Geopolitics

‘Overzealous’ security services undermining South Sudan peace: rights experts

New York: State security forces in South Sudan have been responsible for imposing new and potentially arbitrary restrictions against the country’s most prominent civil society leaders, issuing “credible” death threats that have undermined peace efforts, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Wednesday. more

Conflict can lead to positive change, ‘if we learn from it’, South Sudan tells UN Assembly

New York, Drawing lessons from conflict – particularly the causes and ultimate resolution – can be a vehicle for positive change, South Sudan’s Vice-President told world ...

South Sudan: UN peacekeepers deployed to enable aid delivery to Upper Nile's Aburoc area

New York, May 7 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has urgently deployed peacekeeping troops to Aburoc in the Upper Nile region to help enable the delivery ...

South Sudan’s political process ‘not dead’ but needs ‘resuscitation’ – UN envoy

New York, Apr 26(Just Earth News): The political process in South Sudan is not dead but requires significant resuscitation, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the crisis- ...

South Sudan: UN mission chief meets President Kiir, pledges commitment to regional force

New York, Jan 27 (Just Earth News): The newly arrived head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, David Shearer, has met with President Salva Kiir in the countryâ€™s capital of J ...

Possibility of genocide in South Sudan is ‘all too real,’ Ban warns in opinion piece

New York, Dec 17 (Just Earth News):Given the scale of the disaster in South Sudan, the United Nations Security Council, regional organizations and the international community must step up to ...

South Sudan will face escalating food crisis in 2017, UN agriculture agency warns

New York, Nov 8 (Just Earth News): As the conflict in South Sudan grinds on, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Monday that 31 per cent of the countryâ€� ...

South Sudan: Ban to put in place measures to improve UN Mission’s ability to protect civilians

New York, Nov 1 (Just Earth News): Alarmed by the â€œserious shortcomingsâ€ uncovered by an independent investigation into the response of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan ...

Security Council approves regional protection force for UN mission in South Sudan

New York, Aug 13 (Just Earth News): The Security Council on Friday authorized a 4,000-strong regional protection force within the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), â€œrespo ...

South Sudan: UN announces independent high-level probe into Malakal events

New York, Mar 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations will convene an independent high-level board of inquiry to conduct an in-depth investigation into how the UN responded last month t ...