Source: Miraya FM
Country: South Sudan (Republic of)
(Jan. 18, 2014) The United Nations mission in South Sudan says it has conducted more than 140 patrols in the last 24 hours. UNMISS is protecting more than 67,000 civilians in its bases around the country.
In Bor, the Mission reports that there are no civilians and that it has received reports of the SPLA advancing towards the town.
It also says that the situation in Upper Nile state remains fluid, with civilians continuing to arrive at its protection site in Malakal, where there are currently 22,000 people.
The Mission says that its operations have been obstructed, including deliberate restrictions and delays in delivering rations and water to troops and civilians in its bases in Juba and in Western Equatoria state.