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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 United Nations human rights commission in South Sudan claims a "steady process of ethnic cleansing is underway" in the war-torn nation.
2016-12-1

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

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

The United Nations reports that there have been at least 16 civilian deaths in South Sudan and 34 people injured.
2012-04-24

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

The UN says 600 people have been killed in clashes in South Sudan.
2011-08-22

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

The United Nations says thousands of people are arriving in Southern Sudan from north Sudan ahead of the independence referendum on Sunday.
2011-01-7