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Unemployment: 19.6% (2017 est.) Other Facts Sudan was the largest country in Africa prior to the secession of South Sudan in 2011. It is now the third largest, after Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sudan lost most of its oil reserves, estimated to be between five and seven billion barrels, when South Sudan seceded. The United Nations has called the Sudan/Darfur conflict one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Between 2003 and 2008, at least 300,000 people were kille...

Bandits kill SSPDF soldier in Warrap State Authorities in Ajak Kuac of Warrap State said a soldier belonging to the South Sudan Defence Forces (SSPDF) was shot and killed by unknown gunmen last Saturday in the Bumbi locality at the border of Warrap and Unity states.   The soldier identified as Mayar Ungop from the SSPDF’s Division 4 was reportedly shot dead while he was collecting poles to construct his hut at the nearby army camp. Maker Marrik, the Executive Director of the defunct Ajak Ku...

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WFP South Sudan Situation Report #282, 15 January 2021 Format 1.9 million acutely malnourished women and children (IPC) 1.35 million people assisted by WFP in November 2020 1.47 million internally displaced people (OCHA) 2.2 million South Sudanese refugees (UNHCR) Highlights • WFP reached more than 5.2 million people in South Sudan with food and nutrition assistance across emergency, nutrition and livelihoods programmes in 2020. • WFP disbursed more than USD 50 million in cash based transfe...

English News and Press Release on South Sudan about Health, Protection and Human Rights, Flood and more; published on 19 Jan 2021 by MSF

ITBP training police officers for United Nations deployments at Delhi camp ANI | Updated: Jan 15, 2021 16:08 IST New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): The Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP) is currently in the process of training police officers for United Nations (UN) deployment in UNCIVPOL centre in Delhi, ITBP Spokesperson Vivek Pandey informed on Friday. As per directions received from the Ministry of Home Affairs, 296 police officials who will be appearin...

Abyei’s Amiet common market reopens after deadly clashes Local authorities in the disputed region of Abyei say they reopened the Amiet common market, situated in Amenth-aguok County, on Sunday after it was closed last week when Dinka Ngok and Misseriya tribesmen clashed in the market centre. The fighting which resulted in the death of three traders, one Dinka and two Misseriya, was the result of a disagreement between two traders from either side and ended up in a melee joined by several of t...

The East African Friday January 01 2021 For a couple of years now, countries in the Horn of Africa have been embroiled in internal conflicts, border disputes and diplomatic tiffs, creating a lot of distrust among the states. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA Summary 54 countries have signed a free trade agreement with 34 countries having deposited their instruments of ratification ready for the January take off. Advertisement Africa is at the point of making a historic milestone as it plans to fully r...

Year ender - Indonesia stands firmly behind Blue Helmets 31st December 2020 Indonesias UN peacekeeping mission (UN/Pasqual Gorriz) Investing in women, equals investing in peace. Female peacekeepers are more effective in winning the hearts and minds of the local population At the end of December, 2020, Indonesia completed its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), which saw it assuming the Councils presidency twice. Indonesia’s UN members...

South Sudan: Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Quarter 3 Report 2020 Format Accomplishments Between July and September 2020, IOM continued to be the largest WASH service provider in the Protection of Civilians (PoC) sites in South Sudan, ensuring that 153,359 internally displaced persons (IDPs) received daily WASH services, including solid and liquid waste management. At the same time, IOM maintained WASH services and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention interventions in urban and rural ar...