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South Sudan remains the biggest defaulter of membership fees with a total of about $30 million even though DRC has not paid anything.

Two youth from Twic county in South Sudan’s Warrap state, who were previously trapped in Abyei town, have been successfully reunited with their families.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday celebrated a decade of its Rapid Response Fund (RRF) program, providing crucial rapid humanitarian assistance to individuals and communities affected by crises in South Sudan and the Abyei Administrative Area.

The United States is concerned about “the continued presence of South Sudanese and Sudanese armed groups in Abyei,” said USUN Robert Wood.

The U.N. special envoy for the Horn of Africa is warning that the conflict between Sudan’s army and rival paramilitary force now in its seventh month is getting closer to South Sudan and the disputed Abyei region.

Thank you, Mr. President. And thank you Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and Special Envoy Tetteh for sharing UNISFA’s progress on mandate implementation and

The UN has warned that Sudan's conflict is getting close to South Sudan and the disputed Abyei region.

Located between Sudan and South Sudan, Abyei has been a flashpoint since the South gained independence in 2011.

The war between rival militaries in Sudan has interrupted encouraging signs of dialogue between Sudan and neighbouring South Sudan and effectively put on hold talks over disputed Abyei, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Monday.

The war between rival militaries in Sudan has interrupted encouraging signs of dialogue between Sudan and neighbouring South Sudan and “effectively put on hold” talks over disputed Abyei, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Monday.