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30 March 2012 - 8:55pmSouth Sudan is not only the world’s youngest country, but also one of its poorest and least developed. More than half of its population does not have enough to eat, and over 1 million South Sudanese are severely food insecure. Since its independence from Sudan in July 2011, inter-communal... -
3 February 2012 - 3:27pmThe UN’s Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Valerie Amos, urged the world not to let down its newest independent country, after she visited the centre of a major humanitarian crisis in South Sudan. Her comments came towards the end of a four-day visit, in which she witnessed the effects of... -
13 January 2012 - 4:06pmA large-scale emergency operation is gearing up to provide food, water and shelter to 60,000 people in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, amid continued clashes between two of the region’s largest ethnic groups. New fighting broke out in late December 2011 between the Murle and the Lou Nuer... -
30 December 2011 - 2:11pm2011 has been a deeply challenging year for millions of people around the world - and stretched the capacity of humanitarian aid organisations to the limit. An earthquake and tsunami in Japan, drought and famine in the Horn of Africa, and flooding in Central America, Pakistan and Southeast Asia,... -
8 June 2011 - 6:31pmThe security situation in Abyei remains tense and unpredictable with reports of sporadic gunfire, and tukuls being burnt, according to the latest OCHA situation report. Population movements remain fluid, but as of 5 June, some 96,000 people are estimated to have been displaced by the Abyei violence. IOM...
