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South Sudan army use force at UN base
news Agence France Presse, 19 Jan 2014 (10 years ago )South Sudan government troops tried to force their way into a United Nations compound sheltering thousands of civilians after taking a key town from opposition rebels, a UN spokesman said. Senior government figures and troops threatened UN staff when they tried to enter the compound at Bor, Marti... -
South Sudan: MSF Forced to Suspend Activities in Malakal
news MSF, 17 Jan 2014 (10 years ago )JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN, JANUARY 17, 2014—Thousands of people are going without desperately needed medical care after the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to suspend activities in Malakal, South Sudan, following the looting o... -
Uganda: South Sudan conflict leaves women and children to cope as refugees
news UNHCR, 20 Jan 2014 (10 years ago )ADJUMANI, Uganda, January 20 (UNHCR) – Walk around Dzaipi transit centre in northern Uganda and you will see thousands of children running about, tents full of pregnant women, young mothers and newborns, and elderly women resting against trees. What you do not see are many men. Women and children... -
Update on the influx of South Sudanese to Kakuma - as of 5th February 2014
news UNHCR, 06 Feb 2014 (10 years ago )Current Situation: On 5th February, a total of 242 new arrivals were received from Nadapal border point. This is a significant decrease from yesterday’s figure of 470. It is not clear what is causing the fluctuation of the daily arrivals. Close monitoring of the daily arrivals has been ongoing sinc... -
New arrivals from South Sudan surpass the 20,000 mark
news UNHCR, 28 Feb 2014 (10 years ago )20,156 South Sudanese asylum seekers have so far been received in Kakuma camp since the influx began. Within the last week of February, 1,690 new arrivals were received and transported from Nadapal border. The total estimated camp population now stands at 149,365, just 635 persons short of the 1... -
UN: Millions at risk of hunger in South Sudan
news Aljazeera, 02 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )Desperate South Sudan villagers, fleeing fighting across the country, are eating grass and roots to survive as humanitarian organisations start costly air drops of food to northern parts of the country. UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres said on Tuesday the international community h... -
UNHCR, WFP Chiefs Warn Of Disaster In South Sudan
news Gurtong, 02 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )From Mid-December 2013, the country is engulfed in an internal armed conflict following an alleged “coup” attempt by anti-government forces, which has left thousands of people dead and more than 800, 000 others displaced from their homes. This has exacerbated the already precarious humanitarian sit... -
50,000 children could die in months in S Sudan: Unicef
news Gurtong (AFP), 13 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )UNITED NATIONS - The African country has experienced high levels of malnutrition since it gained independence in 2011, UNICEF said, and conditions have worsened since ethnic conflict broke out between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and supporters of his former deputy Riek Machar. "Now the ong... -
Australia commits extra $7.8m humanitarian aid to South Sudan
news Gurtong, 14 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )Australian Associated Press - 12 April 2014 - She said Australian money would provide life-saving assistance, with $5 million for food and logistics through the UN World Food Program. The remaining $2.8 million will go to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for shelter, healthcare, food, water a... -
ICRC Chief says additional funding is needed
news Eye Radio, 13 Apr 2014 (10 years ago )The outgoing head of mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in South Sudan says they need additional funding to meet the growing needs in the country. Melker Mabeck said that a seventy-two thousand dollar budget that was set before the mid-December crisis would not be enough to pro...