Alwaght - Over than 20 million people are at risk from famine in war torn Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and the northeast of Nigeria, the UN warned on Wednesday. The Security Council officially declared for the first time that the threat was directly linked to the armed conflicts raging in the afflicted areas. The Security Council notes the devastating ...

Zistboom:The recent violence in South Sudan is threatening to increase hunger and human suffering considerably, unravellingmodest gains made in food security in the past two years, FAO warned. Under the United Nations' Crisis Response Plan, FAO and its partners in the Food Security and Livelihoods Cluster are seeking $61 million for crucial food assistance ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - At least 200 South Sudanese drowned in a ferry accident on the White Nile while fleeing fighting in the city of Malakal, an army spokesman said. "The reports we have are of between 200 to 300 people, including women and children. The boat was overloaded," army spokesman Philip Aguer said."They all drowned. They were fleeing ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Face-to-face talks between rival parties in South Sudan have been delayed, government and rebel delegations said, dashing hopes of a swift ceasefire to end raging battles and risks of all-out civil war. South Sudan information minister, Michael Makuei, part of the delegation to the talks in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, as ...

[caption id="attachment_72732" align="alignright" width="180"] A young boy, injured while fleeing from clashes, rests at a medical clinic inside the United Nations compound on the outskirts of the capital Juba in South Sudan[/caption] (Reuters) - South Sudanese rebels will hold their first face-to-face talks with the government on Saturday in a bid ...

The World Health Organization has warned of a growing risk of disease outbreaks in the troubled South Sudan, amid ongoing violence in the worlds youngest nation. The WHO says there is a shortage of healthcare workers in refugee camps, as many people have been fleeing their homes in areas hit by violence. WHO officials say there is a looming ...

[caption id="attachment_74687" align="alignright" width="180"] Young girl at UN compound in Juba, South SudanWhile some children are in UN compounds, others are thought to be hiding in the bush[/caption] Thousands of children are likely to have been separated from their families as a result of the latest violence in South Sudan, an aid agency has ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Rebels captured Bentiu, the capital of a key oil-producing region in South Sudan, the government announced. At the same time the UN announced it will deploy more forces to the region as clashes between ethnic groups continue, RT reported. President Salva Kiir Mayardit, an ethnic Dinka, said that the recent violence was triggered ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon demanded an end to growing civil conflict in South Sudan and called on all parties Sunday to negotiate a political solution to the crisis. "I demand that all political, military and militia leaders stop hostilities and end the violence against civilians," he said, Voice of Russia reported....

TEHRAN (FNA)- At least two US evacuation flights from South Sudan have been fired on, causing some injuries, said reports from Uganda, where the planes landed. The US military aircraft were heading to Bor, the capital of the state of Jonglei and scene of some of the nation's worst violence over the last week, Voice of Russia reported. One of ...

[caption id="attachment_72732" align="alignright" width="180"] A young boy, injured while fleeing from clashes, rests at a medical clinic inside the United Nations compound on the outskirts of the capital Juba in South Sudan[/caption] Tehran, Dec 20, IRNA Foreign Minister Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham called on the warring sided in South Sudan to show ...