Listen / Download A "massive" literacy campaign is needed in South Sudan if the country is to develop according to an international NGO working with the UN. It's thought that 80 per cent of the...
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Women in South Sudan in "unimaginable" situation
Listen to the News Mothers and young girls in South Sudan are facing what has been described as an "unimaginable" situation. The country continues to suffer from an internal conflict which has pitted...
Women encouraged to become journalists in South Sudan
LISTEN Women are being encouraged to enter journalism in South Sudan bucking a trend which has typically seen only men employed as journalists. Media workers in South Sudan have often reported...
500 people buried in South Sudan town
Listen to the News The mass burial of 500 people who were killed in fighting in a town in South Sudan is getting underway. The authorities in Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, say the victims,...
Camp to be created for displaced in Juba
Listen A new camp is being created by the United Nations in Juba, to accommodate the 30,000 displaced people seeking shelter in two mission locations in the South Sudanese capital. The UN Mission in...
UN mission will continue to protect civilians in South Sudan: UN envoy
LISTEN / DOWNLOAD The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) will not abandon the people of this new country as inter-communal violence continues forcing thousands of people to flee their...
To serve, protect and promote literacy: UN police in South Sudan
Listen to the News International police officers serving at the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are helping to consolidate the rule of law in the world's newest nation, says UNMISS Police...
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IOM appeals for $20 million to transport South Sudan returnees
Listen The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is working to return approximately 40,000 South Sudanese nationals who have been stranded in transit camps in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, for...
Education is a challenge for South Sudan
Listen to the News One of the challenges facing the new African nation of South Sudan is providing education to its children. Decades of war has left almost three-quarters of adults illiterate in the...
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Security Council urged to beef up capacity at South Sudan mission
Listen • This week, South Sudan celebrated its second anniversary as an independent nation. UN envoy Hilde Johnson told the Security Council that the country has made progress in areas such as...
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Monitoring and keeping the peace in the disputed Abyei area of Sudan
Listen "The history of Sudan's Abyei region is a history of conflict" says the Force Commander of the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNIFSA). However, says Major General Yohannes Tesfamariam,...
Top UN Envoy says South Sudan has been "put to the test"
Listen It's been a tough first year for South Sudan since it became independent from Sudan, says the head of the UN Mission in the country. Ms. Hilde Johnson told UN Radio's Donn Bobb on Friday that...
Sowing the seeds of food security in South Sudan
A new programme in the Republic of South Sudan is helping vulnerable farmers to improve their livelihoods by boosting the quality of the seeds used to produce key crops. The project, valued at more...
UN protests South Sudan's decision to expel human rights officer
Listen/Download The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is protesting a recent government decision to expel one of its Human Rights officers from the country. The staff member is currently...
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Thousands of South Sudanese living in limbo
Listen to the story on UN Radio The legal status of hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese residing in Sudan still remains unclear with only a week to the April 7th deadline for them to regularize...
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South Sudan needs financial and humanitarian support
The UN is concerned over the growing humanitarian condition in South Sudan. More than half the country requires food assistance, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced and many more plan...
Japan helps South Sudan rebuild
One hundred and twenty Japanese engineers arrived in South Sudan this week to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission there in helping the young country build roads and bridges. Infrastructural...
Dozens killed and injured in South Sudan attack
Listen Dozens of people have been killed and injured in an attack that has left thousands of others displaced in Warrap State of South Sudan, according to a United Nations spokesman. The UN mission...
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South Sudanese face uncertain future in Sudan
Listen The status of over 700,000 South Sudanese living in Sudan remains unclear as the deadline set by the Sudanese government for those wishing to return to the south approaches. The International...
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African countries to benefit from humanitarian funding boost
Listen to the interview Seven African countries are set to take the lion’s share of $104 million, which has been set aside by the United Nations for humanitarian crises that have been identified as...