South Sudan: South Sudan rebel leader rejects deployment of IGAD regional forces
Source: Sudan TribuneCountry: South SudanMarch 14, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – The leader of the South Sudan rebels, Riek Machar, has strongly rejected the proposed deployments of regional forces by the...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Crisis Brings Questions for UNMISS
Source: International Peace InstituteCountry: South SudanOnly two and a half years after its independence, South Sudan was plunged into crisis when fighting erupted within the presidential guard on the...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Looming Crisis - Open Wounds in Abyei Increase Risk of New War
Source: Enough ProjectCountry: Sudan, South SudanIntroductionIn Abyei, a small but strategically important disputed area on the border between Sudan and South Sudan, rising inter-communal tensions have...
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South Sudan: South Sudan - Crisis Fact sheet #33 Fiscal Year (FY) 2014
Source: US Agency for International DevelopmentCountry: United States of America, South SudanHIGHLIGHTSHumanitarian access deteriorates across South Sudan as local authorities impede the transport of...
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South Sudan: South Sudan Health Cluster Bulletin #11, 14 march 2014
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: South SudanHighlights7,342 persons were vaccinated during the Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) campaign in UN Juba III internally displaced people’s camp by day four...
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Sudan: South Sudan Emergency Situation - Sudan Update, 12 March 2014
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, South SudanOVERVIEWConflict and instability continue in South Sudan, with over 700,000 IDPs in the country, including...
View ArticleUganda: Over 70,000 thousand South Sudanese seeking asylum in Uganda
Source: Sudan TribuneCountry: Uganda, South SudanMarch 14, 2014 (KAMPALA) - Over 70,000 South Sudanese are registered in Uganda as asylum seekers according to office of Ugandan prime minister, with the...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Hundreds of Jonglei children forced to cross Nile to study in...
Source: Sudan TribuneCountry: South SudanMarch 14, 2014 (BOR) - Hundreds of children from Twic East and Duk counties in conflict-ridden Jonglei state are crossing the White Nile by boat with their...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: S. Sudan opposition parties agree to participate jointly in...
Source: Sudan TribuneCountry: South SudanBy Tesfa-Alem TekleMarch 15, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – Four exiled South Sudan opposition political parties have agreed to jointly take part in peace talks as a...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Protesters Blocked From Storming UN Base in Wau
Source: Sudan TribuneCountry: South SudanMarch 15, 2014 –The South Sudan government on Friday intercepted thousands of protestors in the Western Bahr el Ghazal state capital of Wau, who were intending...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Security situation in Leer County is stable, says Governor
Source: Miraya FMCountry: South Sudan(March. 14, 2014) Authorities in Unity state says Security situation in Leer County is stable, two days after government clashed with anti-government forces on...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: More than 100 orphans evacuated from Malakal
Source: Miraya FMCountry: South Sudan(March. 17, 2014) More than 100 orphans have been relocated from the UN base in Malakal, Upper Nile state to Juba.The 118 orphans and their caretakers were...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: UNICEF plans to increase its lifesaving interventions in Bor,...
Source: Miraya FMCountry: South Sudan(March. 17, 2014) The United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF plans to increase its lifesaving interventions in Bor, Malakal, Juba and Bentui.UNICEF chief...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Shelter a priority for families returning to Bor
Source: Miraya FMCountry: South Sudan(March. 17, 2014) Shelter remains a priority for families heading back to Bor town, the acting Governor Jonglei state, Aquila Maluth Mam, has said.Bor town...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: S. Sudan leaders agree to allow IDPs to remain in Nimule amid...
Source: Sudan TribuneCountry: South SudanMarch 16, 2014 (JUBA) – South Sudan government officials agreed on Saturday to allow internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Jonglei state to in Nimule to...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: S. Sudan says talks over size of regional force under way
Source: Sudan TribuneCountry: South SudanMarch 16, 2014 (JUBA) - South Sudan’s cabinet on Friday approved the deployment of regional forces from the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD)...
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Weekly Humanitarian Bulletin, 17 March 2014
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Ethiopia, South SudanKey EventsWith only 25 per cent of the HRD requirements, including carryover, met as of 11 March, severe...
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South Sudan: Republic of South Sudan - ETC Situation Report #38 Reporting...
Source: World Food Programme, Emergency Telecommunications ClusterCountry: South SudanHighlightsThe ETC has established internet connectivity in the UNHCR compound in Nimule where eleven humanitarian...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Mental health response gaps in South Sudan
Source: IRINCountry: South SudanJUBA, 17 March 2014 (IRIN) - Aid workers warn that while psychosocial support needs will mount for the tens of thousands of displaced people in South Sudan, the...
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Ethiopia: ACAPS Briefing Note - Ethiopia, Gambella: Population displacement...
Source: Assessment Capacities ProjectCountry: Ethiopia, South SudanCrisis overviewOn 15 December 2013, violent clashes erupted in neighbouring South Sudan. The violence rapidly deteriorated into a...
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