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The United Nations senior relief official in South Sudan on Thursday called for unimpeded humanitarian access to help the displaced persons after conflicts in areas between Malakal and Tonga in South Sudan's Upper Nile State. Sara Beysolow Nyanti, the Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan said thousands of people have been…

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in South Sudan has said fighting by armed factions in Tonga town of Upper Nile State has triggered mass displacement there, a press release said on Thursday.

Preparations are ongoing for the graduation of the unified forces at Panyier, a unified military training centre on the outskirts of the Jonglei state capital, Bor town, military officials said.

The Commissioner of Bor County in Jonglei said on Wednesday that the formerly detained workers, alleged to have escaped from police custody are in hiding.

A weather expert with the IGAD climate center said recently predicted heavy downpours in parts of country in the next two months could trigger yet another severe flooding in the country.

The Archbishop and Primate of the Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS), Dr. Justin Badi Arama, has said defrocked Archbishop Ruben Akurdid Ngong Akurdid of the Jonglei Internal Province should embrace the spirit of God and retire to end the impasse in the church there.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced the closure of its office in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria State due to a shortage of funds.

Jonglei Police Commissioner has said the missing leaders of the state workers’ trade union, previously detained a week ago, have escaped from detention with the help of police officers on duty.

The governors of Jonglei and Unity states have been summoned to appear before the Council of States to explain rampant insecurity and questionable suspension of state legislators respectively.

The wife of one of the protest leaders missing from police cell in Bor is calling on the government to disclose the whereabouts of her husband and his colleagues.