Ethiopia: Urgent support needed to save lives
Source: Norwegian Refugee CouncilCountry: Ethiopia, South SudanAround 75.000 people have crossed into Ethiopia from South Sudan, since the fighting in the young nation erupted in December 2013. The...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Situation in South Sudan far from normal, SRSG says
Source: UN Mission in South SudanCountry: South Sudan3 April 2014 - Consequences of the South Sudan conflict were still tearing the country apart, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG)...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Displaced learn to live together in Bentiu
Source: UN Mission in South SudanCountry: South Sudan3 April 2014 - To improve relations between displaced people sheltering on its base in Bentiu, Unity State, UNMISS completed three workshops today...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Partners hold sexual abuse workshop in Bor camp
Source: UN Mission in South SudanCountry: South Sudan2 April 2014 - Community leaders in the UNMISS protection of civilians site in the Jonglei State capital Bor today attended a workshop aimed at...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: WHO South Sudan Emergency Response Situation Report #17, 27...
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: South SudanHighlightsThe security situation remains relatively calm in most parts of the country but fluid.The second round of OCV vaccination commenced in...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Health Cluster Bulletin #14, 03rd April 2014
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: South SudanHighlights The second round of the cholera vaccination started on 31 March 2014 at UN Juba III internally displaced persons (IDP) camp. To date...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Leaders Must Let Aid Reach People, USAID Official Says
Source: Voice of AmericaCountry: South SudanKarin Zeitvogel, John TanzaWASHINGTON — A top USAID official has called on leaders on both sides of South Sudan's conflict to ensure that aid reaches the...
View ArticleSudan: UNHCR, Khartoum disagree over South Sudanese refugees
Source: Sudan TribuneCountry: Sudan, South SudanApril 3, 2014 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations office in Sudan has disclosed disagreement between the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Humanitarian agencies demand road access
Source: Sudan TribuneCountry: South SudanApril 2, 2014 (JUBA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) have asked the parties to the South Sudan conflict to...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
Source: UN Mine Action ServiceCountry: South SudanOn 8 December 2005, the United Nations General Assembly declared that April 4th of each year shall be observed as the International Day for Mine...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Remarks from Hilde F. Johnson Special Representative of UN...
Source: UN Mission in South SudanCountry: South Sudan(Extract)Press Conference on South Sudan – Thursday 3, April 2014 TranscriptSRSG HILDE F. JOHNSON: Ladies and Gentlemen, dear members of the media,...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Clearing routes of landmines in South Sudan
Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid departmentCountry: South SudanThe European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO), through its partner the United Nations Mine...
View ArticleWorld: Weekly Epidemiological Record (WER) 4 April 2014, vol. 89, 14 (pp....
Source: World Health OrganizationCountry: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Sudan, Uganda, World, South SudanContents141 Progress towards...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan: Complex Emergency (MDRSS003) Operations Update n° 2
Source: International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent SocietiesCountry: South SudanSummary: The internal conflict that started in the capital city of Juba in South Sudan on 15 December, 2013...
View ArticleKenya: Eastern Africa Humanitarian Bulletin, Issue 34 | 8 March – 4 April 2014
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, South SudanHIGHLIGHTS• WFP and partners begin rapid response operations to reach IDPs in South...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Crisis Situation Report No. 30 (as of 3 April 2014)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Ethiopia, Sudan, South SudanHighlights● Aid agencies urgently need US$232 million to prevent a sharp deterioration of the...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan crisis and its regional impact (as of 4 April 2014)
Source: ReliefWeb, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, South SudanOf 4.9 million people in South Sudan in need of humanitarian assistance, aid...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan: Executive brief 04 April 2014
Source: Food and Agriculture OrganizationCountry: South SudanApr 2014South Sudan faces a major food and nutrition crisis; but we have an opportunity NOW to mitigate some of its impacts.The food...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: IOM South Sudan Situation Report 4 April 2014
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Sudan, South SudanOVERVIEW One hundred days since the start of the crisis in South Sudan, the situation in the country remains highly unstable....
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan church brings aid to the displaced
Source: Church Mission SocietyCountry: South SudanThe church in South Sudan is bringing emergency aid to thousands of displaced people despite many challenges.But the Sudan Relief and Development...
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