In a proud moment, Indian peacekeepers, including 12 women serving in South Sudan, were recently awarded the UN Medals for protecting civilians and humanitarian convoys. The official account of the ...

“This is just a small example of our efforts to support the people of Raja to develop livelihoods, promote sustainable agricultural activities, and collectively build peace,” says Major Ataur Suzan, ...

The country split into Sudan and South Sudan in 2011. Unrest continues in the region. About 300,000 people have fled fighting throughout Darfur in the first five months of this year, the U.N. has ...

Residents of 11 of the 13 counties in South Sudan 's Upper Nile state are now facing emergency levels of hunger, the World Food Programme, the UN Children's Fund and the Food and Agriculture ...

Some of the people having been displaced from Mosso make the most of these windows of opportunity and relative security. One ...

UN envoy urges Security Council to try to prevent renewed civil war in South Sudan UN peacekeepers patrol the street in Juba, South Sudan on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025.

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Three United Nations agencies warned on Thursday of looming famine in a conflict-stricken part of South Sudan. People in 11 of 13 counties in South Sudan’s Upper Nile ...

The UN Security Council is due to vote in late May on whether to renew an arms embargo on South Sudan for another year. Amnesty International is warning that the conflict could worsen without it.

[1/2]UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres makes comments on the security situation in South South Sudan, in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2025. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs Purchase Licensing Rights ...

Today, five UN missions – MINUSCA in the Central African Republic, MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, UNIFIL in Lebanon, UNISFA in the Abyei region, and UNMISS in South Sudan ...

South Sudan has been under a UN arms embargo since 2018. The restrictions prohibit weapons transfers and external military support to the country’s warring parties.

The United Nations rights chief urged on Friday for warring sides in South Sudan to pull back from the brink, warning that the human rights situation risks further deterioration as fighting ...