United Nations, April 18 (IANS) UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher warned of famine in South Sudan.”The world’s youngest nation stands at a dangerous crossroads. Conflict up. Displacement up. Hunger up. Disease up. Attacks on aid workers up,” Fletcher told the Security Council in a briefing on the situation in South Sudan.Two-thirds of the population in the country needs humanitarian support this year, yet the world body’s humanitari…
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New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) Major Swathi Shantha Kumar, a Bengaluru-based officer serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has been honoured with the UN Secretary-General’s Award 2025 in the gender category for her project ‘Equal Partners, Lasting Peace’. Speaking to IANS, the Indian Army officer shared her experiences during the mission, her key responsibilities on the ground, and the challenges she faced while serving in the conflict-affected region. Major Swathi Kum…
Juba, Feb 4 (IANS) The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday suspended its operations in South Sudan’s Baliet County following an attack on its river convoy last week. The WFP said its 12-boat convoy, transporting more than 1,500 metric tonnes of vital food assistance, was attacked multiple times by armed youth between January 30 and February 1.It said the cargo, also including non-food items being transported on behalf of partners, was looted overnight by members of the local c…
United Nations, Feb 4 (IANS) Hostilities in Sudan and South Sudan have displaced hundreds of thousands of people, UN humanitarians said.”The continued insecurity in many regions is pushing more people to flee and deepening an already severe humanitarian situation,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday.In Sudan’s South Kordofan state, an OCHA mission to the Abu Jubaihah locality last week found more than 10,000 displaced people living in camps facing c…
United Nations, Jan 30 (IANS) The United Nations is very active in mediating conflicts across the world, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.At a press conference on Thursday, outlining his priorities for 2026, Guterres said in some cases, some warring parties do not want the United Nations to mediate in their conflicts, and the world body is very active in “several scenarios,” such as in Libya, Sudan, South Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).”No,” the UN chief replied …
Seoul, Jan 1 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back conducted his first inspection of the year on Thursday aboard an airborne early warning aircraft amid lingering security concerns over North Korea, the ministry said.Ahn flew on the E-737 Peace Eye, flanked by KF-21, FA-50 and TA-50 jets, marking the first time homegrown aircraft were used for such an escort mission, according to the defence ministry.”Sustainable peace is possible when a nation has the strength to defend itself,” Ah…