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UN News
April 28, 2018
Surging violence in parts of South Sudan is putting thousands of war-weary civilians at risk and endangering the fragile peace process in the world's ... in Nhialdiu, Mayendit, Rupchai, Thaker, and Mirinyal, in the vicinity of Leer and Bentiu in the Unity region, as well as around Motot and Akobo in Jonglei.
Xinhua
April 27, 2018
JUBA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A former child refugee in South Sudan has taken the frontline to promote peace building in the strife-torn East African nation through ... He left his home village in the wake of Sudanese civil war, escaped to western Uganda with his family as refugees where he finished primary andÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 27, 2018
A surge in violent clashes in Unity, Jonglei and Central Equatorias is having a devastating impact on thousands of civilians and on humanitarian agencies trying to provide desperately needed assistance to vulnerable people. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is deeply concerned atÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 27, 2018
CONTEXT. Akobo town is located in the eastern side of Akobo County, Jonglei State, close to the land and river border crossings with Ethiopia. Akobo is a key point of trade and transit between South Sudan and Ethiopia. Since the beginning of the crisis, this route has been used by South SudaneseÃâà...
IRINnews.org
April 13, 2018
When the third round of talks* aimed at revitalising the chances of peace in South Sudan gets underway in Addis Ababa on 26 April, the country's influential former military chief wants to be at the table. Paul Malong's announcement on Tuesday, 10 April, that he was launching a new opposition party addedÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 12, 2018
Introduction. Severe levels of food insecurity, displacement, and minimal access to humanitarian services have been reported across Canal/Pigi County, Jonglei State throughout 2017. Round 21 of the Food Security and Nutrition Monitoring System (FSNMS) suggested that households (HHs) in Canal/PigiÃâà...
ReliefWeb
April 5, 2018
Introduction. Ongoing conflict in Jonglei continued to negatively affect humanitarian needs among the population in November. Clashes between armed groups and pervasive insecurity caused displacement among affected communities negatively impacting their ability to meet their primary needs. REACHÃâà...
Mission Network News
April 5, 2018
Staurt Bowman of Partners in Compassionate Care (PCC) recently visited a small leper colony in the Junglei state. PCC is working alongside Set Free Ministries to share the Gospel and provide medical aid in South Sudan. This most recent trip was made possible thanks to a number of ministries who cameÃâà...
Reliefweb
April 3, 2018
During the month of February, the areas of focus of partners were deep field locations within Western Bahr el Ghazal, Jonglei and Upper Nile states. Special efforts were put in addressing the needs of the affected population in the Greater Baggari area. Likewise, in Jonglei partners responded top acuteÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 30, 2018
1. Background: Intervention overview. Nyirol East County is one of the County that makes up the newly created Bieh state. It consists of five Payams of lankien, Dengdor, Thol, Tut and Natim each headed by payam chief. The payams are further, divided in to bomas, each headed by boma chief, who areÃâà...
Sudan Tribune
March 1, 2018
It is projected that South Sudan will have a deficit of estimated cereal needs in 2018 measuring 482,000 metric tons. So far, CARE said it has distributed more than $13 million in food assistance to more than 500,000 people in Unity, Jonglei, Upper Nile and Eastern Equatorial states in the past 12 months.
The Sydney Morning Herald
March 1, 2018
Perth woman Dorsa Nazemi-Salman tries to work out where fighting will be in what was Jonglei state, South Sudan. ... US president George W. Bush had been happy to support the struggle of the beleaguered Christian south against the Muslim north – and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir is rarelyÃâà...
Voice of America
February 19, 2018
Two communities in South Sudan's Jonglei State have signed a peace agreement to end a deadly conflict over grazing land that has claimed 37 lives in the past two months. The Jonglei State deputy governor says the communities from Bor South County agreed to create a buffer zone so security forces canÃâà...
Xinhua
February 14, 2018
JUBA, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Warring clans in South Sudan's Jonglei state on Wednesday signed an agreement to end hostilities and embrace peaceful coexistence after 39 people died during clashes that erupted last year. South Sudan's Defense Minister Kuol Manyang Juuk told Xinhua by phone that theÃâà...
ReliefWeb
February 14, 2018
Akobo town is located in the eastern side of Akobo County, Jonglei State, close to the land and river border crossings with Ethiopia. Akobo is a key point of trade and transit between South Sudan and Ethiopia. Since the beginning of the crisis, this route has been used by South Sudanese heading to orÃâà...
Voice of America
February 13, 2018
Hundreds of residents of the Jonglei State capital of Bor are sleeping under the stars after local authorities demolished their houses Tuesday to make way for new roads. Residents awoke to the sound of a bulldozer destroying their houses in the Marol area, where many South Sudanese had settled illegallyÃâà...
Voice of America
February 8, 2018
At least 15 people have been killed and several others injured during clan fighting in South Sudan, a government official and witnesses say. The fighting, in the Kolynyang area of Jonglei state's Bor South county, began Wednesday and continued into Thursday, said witnesses who hid in the bush.
ReliefWeb
February 8, 2018
Following the outbreak of conflict in Pieri, Uror County, in mid-January, internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Uror and Akobo West fled to Akobo town and Bor Protection of Civilian (PoC) site, whilst others have moved towards Ethiopia to reach refugee camps in Gambella. Given the rapid onset of theÃâà...
The Philadelphia Tribune
February 6, 2018
AKOBO, South Sudan — It's been almost two years since Deng Machar's three young children were abducted from his home and likely sold for cattle. ... The United Nations says its child protection team confirmed abductions in the regions of Unity, Central Equatoria, Jonglei, Upper Nile and WesternÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
February 4, 2018
Child abductions have risen during South Sudan's civil war as desperate people try to make a living. ... The United Nations says its child protection team confirmed abductions in the regions of Unity, Central Equatoria, Jonglei, Upper Nile and Western Equatoria last year, though it didn't have a total number.
Wichita Eagle
December 31, 1999
More than six million people, up about 40 percent from a year ago, are at threat without aid, according to the report released Monday by the United Nations and South Sudan's government. It says 150,000 people in 11 counties in Jonglei, Upper Nile, Unity and Western Bahr el Ghazal states could slip intoÃâà...
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