UN Security Council resolution 1996 (2011) on 8 July 2011 establishing the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)
Mandate: The mandate of UNMISS is the help South Sudan, the newest country in the world consolidating peace and security and help create an environment for development to take place.
Al Jazeera English | Sudan calls government of South an ’enemy’ | 16 April 2012
Sudan’s parliament has branded South Sudan’s government an "enemy" and called for a swift recapture of a disputed oil-producing region. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports.
Saturday 12 November 2011 November 11, 2011 (WASHINGTON) – Sudan went on the defense a day after reports of an aerial bombardment conducted by its air force on a refugee camp inside the borders of South Sudan which drew strong rebuke from the White House and (...)
Tuesday 14 August 2012 August 13, 2012 (BENTIU/BOR/RUMBEK) - Hundreds of South Sudanese United Nations staff across the young nation went on strike Monday demanding that they are paid in US Dollars rather than South Sudanese Pounds, which have decreased in (...)
Tuesday 29 January 2013 January 28, 2013 (BOR/JUBA) - South Sudan’s army said it had restored order in Pibor town on Monday after conflict broke out between the military and members of an armed group that has recently defected from a rebellion in Jonglei (...)
Saturday 10 December 2011 December 9, 2011 (JUBA) - The UN Mission in South Sudan on Friday called upon government authorities and traditional leaders to strengthen efforts that will immediately violence in Jonglei state. A man wounded man from the attack on (...)
Sunday 8 January 2012 January 7, 2012 (JUBA/PANYAGOR) - Humanitarian agencies are mounting a major emergency operation in Jonglei state in South Sudan to help people affected by the recent wave of inter-communal violence, according to a UN press release. (...)
Thursday 28 July 2011 July 27, 2011 (JUBA) – The United Nations is planning on deploying a new peacekeeping force in the Republic of South Sudan by December with a stronger mandate, according to the newly appointed UN special representative to the newly (...)
Friday 23 November 2012 By Julius N. Uma
November 22, 2012 (JUBA) - The United Nations is asking its members for $1.16bn in order to meet the humanitarian and development challenges in South Sudan, the world’s newest and one of Africa’s poorest and most (...)
Wednesday 18 January 2012 January 17, 2012 (BOR) – Jonglei state governor, Kuol Manyang Juuk, said on Tuesday that at least 46 people were killed and seven wounded in Duk county following an attack late on Monday, by members of the Murle ethnic group from Pibor (...)
Saturday 25 August 2012 August 24, 2012 (LONDON) — Government soldiers committed murder, torture and rape in the largest and troubled South Sudanese state of Jonglei said the United Nations mission in the new country (UNMISS) on Friday. SPLA soldiers take (...)
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At the Mercy of the Sky, South Sudanese professionals2013-05-23 08:02:35 By Suzanne Jambo
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Wau Dialogue W. Bahr el-Ghazal state 13-15 May 20132013-05-13 14:41:35 South Sudan Law Society
13th-April-2013
Citizen of Western Bhar el-Ghazal State calls for limitations of President Powers and the Independence of Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and (...)
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Africa and the ICC: a dynamic relationship 2013-05-24 09:19:39 By Tiina Intelmann May 23, 2013 - The relationship between Africa and the International Criminal Court (ICC) is remarkable in its history, and dynamic. Africa and the ICC share the fundamental (...)
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At the Mercy of the Sky, South Sudanese professionals 2013-05-23 08:02:35 By Suzanne Jambo May 22, 2013 - "I have nothing to hide and I walk away with my head high. There was absolutely no board meeting to discuss my issue. The reason given were unilateral spending (...)
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