(OSRSG-CAAC) – At the conclusion of a four-day visit to South Sudan, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, highlighted that grave violations against children in the country remain at unacceptably high levels, with close to 1,400 children verified as having been directly affected in 2017 and thousands […]
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(Amnesty International) – “The life now is very difficult to us, I did up to primary school…I want to go to secondary school, but it is hard to go to secondary school because of the fighting…I want to be a doctor. I want to help my people.” This is 19-year old Michael.* Michael fled his village in Leer […]
(AFP) – By the time Baba John escaped the tribal militia he had joined as an 11-year-old, he had long stopped counting the number of people he had killed. “I shot people. We all did,” said Baba John. “I received a gun and was told how to shoot and point the gun. I don’t remember […]
(UNICEF) – More than 100 children were released by two armed groups in South Sudan on Tuesday, bringing the total number released this year to over 900. This was the fourth release ceremony in 2018 and like two previous events, it took place in the town of Yambio in the south of the country. Additional releases […]
(CNN) – On a dirt path dotted with bright-red bougainvillea, women in ankle-length dresses gather in groups of five or more before venturing into the forest. Right outside the largest refugee camp in Juba, South Sudan’s capital, sickles readied in their hands to cut firewood, the women say banding together offers a tiny sense of security, […]
(UNMISS) – A room full of friendly-looking and lively police officers is not something one comes across quite often. But this unusual scenario is playing out for a whole week in Juba, where police officers from ten bases of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are meeting for an important training exercise. “I’m learning how […]
(Slate) – South Sudan wasn’t always a war zone. When it achieved independence from Sudan in 2011, the new nation was lauded as a beacon of hope, a testament to a decadeslong struggle for freedom, midwifed with the blessing of the U.S. and other world leaders. But that idealism was dashed two years later, when the nation […]
(Médecins Sans Frontières) – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has suspended most of its activities in Maban, South Sudan, after suffering a violent attack on Monday 23 July. A group of unidentified armed men broke into the MSF office and compound in the morning, looting the organisation’s and staff’s property, burning down a tent full of […]
(Associated Press) – The U.N. Security Council narrowly approved a U.S.-drafted resolution imposing an arms embargo on South Sudan Friday over objections that it could hurt African efforts to end the five-year conflict in the world’s newest nation. The resolution received the minimum nine “yes” votes. The six other council members abstained — Russia, China, Ethiopia, […]
(Al Jazeera) – The United Nations has accused South Sudan’s government forces and aligned troops of killing dozens of civilians, including children and the elderly, in deliberate and ruthless attacks this year that may amount to war crimes. The UN human rights office (OHCHR) and the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) jointly published a report on Tuesday, documenting at least 232 […]
