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JUBA (Reuters) -At least 20 people have died in fighting in a camp for displaced people in South Sudan, a medical aid group said on Friday. Tensions started rising last week when women from ...
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is a United Nations peacekeeping mission for South Sudan, which became independent on 9 July 2011. UNMISS [ 1 ] was established on 8 July 2011 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1996 (2011).
Despite the request that the SPLA implement changes to avoid future attacks on UN personnel, [4] another UNMISS helicopter took gunfire on January 5, 2013 while on the ground at Bau, South Sudan. This craft was a Mil Mi-26 transport helicopter operated by the Russian firm UTair .
The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is a United Nations peacekeeping force in Abyei, which is contested between the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. UNISFA was approved on 27 June 2011 by the United Nations Security Council in United Nations Security Council Resolution 1990 after a flareup in the South ...
Egypt - Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy stated that over the past few days Egypt "had paid close attention to the developments of the crisis in South Sudan, its security and humanity situation, valuing the stability of fraternal South Sudan and the strategic relations between both countries on governmental and non-governmental levels".
UNMISS was tasked with focussing on security and development, including through support for peace consolidation and state-building, supporting the government of South Sudan in conflict resolution, the protection of civilians, establishing the rule of law and strengthening the security and justice sector. [4]
Hanbit Unit banner Hanbit Unit logo ROK Hanbit Unit in the Republic of South Sudan, Salvation ceremony (2014.04.18). The Republic of Korea Sudanese Reconstruction Assistance Force or Hanbit Unit (Korean: 한빛부대, Hanbit means 'light which leads the world) are UN peacekeeper forces deployed by the Republic of Korea to the Republic of South Sudan.
There were around 600 Indians in South Sudan; around 450 in Juba and others elsewhere in the country at the time of the conflict. Two C-17 Globemasters of the Indian Air Force were deployed to evacuate Indians and other foreign nationals. The first flight left Juba on 15 July (South Sudan Time), carrying 143 individuals including ten women and ...