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17 January 2014 – The number of children recruited into armed groups in the Central African Republic may be as high as 6,000, according to the United Nations Children's fund UNICEF. UNICEF says the violence and insecurity in…
17 January 2014 - The conflict in South Sudan could now be assessed as an internal armed conflict, UN Assistant-Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Šimonovic said at a press conference in Juba today.“In a legal sense, it…
Standing guard to protect residents of UNMISS Tomping internally displaced person camp (IDP), Juba. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy
17 January 2014 - Health workers at the UNMISS Juba Tomping base, which now hosts over 17,000 displaced South Sudanese, were facing tremendous challenges, the hospital commandant said today. Although it had only 25 beds, 100…
16 January 2014 - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has put in place four surgical teams to provide emergency medical assistance to people injured in the South Sudanese conflict, the organization said today…
16 January 2014 - The United Nations would protect the human rights of all South Sudanese people, regardless of ethnicity or political affiliation, a senior UN official said in the Jonglei State capital Bor today. Speaking at…
15 January 2014 - During recent fighting in Upper Nile State, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) treated 116 people with gunshot wounds in Malakal and Nasir, the organization said in a statement today.…