Geopolitics
New York, May 8 (JEN): The number of internally displaced persons seeking refuge with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has grown to 53,000 following the latest bout of fighting in the African country, a spokesperson for the Organization has confirmed. more
South Sudan: New arrivals at UN camp add to largest number of displaced

New York, Apr 8 (JEN): Around 4,500 people have recently sought shelter on the premises of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan in Malakal, Upper Nile state, the spokesperson for the Se ...

Security Council urges effective steps to end tensions in South Sudan

New York, Mar 25 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council has voiced its “profound disappointment” at the failure of all parties in South Sudan to conclude an agreement that wo ...

South Sudan: UN official condemns forced child conscription

New York, Mar 11 (JEN): Individuals responsible for the recruitment of child soldiers in South Sudan must be held accountable for violating international law, the top United Nations official ...

South Sudan: UN chief urges all sides to show leadership

New York, Mar 5 (JEN): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged South Sudanese political rivals President Salva Kiir and former Vice President Riek Machar to resolve their diff ...

South Sudan: Security Council to impose targeted sanctions

New York, Mar 4 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday creating a system by which it would to impose sanctions on those blocking peace in Sout ...

South Sudan gripped by ‘serious failure of leadership’: UN official

New York, Feb 25 (JEN): Amid a worsening humanitarian situation and a fragile security environment, the continuing tensions between South Sudan’s rival factions risk plunging the coun ...

South Sudan: UN boosts food assistance as ‘very critical’ Nile corridor reopens

New York, Dec 30 (JEN): A barge carrying a shipment of food destined for thousands of people in South Sudan has crossed over from neighbouring Sudan, reopening a long-closed river corridor a ...

South Sudan: UN mission destroys weapons seized from displaced persons camps

New York, Nov 10 (JEN): The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has destroyed a deadly assortment of weapons confiscated from internally displaced persons (IDPs) living at its c ...

South Sudan: UN relief official urges respect for ceasefire, scaling up of aid operations

New York, Nov 22 (JEN) Concluding a three-day mission to South Sudan, a senior United Nations relief official has called on all parties to the conflict there to respect their ceasefire commi ...