The SPLA says it has launched operations to recapture Bentiu, the capital of Unity state.

An official in Jonglei state has appealed to humanitarian organizations to provide food to the residents of Bor town after the market was destroyed by fighting.

The government says the eleven political detainees will be released and handed over to IGAD.

 

The information minister says people in Bor Town, which the SPLA recaptured on Tuesday, are in dire need of humanitarian assistance.

President Salva Kiir has warned soldiers who harrass civilians and loot properties that they will be punished.

The Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan has urged the people of South Sudan to reconcile and live in peace.

 

 

President Salva Kiir has called for an end to ethnic violence in the country.

The SPLA has confirmed that there were clashes in Upper Nile yesterday.

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in South Sudan has urged the government and the armed opposition to find a peaceful solution to the crisis in order to avoid more loss of lives.

Russia has urged the warring parties in South Sudan to stop fighting and bring lasting peace to the country.

The Commissioner of Police in Central Equatoria says forces will guard all churches in Juba during prayers on Christmas Day.

More than 100 girl guides from Central Equatoria are working as volunteers at the Military Hospital in Juba to help during the crisis.

 

 

 

 

1. The U.S Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan, Donald Booth, is in South Sudan to help defuse tensions between the two warring parties.

 

2. President Salva Kiir says he will not take South Sudan back to war.

 

3. The Secretary-General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, has asked the Security Council to send an extra 5,500 peacekeepers to South Sudan to better protect civilians from violence.

 

 

Police commissioners across the country will be held accountable for any gunshots fired during the Christmas festivities and beyond. Continue reading “No gunshots during Christmas or police bosses will be held accountable: police chief”

The County Commissioner of Western Bahr el Ghazal has said that an unknown disease is spreading among children in Raja County. Continue reading “Unknown ‘leg shaking eye rolling’ disease spreads amongst children in Raja, WBGS”

A 35-year old man allegedly killed himself in a Kajo-Keji prison yesterday. Continue reading “‘Banana thief’ commits suicide in police cell”

Authorities in Pochalla County, Jonglei state have alleged that the SPLA forces deployed in the area are intimidating civilians.

Continue reading “Pochalla county, Jonglei: SPLA soldiers accused of misbehaving.”

7 people were killed and 9 others wounded yesterday in internal clashes between Rubkona and Guit Counties of Unity state. Continue reading “Inter-clan clashes leave 7 dead in Unity state”