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The World Food Programme (WFP) and other United Nations agencies declare that there is a famine in parts of Unity State, South Sudan, with 100,000 facing starvation and another million on the brink of famine.
2017-02-20

A new United Nations report on South Sudan describes one of the most horrendous human rights situations in the world, in particular by Government forces, including use of rape as a widespread weapon of war and recommends the U.N. Security Council consider imposing a comprehensive arms embargo on South Sudan and referring the matter to the International Criminal Court.
2016-03-11

Dozens of civilians sheltering in a UN base in the South Sudan town of Bor are killed in an attack by armed men.
2014-04-18

Gunmen kill 12 United Nations peacekeepers and civilian staff in an ambush in Jonglei, South Sudan.
2013-04-9

South Sudan’s ambassador to Moscow says the UN helicopter with Russian crew that was downed in South Sudan last week was probably mistaken for one of the Sudanese aircraft.
2012-12-28

South Sudan appoints Francis Deng as its first ambassador to the United Nations.
2012-09-2

The United Nations says 120,000 people in South Sudan required aid amid tribal fighting.
2012-01-20

The General Assembly of the United Nations votes to admit South Sudan as a member of the United Nations.
2011-07-14

South Sudan is admitted to the United Nations, the first new member since 2006.
2011-07-13

The United Nations claims that about 20,000 people have fled the Abyei region for Agok in Southern Sudan after Sudanese forces took control.
2011-05-24