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.
Tuesday 14 May 2013 May 13, 2013 (BOR) - Armed men were reported to have looted civilians properties and humanitarians compounds of INTERSOS and Medicine Sans Frontiers [MSF] in Pibor over the weekend. Jonglei local government minister, Diing Akol Diing, (...)
Tuesday 9 April 2013 April 9, 2013 (JUBA) - Five United Nations peacekeepers and seven civilian staff from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) were killed on Tuesday in an ambush by an unidentified armed group in Jonglei state. Map showing (...)
Wednesday 10 April 2013 April 8, 2013 (JUBA) – Relations between Sudan and South Sudan, tense in recent months, appears to be easing with the recent agreements both countries signed, the United Nations said. Hilde Johnson, speaking to reporters in Yambio, (...)
Sunday 14 April 2013 April 13, 2013 (BOR) - The United Nations in South Sudan called on Saturday for the mission’s peacekeepers in Jonglei to use force in self defense when threatened or attacked in their areas of operation. UN Assistant Secretary-General (...)
Wednesday 10 April 2013 April 9, 2012 (JUBA/BOR) – Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have condemned in the “strongest” terms the 9 April attack by unidentified armed persons on a UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) convoy in South Sudan’s (...)
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 (...)
Wednesday 17 April 2013 April 16, 2013 (BOR) - The head of the Untied Nations Mission to South Sudan, Hilde Johnson, has strongly dismissed the perception among many in Jonglei state, that UN peacekeepers killed last week, did not defend themselves when they (...)
Monday 18 June 2012 June 17, 2012 (BOR) - A South Sudanese police general has denied allegations of rape and abduction during a disarmament campaign conducted by the military in volatile Jonglei State. Soldiers of Auxillary Forces for disarmament standing (...)
Saturday 31 December 2011 December 31, 2011 (JUBA/BOR) – South Sudan’s Vice President, Riek Machar, has called on Lou-Nuer youth to implement the verbal agreement he reached with them on Wednesday 28 December and withdraw back to the Nuer territory. Machar warned (...)
Sunday 2 October 2011 October 1, 2011 (JUBA) – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General to South Sudan, Hilde Johnson, briefed the South Sudan’s cabinet for the first time on the UN’s mandate in Africa’s newest country. UN Rep. Hilde (...)
The better approach to reconciliation2013-05-17 06:07:06 By Zechariah Manyok Biar
May 16, 2013 - Some of you who might have read my previous articles know that I promised some weeks ago to write separately on the topic of peace and reconciliation that (...)
OIL: is it a curse or a blessing in South Sudan?2013-05-17 06:04:54 By Jacob K. Lupai
May 16, 2013 - In the late 70s when for the first time oil was discovered in Southern Sudan there was euphoria that poverty would be a thing of the past, replaced by a high (...)
The misapprehension of peace in the context of conflict resolution2013-05-16 11:40:39 By Ngor Arol Garang
May 16, 2013 - Political leaders and citizens with an interest in politics within the Bahr el Ghazal region will come together for a one week conference on Wednesday, where (...)
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 (...)
Sudan: Stepped-Up Assault on Media Freedom2013-05-04 10:53:49 Human Rights Watch
Sudan: Stepped-Up Assault on Media Freedom
Newspapers, Other Media Censored, Confiscated, Shut Down
MAY 3, 2013
(Nairobi) – Sudan should immediately stop censoring (...)
CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom2013-05-03 03:23:16 Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom
New York, May 2, 2013
The Committee to Protect Journalists asks Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the (...)
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The better approach to reconciliation 2013-05-17 06:07:06 By Zechariah Manyok Biar May 16, 2013 - Some of you who might have read my previous articles know that I promised some weeks ago to write separately on the topic of peace and reconciliation that (...)
OIL: is it a curse or a blessing in South Sudan? 2013-05-17 06:04:54 By Jacob K. Lupai May 16, 2013 - In the late 70s when for the first time oil was discovered in Southern Sudan there was euphoria that poverty would be a thing of the past, replaced by a high (...)
The misapprehension of peace in the context of conflict resolution 2013-05-16 11:40:39 By Ngor Arol Garang May 16, 2013 - Political leaders and citizens with an interest in politics within the Bahr el Ghazal region will come together for a one week conference on Wednesday, where (...)
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