March 24, 2013 (LONDON) - The United States said Sunday, the day after World World Day, that it is committed to to increase the number of South Sudanese who have access to clean water and sanitation.

Only 34% of South Sudanese have access to clean water according to statistics from South Sudan’s ministry of water resources and irrigation, leading to various dangerous diseases such as diarrhea that can lead to death, especially among vulnerable groups.

The issue of access to clean water was tragically illustrated by Cholera outbreaks in Juba in 2006 and 2007.

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle

February 1, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday that they will be working to stabilise the emergency phase of its response to the Sudanese and Somali refugee influxes in Ethiopia this year.

“UNHCR will improve conditions in the camps and will make the transition from emergency responses to more sustainable activities, thereby also reducing costs and encouraging self-reliance” UNHCR representative in Ethiopia, Kisut Gebregzabhir, told Sudan Tribune.

By Toby Lanzer

June 17, 2012 (RUMBEK) - The member of parliament representing Awerial County at the Lakes State Legislative Assembly representing has reported that 12 children died of Malaria last week in the Bunagok district.

Taban Abel Aguek told Sudan Tribune that three to four children were dying everyday from daily of malaria in places like Bunagok, Jarweng, Pap, Alel and Abuyung. A medical centre run by Italian charity the Comitato di Collaborazione Medica in Bunagok is "almost helpless", the MP said.

May 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Civilians in North Darfur remote area of Forog urged the United Nations on Wednesday to provide them with more humanitarian assistance complaining from shortage of water and medicines.

The civilians made their demands during a visit by a delegation from the joint African Union United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) which provides humanitarian aid to the isolated population in the restive region.

Sudan since July 2009 expelled 13 aid groups providing food, medical services and drilling and managing water wells in arid region of Darfur.

Juba, 23, 2012 (JUBA) - The numbers of Sudanese refugees crossing the border into South Sudan increased, in the last few days from 1,500 to 10,000, bringing the over 80,000 the total numbers currently in Upper Nile state, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said.

The refugees, mainly from Blue Nile state reportedly converged near the border looking exhausted from long journeys, having walked for several days after fleeing their villages in the wake of continuing fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N).

By Ngor Arol Garang

February 7, 2012 (JUBA) - The Abyei Joint Oversight Committee (AJOC) has called on humanitarian organisations to urgently respond to the deteriorating humanitarian situation among those displaced from the contested area in mid-2011 when north Sudan’s military took control of the area by force.

Around 110,000 people fled the area, which was supposed to have held a referendum to decide its future in January 2011. However, disputes over who would be allowed to vote meant that the plebiscite did not go ahead.

December 26, 2011 (JUBA) - At least 10 people, two of whom were women, are reported to have died in a congested detention center in Aweil, the capital of North Bahr el Ghazal State, a senior government official said on Monday.

The official, who wished to remain anonymous, asked the Judiciary to speed up the justice system "and release some of the 314 prisoners to avoid congestion in prison”.

He said the conditions were unhygienic condition and warned that the if the situation got any worse there could be disease outbreak if no immediate action is taken.

By Ngor Arol Garang

August 31, 2011 (JUBA) - The government of the newly established state of South Sudan on Wednesday pledged its commitment to improve both water and electricity systems in its national and state capitals.