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Silence has engulfed thousands of homes burnt down in different locations across the southern part of South Sudan’s Unity State. February and April attacks saw about 40,000 flee for their lives. The UN Mission in the country, called for an urgent healing and reconciliation process.

A Senior Civil Affairs Officer from the United Nations in Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) called for an urgent healing and reconciliation process in the southern part of South Sudan’s Unity State, where gruesome attacks on communities in the area have resulted in deaths, beheadings, sexual violence, and abductions. UNMISS

Juba, 18 May 2022: A joint delegation comprising the African Union (AU), the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC), the African Diplomatic Corps (ADC), the European Union and its members states (EU), the Troika and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) conducted a high-level solidarity and diplomatic mission to Bentiu, Leer and Mirmir

International community Wednesday appealed to the South Sudan government to urgently take additional measures to protect civilians in the oil-rich Unity State and to address the root causes of the conflict. The partners including the African Union, the Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (R-JMEC), the African Diplomatic Corps (ADC),…

28 people have been killed and 30 wounded in attempted cattle raids in northern South Sudan on Sunday and Monday.

Health ministry officials in South Sudan have declared a cholera outbreak in Rubkona County of the country’s Unity State; The United Nations has donated 19 million US dollars to help communities in South Sudan prepare for severe flooding expected during the rainy season; Educational officials in the Kreinik locality of Sudan's West Darfur State are expressing concern over the fate of school operations. Schools have remained closed since deadly, inter-communal violence broke out last month.

OUAGADOUGOU -- At least 12 people, including 10 army auxiliaries, were killed Saturday in an ambush attack by unidentified armed men in the Sahel region of Burk

One person has died and 30 others have been infected with cholera in South Sudan in a resurgence of the disease not seen since 2017, the Ministry of Health announced.

Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae. Credit: Wikipedia Cholera has killed one child and infected 30 people in South Sudan, the first