South Sudan: Surgical services expanded in Jonglei state
02-08-2013 Operational Update Following new outbreaks of intercommunal violence, the ICRC has deployed a third surgical team in Dorein, south of Pibor town, in addition to the teams stationed in...
View ArticleSearching for ghosts in South Sudan
Peter Greste, Al Jazeera Peter Greste is an award-winning foreign correspondent based in East Africa. Violence stemming from rivalry between Murle and Lou Nuer tribes has sent at least 100,000 people...
View ArticleCattle Raid Leaves 9 Dead in South Sudan
JUBA, South Sudan August 9, 2013 (AP) Officials in South Sudan say cattle rustlers killed nine people in the country's most violent state. Dau Akoi Jurkuch, a county commissioner in Jonglei state,...
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UNHCR protects vulnerable as South Sudan airlift helps thousands of displaced
By Tim Irwin In Labrab, South Sudan LABRAB, South Sudan August 15 (UNHCR) – Humanitarian organizations in South Sudan are working to deliver emergency assistance to some of the tens of thousands of...
View ArticleThe power of weapons proliferation: The case of Jonglei State – causes and...
By Chol Deng Yol First and foremost, I need to shed light on how weapons spread into the hand of civilians in South Sudan particularly in Jonglei State. The civil war in Sudan lasted approximately two...
View ArticleReport: GaPPSS President Visits the Whitehous
Press Release On July 24, 2013, Sarah Rial, Program Director of My Sister’s Keeper (www.mskeeper.org) and Global Partnership for Peace in South Sudan (GaPPSS) President, joined other US policy...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Security and Aid Access around Pibor, Gumuruk
Wednesday, 21 August 2013, 11:07 am Press Release: UN News South Sudan: UN Peacekeepers Boost Security and Aid Access around Pibor, Gumuruk New York, Aug 20 2013 - The United Nations peacekeeping...
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Funding urgently needed to feed the hungry in South Sudan
August 22, 2013 William LambersGlobal Hunger Examiner As South Sudan faces a continuing hunger emergency, funding is desperately needed to provide food aid. The United Nations said yesterday that...
View ArticleOil Company Warns Citizens To Keep Off Oil Fields For Safety
Dar Petroleum Operating Company (DPOC) based in Paloch oil fields has warned the community at Paloch staying at the oil well areas to move to a safer environment. By Jacob Achiek Jok BOR, 29...
View ArticleMurle Leaders Deny Allegations Of Community Supporting Rebels In Pibor
Murle community leaders have denied reports linking the community with the rebellion led by David Yau Yau in eastern parts of Jonglei state. 02 September 2013 By Jacob Achiek Jok BOR, 01 September...
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Church fundraiser to help South Sudan clinic
September 05, 2013 3:00 am Jonathan Monfiletto | jonathan.monfiletto@lee.net Skaneateles Journal SKANEATELES | After establishing a medical clinic in South Sudan six years ago, the First...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Army Unlawfully Killed Civilians
Human Rights Watch Hold Abusive Soldiers to Account and Address Inter-ethnic Violence (Nairobi) – South Sudan’s army has unlawfully killed and committed other serious violations against civilians in...
View ArticleSkaneateles fundraiser for Sudan medical clinic to feature award- winning...
By Charley Hannagan | channagan@syracuse.com The Post-Standar Syracuse Skaneateles, NY - The award-winning documentary "Duk County", which chronicles the story of doctors, including several from...
View ArticleKala-azar outback killed 10 people in Ayod County, Jonglei
Following the heavy raindrop which destroyed several structures, there is an outbreak of the diseases in some villages of Ayod County of Jonglei state. By Achiek Jok Riak AYOD October 11, 2012...
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Girls in primary call for support of female education in Jonglei State
By Jacob Achiek Jok BOR October 12, 2012 (Borglobe) – in Jonglei State, the two primary schools of young girls of Black Eagle Academy and Royal Junior campaigned for the promotion of girl child...
View ArticleOver 19,000 refugees flee conflict in eastern South Sudan: UN
Hereward Holland, Thomson ReutersOctober 1, 2013 08:15 Almost 12,000 have entered Ethiopia from South Sudan's Jonglei state, where the army is trying to put down a rebellion. JUBA (Reuters) - More...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Jonglei militia 'kills dozens'
BBC News Some 78 people have been killed and scores wounded in an attack on villages in South Sudan's Jonglei state, the local MP has told the BBC. The attackers were believed to be members of...
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South Sudan: UN mission deplores latest round of deadly violence in Jonglei...
UN News Centre 21 October 2013 – The United Nations has strongly condemned yesterday’s deadly attacks in South Sudan’s Jonglei state that resulted in many deaths and injuries. One attack was on Paliau...
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South Sudan rebels kill 49
Juba (AFP) - At least 49 people were killed and more than 50 wounded by rebels in South Sudan's troubled Jonglei state, the government said Monday, the latest violence in a long-running insurgency....
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Death Toll After Clash in South Sudan Rises to 71
JUBA, South Sudan October 23, 2013 (AP) Leaders in South Sudan say the civilian death toll from a weekend attack in a remote part of the country has risen from 41 to 79. Officials say the Sunday...
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