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Floods have hit Nyirol County in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, leaving thousands homeless, local officials said.

In the long term, the U.S. should foster in South Sudan a more robust multi-party system (in advance of the country’s scheduled 2015 election), security sector reform, and improved governance and accountability.

Hundreds of integrated police personnel comprising government and Aqwelek forces have been deployed in the Kitgwang stronghold, Magenis "to safeguard the area along the Upper Nile-Sudan border."

The leader of Agwelek forces General Johnson Olony said on Tuesday he will come to Juba when the fighting in Panyikang County of Upper Nile State subsides.

The United Nations said on Friday that three humanitarian workers had been murdered in South Sudan this month, expressing deep concern over a recent escalation in violence targeting aid workers.

A top United Nations humanitarian official has condemned the recent killing of three aid workers in South Sudan. Sara Beysolow Nyanti, the UN humanitari

Police in Jonglei State have arrested seven youth for allegedly causing panic by shooting in the air and abducting a civilian in the capital Bor last month.

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South Sudan, African Development Bank launch project to boost food production-