The United Nations Children’s Fund urges the government to ratify and implementing the convention on the rights of people with disabilities and the convention on the rights of children.

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There are investigations underway to arrest police officers who were involved in the killing of protestors in Wau, Justice Ministry has said.

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May 29 is the International Day of United Nations Peace Keepers – a day when the UN honors those who have lost their lives.

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President Salva Kiir has traveled to Japan, leading a high level ministerial delegation to participate in the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development scheduled for June 1st, in Yokohama.

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The level of security at Juba International Airport is not up to international standards, says the European Union Aviation Security Mission in South Sudan.

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President Salva Kiir has withheld his approval for the Agriculture Bank Bill, which the National parliament had passed into law in January.

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Pope Francis has appointed Father Thomas Oliga, of the congregation of the Apostles of Jesus as an Apostolic Administrator for the Catholic Diocese of Torit, Eastern Equatoria State.

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Sudan president Omar al-Bashir has warned South Sudan: he will close the oil pipeline from the South, if Juba helps rebels in South Kordofan and Darfur.

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The referendum in Abyei can only be conducted if an administration is formed, a senior Sudanese official has told Eye Radio.

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