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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... -
26 January 2012 - 11:32amIt’s an unbearably hot day in Pibor. Takesure Mugari, at the epicentre of South Sudan’s humanitarian crisis in Jonglei, pauses to catch his breath. It is his tenth day in Jonglei State and the hours are taking their toll. He doesn’t sleep more than five hours a night, but he can’t... -
20 January 2012 - 11:22amThe UN confirmed today that more than 120,000 people urgently need aid in South Sudan’s violence-affected Jonglei State - double the amount from just two weeks ago. “The violence in Jonglei hasn’t stopped,” said Lise Grande, Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan. “Only two... -
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... -
3 January 2012 - 3:48pmThe UN is mounting a “massive emergency support programme” to help thousands of people return home after inter-communal clashes between the Lou Nuer and Murle communities in South Sudan’s Jonglei state. The announcement came as Lou Nuer fighters withdrew from a potentially major...
