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About 120 members of different political parties in South Sudan's Unity State have decamped to the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM).

Authorities of South Sudan's Unity State say that unknown gunmen shot and killed a Ugandan trader in a road ambush in Mayom County on Tuesday.

Authorities in Leer County of South Sudan's Unity State say they have arrested four suspects linked to a revenge attack that took place in the county on Wednesday, in which one person was killed.

Situation threatens to cause an outbreak of waterborne diseases and malaria, and lead to food insecurity and malnutrition.

The current flooding across South Sudan’s Unity State has had a devastating impact on people’s lives. Homes have been destroyed, crop cycles and harvests ruined, and displaced civilians are desperately seeking higher ground to shelter in. It is an emergency like no other that people living here have witnessed. UNMISS

Authorities in South Sudan's Unity State have warned of a catastrophic humanitarian situation in the state as devastating floods cut off roads to and from the state and threaten to submerge the Bentiu Airport.

For several months, they have been feuding on the mudos-operandi to select Governors.

Authorities in Mayom County of SouthSudan's Unity State have confirmed that at least three people were killed and 12 others wounded in inter-communal clashes on Wednesday.

South Sudan minister for humanitarian affairs and disaster management Peter Mayen Majongdit says the humanitarian situation in flood-affected areas of the country is dire but the government is working to support flood-affected populations.