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As drought risk intensifies in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria state, a new UN-backed plan aims to protect thousands of people before the worst impacts take hold.
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » Security: Joining Forces for a Conflict-Sensitive Flood Response in South Sudan
South Sudan is among the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Climate change-related extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods, are exacerbating local conflict dynamics, ...
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » Security: Amuru Pushes for Joint Border Patrols to Curb South Sudan Cattle Raiders
Amuru Resident District Commissioner Geoffrey Osborn Oceng told Uganda Radio Network in an Interview that Ugandan authorities are working to organize a joint security meeting with officials from Magwi ...
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » Security: Some 120,000 Sudanese refugees set to return to Eastern Equatoria
KAMPALA, Uganda, May 16 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has reached an agreement with Sudan and Uganda to begin the repatriation of some 120,000 refugees to south Sudan's Eastern Equatoria state. The ...
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » Security: UN Security Council Should Resist South Sudan Attempt to Undermine Peacekeepers
The South Sudanese government has demanded that the United Nations drastically scale back its peacekeeping mission in the country (UNMISS), including withdrawing 70 percent of its international ...
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » Security: Two days of clashes between South Sudan's army and rebel groups raise fears for fragile peace deal
Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, an opposition soldier stands guard at an opposition military camp near the town of Nimule in Eastern Equatoria state, South Sudan. ‘I told him I was 34, how could Orlando ...
News South Sudan » Eastern Equatoria » Security: Sudanese repatriation from Uganda gathers pace
NIMULE, Sudan, August 17 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has stepped up the pace of Sudanese refugee returns from Uganda by opening a major new corridor to Eastern Equatoria state in South Sudan.