David Yau Yau to discuss peace efforts in Greater Pibor County, Jonglei state, which was once the epicentre of instability in the country.