More than 190 children returning to Gunyoro village near Torit in Eastern Equatoria have resumed school activities, albeit under difficult circumstances.“During the 2016 crisis, this school closed because our people were scattered. They ran into the mo…
Women who had been displaced by fighting in South Sudan are sowing seeds of peace, with support from the UN mission in the country, UNMISS. They have been given ox ploughs to work the land, as part of a campaign to resettle returnees in the Rumbek Nort…
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, following consultations with the Advisory Commission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), today announced the appointment of Philippe Lazzarini…
Iran reported its single biggest jump in deaths from the new coronavirus on Wednesday as another 147 people died, raising the country’s overall death toll to 1,135.The nearly 15% spike in deaths — amid a total of 17,361 confirmed cases in Iran — marks …
IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix is monitoring movements into and out of Pibor UNMISS adjacent area. Rapid site flow monitoring captures only the most basic information on numbers, departure and destination points. IOM DTM conducted a headcount on 6 …
As part of IOM’s Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) preparedness activities, DTM operates Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs) on the borders with Uganda (UGA), the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Central African Republic (CAR). In total, 20 EVD-dedicated F…
In February 2020, the monthly population count was conducted at Cathedral, Nazareth, St. Joseph, Lokoloko and Masna collective centres where a total of 7,326 individuals were identified. This compares to an overall collective centre population of 10,41…
DTM’s Flow Monitoring Registry (FMR) surveys people on the move at key transit points within South Sudan (SSD) and at its borders. It provides an insight into mobility trends, migration drivers and traveller profiles to inform programming by humanitari…
Baghdad / NINA / – Member of the Parliamentary Strategic Planning Committee, Mohammed Shi’a Al-Sudani, called on the demonstrators to push for a dialogue with the Prime Minister-designate and to go to mobilizing energies for the upcoming elections.Al-S…
Baghdad / NINA /- Parliamentary circles circulated video clips, showing part of a joint meeting of what is known as the Shia crisis cell, as it called itself (the Leadership Council), included the member of the Al-Fateh Alliance, Muhammad Sahib al-Darr…
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has issued new directives to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, including a travel ban on all newly appointed ministers. During the swearing-in Monday of his new cabinet, Kiir told the ministers they were not pe…
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, has begun a campaign to resettle returnees who were displaced during last year’s intercommunal clashes living in the Rumbek North area.“We realized that household food security is one of the key factor…
Khartoum, Sudan – The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Security Sector Program (SSP) successfully conducted a five days national training workshop in Khartoum, with high level officials of the Sudan Government to contribute to the deve…
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:The Secretary-General welcomes the announcement of the Cabinet of South Sudan’s Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity. He commends the …
(Juba, South Sudan) The IGAD Mediation Support Unit convened a Strategic Thinking Workshop for Women from South Kordofon Regions of Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains with the aim of providing a platform for the women from various sectors, to dialogue and ge…
Manama: His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander, and First Deputy Prime Minister, today received a number of senior officials and members of the Council of Representatives and Shura Council, at …
BackgroundFollowing the outbreak of conflict in South Kordofan in July 2011, refugees started arriving in Yida, which is approx. 20 km from the Sudan border. Yida serves as the main entry point from South Kordofan.UNHCR operates the Reception Centre an…
The Central Bank of Kuwait’s Board of Directors has decided on 16 March 2020 to cut the discount rate 1% (from 2.5% to 1.5%) effective from 17 March 2020. This decision is part of the preventative measures the CBK has taken to contain the negative impa…
(Juba, South Sudan); Within its mandate of providing mediation support and building the normative capacity of Member States, IGAD Mediation Support Unit has convened youth and young people from Nuba Mountains, Funj, and Blue Nile Region with the objec…
A top Sudanese general on Sunday said his country would mediate a deal on an escalating dispute between Ethiopia and Egypt over Ethiopia’s controversial dam on the Nile River.The deputy head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, said his…
Rome – FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has welcomed a €17 million contribution from Germany to provide assistance to those directly affected by the Desert Locust upsurge in East Africa.Germany’s Permanent Representative to FAO, Ulrich Seidenberger, made…
Washington: President Donald Trump declared a U.S. national emergency over the quickly spreading coronavirus on Friday, opening the door to more government aid to combat a pathogen that has infected more than 138,000 people worldwide and left over 5,00…
The U.N. refugee agency and partners are appealing for $1.3 billion to assist more than two million South Sudanese refugees and five major countries hosting them — Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.After seven years of…
Following the unveiling of a new unity cabinet in South Sudan on Thursday, the UN Secretary-General has commended the “spirit of compromise and collaboration” shown by President Salva Kiir and rival-turned-top deputy, Riek Machar, on what has been a ro…
(JUBA, South Sudan): The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Dr Workneh Gebeyehu, was in Juba, South Sudan as part of his tour to the member states of the regional bloc. The three-day working visit, which wrapp…
Following the unveiling of a new unity cabinet in South Sudan on Thursday, the UN Secretary-General has commended the “spirit of compromise and collaboration” shown by President Salva Kiir and rival-turned-top deputy, Riek Machar, on what has been a ro…
Rome – The effects of inadequate rainfall on agricultural production added two countries – Namibia and Tanzania – to FAO’s list of countries in need of external assistance for food, adding to strains triggered by desert locusts even as global cereal p…
Baghdad / NINA /- The political blocs informed their representatives, that handing the name of the candidate for the position of Prime Minister-designate to the President of the Republic will be made by the leaders of the political blocs in preparation…
Ethiopia refuses to be pressured by the United States into signing a deal with Egypt and Sudan over its controversial dam on the Nile River, says Ethiopia’s foreign minister. In an interview with The Associated Press, Gedu Andargachew said the thre…
South Sudanese girls and women in Juba celebrated International Women’s Day by highlighting their achievements and contributions to sustainable peace. As they did so, the also used a panel discussion organized by the UN to call for an end to all forms …
