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The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has released the human rights Annual Brief on Violence Affecting Civilians that shows a two percent increase in the number of civilians harmed across South Sudan in 2022, despite a 27 percent decrease in the overall number of documented violent incidents compared to the previous year (714 in 2022 and 982 in 2021). The brief

Authorities in Abyei Administrative Area on Friday said that two youths were on Thursday killed in Mabuny village in Alal County by armed youth suspected to be from Twic County of Warrap State.

South Sudans oil production reduces to 140,000 barrels due to floods-

JUBA, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- South Sudan's oil production has dropped to 140,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 160,000 bpd in 2022 due to recent heavy flooding in the northern oil fields, said Minister of Petroleum Puot Kang Chol on the sidelines of the economic forum in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has implored South Sudanese political leaders to seize the opportunity to reset the country toward peace, democratic transformation, and prosperity after nearly five years of delays in the implementation of the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement.

The governor of South Sudan's Unity State has donated about 15,000 sacks of sorghum as food aid to at least 130,000 flood-displaced persons at the Bentiu camp.

Ahead of the UN Human Rights Coun¬cil’s (“HRC” or “Coun¬¬cil”) 52nd session (27 Feb¬¬ruary-4 April 2023), we, the undersigned non-governmental orga¬nisa¬tions, write to urge your delegation to sup¬port a two-year extension of the mandate of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan (here¬after “Commission” or “CHRSS”) in full.

JUBA, South Sudan — It is just over a decade since the steamy capital of South Sudan exploded in joy, with revelers singing and dancing through the...

Pope Francis’ visit to South Sudan on February 3-5, 2023 alongside Anglican and Presbyterian church leaders is an opportunity to call on South Sudan’s leadership to respect dissenting voices and address the country’s ongoing human rights crisis and widespread impunity.

The soaring hopes at South Sudan’s creation in 2011 have been cruelly dashed. Pope Francis arrives there with other religious leaders on Friday to highlight its plight.