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Sudan Humanitarian Corridor to Juba now Operational

The UN has started supplying food assistance by road to South Sudan using a new humanitarian corridor opened by Sudan earlier in March.

Sudan: First Aid Convoy Leaves Khartoum for Juba

Dabanga, 16 April 2017

On 30 March, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) began to move food assistance to reach famine-affected people in South Sudan using a new humanitarian corridor opened by the… Read more »

According to a top UN officials South Sudan is facing a "humanitarian catastrophe".

South Sudan: Humanitarian Coordinator Demands Immediate End to Attacks On Civilians, Aid Workers

PR Newswire, 8 April 2017

Following a week which saw attacks against both aid workers and civilians, the Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan, Eugene Owusu, demanded that parties to the conflict uphold… Read more »
South Sudan: Three Aid Workers Killed in Restive South Sudan

Al Jazeera, 14 April 2017

The World Food Programme said on Friday it was "horrified" to learn that three of its South Sudanese workers were killed in violence that claimed at least 16 lives earlier this… Read more »
South Sudan: After Attacks, UN Senior Official in South Sudan Urges Protection of Aid Workers and Civilians

UN News, 8 April 2017

Following recent attacks on civilians and aid workers in South Sudan, the top United Nations humanitarian official in the country today called on the Government and the opposition… Read more »
South Sudan: President Kiir Declares Famine a National Disaster

East African, 7 April 2017

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has declared the biting famine in the country a national calamity as the young nation runs out of cash to buy food for the starving populations. Read more »

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