The United States Provides $79 Million in Humanitarian Assistance for Displaced Persons in South...
WASHINGTON, May 28, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United States remains deeply concerned about the widespread displacement of civilians and the denial of...
IOM DG Highlights South Sudan Needs Amid Increasing Violence
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 26, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- IOM Director General William Lacy Swing travelled to South Sudan 23–24 May to visit IOM's...
UN South Sudan envoy describes ‘great challenge’ of protecting civilians on visit to renovated...
26 May 2015 – Travelling around South Sudan to see efforts made by the United Nations to protect civilians in the country, the Secretary-General’s...
ICRC visits looted base in Leer, South Sudan
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 25, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Residents slowly returning to the South Sudanese town of Leer, in the aftermath of fighting...
Top UN official in South Sudan urges accountability for human rights violations
24 May 2015 – The United Nations Special Representative for South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Løj, has urged accountability and justice for those responsible for...
As South Sudan fighting intensifies, UN rights chief warns of ‘persistent impunity’
22 May 2015 – The escalation of fighting in South Sudan has resulted in “alarming gross violations” of international human rights and humanitarian law...
Statement by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the...
NEW YORK, May 21, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms the May 20 mortar attacks on...
South Sudan: UN Mission condemns heavy fighting near base which killed four civilians
20 May 2015 – The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has said today that it is deeply concerned by the disregard for...
South Sudan: New Fighting Will Bring New Suffering
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 18, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The ICRC fears that tens of thousands of civilians forced to flee new outbreaks of...
South Sudan: UN says 650,000 at risk due to renewed violence, as Security Council...
18 May 2015 – Gravely concerned at the ongoing violence in South Sudan, the Security Council has condemned both the renewed Government-led offensive in...
