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The Ministry of Health and partners have launched an oral cholera vaccination campaign in Juba County of Central Equatoria State.

The Cabinet Minister has said the government will make a statement on the controversial Nile dredging project this weekend.

Authorities in Unity State are installing the recently imported dredging machines to open the pathway of the Naam river adding the work will start before next week.

Officials from several government ministries, including the office of the president, and Unity State officials have publicly contradicted each other on the arrival of equipment for the project to dredge and clear vegetation in tributaries of the River Nile.

The minister of physical infrastructure, lands, housing, and public utilities in Unity State has said that the arrival of machinery from Egypt to dredge and open River Naam was blessed by the national ministry of irrigation and water resources in Juba.

The Minister of Environment and Forestry has said that the Nile River dredging project will not commence until proper environmental assessment is conducted.

The office of the president has invited a prominent British environmental risk expert to participate in discussions on the Nile waters issue, in Juba next month.

JUBA, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The legacy of war in South Sudan is particularly reflected in the lives of its most vulnerable victims including women, children, and the elderly.

South Sudan orphanage restoring hope to young victims of civil strife-

The United Nations' Panel of Experts have termed as fabricated, a controversial document recommending that the Security Council impose targeted sanctions on a number of government officials and politicians.