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30 Nov 2012

South Sudan (Republic of)
Yei commissioner asks for support to maintain roads, boost food production

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— Sudan Tribune

November 28, 2012 (YEI) - Yei County’s Commissioner, Juma David Augustine, appealed Wednesday for financial support to maintain roads in the area in order to boost food production.

Augustine said this year Yei County had produced “enough food” to feed its citizens until the next harvest but as well as supplying other parts of South Sudan. His According to the World Food Programme Central, Eastern and Western Equatoria, "generally fare better" than the country’s seven other states in terms of food security.

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22 Aug 2012

South Sudan (Republic of)
Unity State: Child dies in Payinjiar County floods

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— Sudan Tribune

By Bonifacio Taban Kuich

August 21, 2012 (BENTIU) - A five-year-old child drowned in the Nyal area of Unity State’s Payinjiar County as heavy floods washed away around 100 villages over the last week, according to a local official.

Payinjiar County commissioner Peter Gai Joak said floodwater had destroyed over 2,000 homes just in Nyal Payam district, forcing many to abandon their homes after the main river broke its banks.

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23 Jul 2012

South Sudan (Republic of)
Ericsson, WFP partner for emergency operations in S. Sudan

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— Sudan Tribune

July 22, 2012 (JUBA) - Mobile Phone giant, Ericsson last week announced its response unit has entered into partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide vital communication services to relief workers in South Sudan.

The new deal, Ericsson said in a statement, is in response to the emergency humanitarian needs in the world’s newest nation, where thousands are currently camped after fleeing fighting in neighboring Sudan’s South Kordofan and Blue Nile states.

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05 May 2012

South Sudan (Republic of) + 1 other
IOM to airlift South Sudanese stranded in White Nile

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— Sudan Tribune

May 5, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — South Sudanese stranded in the capital of White Nile, Kosti, will be transported by airplane to Juba, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced on Friday, abandoning a previous plan to move them to Upper Nile State by bus.

Following the occupation of Heglig by the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), the governor of White Nile State Yusuf al-Shambali, citing insecurity concerns, said that the presence of over 12,000 South Sudanese in Kosti is no longer tolerated and they have to move before 5 May.

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12 Jan 2012

South Sudan (Republic of)
S. Sudan: MSF resumes operations in Pibor County amid uncertainty

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— Sudan Tribune

By Julius N. Uma

January 11, 2012 (JUBA) - As Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) officially resumes its operations in Pibor County of South Sudan’s Jonglei state, the organisation warns that a climate of uncertainty makes it practically difficult for them to scale up their activities to deal with the humanitarian emergency.

The organisation, in a statement sent to Sudan Tribune, said a team of 12 medical and logistics staff on January 7 began providing the much-needed emergency response in the aftermath of last week’s inter-communal violence in Pibor.

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