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South Sudan: Strengthening relief operations through better telecommunications
27 June, 2012
Aid workers using satellite and internet services in Pibor, South Sudan. Credit: Rob Buurveld/FITTEST/2012
Vital IT and telecommunication services help aid workers respond to emergencies faster and more efficiently in remote areas.
After years of civil war, even a basic telecommunications infrastructure...
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Sudan: Kosti airlift helps thousands return to South Sudan
25 May, 2012
14 May 2012: South Sudanese refugees return to Juba. Credit: UNHCR
Humanitarian workers in Sudan have helped thousands of South Sudanese refugees stranded in Kosti to return home.
More than 4,500 of the 12,000 South Sudanese who were stranded at the Sudanese river port of Kosti have completed their...
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Sudan: Thousands stranded on border with South
3 May, 2012
Southern Sudanese leaving Sudan by barge from Kosti to begin their journey up the Nile to Juba to their new lives in South Sudan. Credit: IOM
Humanitarians have mobilized in Kosti in Sudan, where thousands of South Sudanese are stranded on the border and unable to return home.
UN agencies and...
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The HC Interview: South Sudan
30 March, 2012
Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Lise Grande with Norwegian Deputy Ministry for Foreign Affairs Torgeir Lasen in Pibor County, Jonglei State, South Sudan. Credit: UNMISS
Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator calls for urgent funding to respond immediately to the “worrying” humanitarian situation in...
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South Sudan: Don’t let down the world’s newest country, says Amos
3 February, 2012
ERC Amos visiting clinic in Walgak, Jonglei State, South Sudan, 2 February 2012
Aid must continue as humanitarian needs increase, warns the UN’s humanitarian chief after visiting crisis-torn Jonglei State
The UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Valerie Amos, urged the world not to let down its...
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