he women officers who were conferred the UN medal were Reena Yadav, Inspector, Chandigarh Police, Gopika Jahagirdar, DSP, Maharashtra Police, Bharati Samantray, DSP in the MHA, Ragini Kumari, Inspector in the MHA and Kamal Shekhawat, ASP, Rajasthan Police.
Doctors Without Borders on Saturday said the "dramatic increase" in sexual violence occurred over 10 days, between November 19 and Thursday, as the women and girls walked to a food distribution site in Bentiu in Unity state.
The three survivors are a 6-year-old child, an adult man and an Italian doctor with an aid organization who was in surgery and in serious condition, Aguek said.
A passenger jet carrying 49 people crash-landed in South Sudan's north-western city of Wau today, but all passengers and crew survived.
156 persons who were evacuated from war torn South Sudan arrived on a special Indian Air Force C-17 aircraft at the international airport here early his morning.
The Government of India has decided to send two C-17 military transport aircraft to war torn South Sudan's capital city Juba today to evacuate over 600 Indians stranded there.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said government has made arrangements for the evacuation of Indians from the war-torn South Sudan.
New Delhi: Amid clashes between anti and pro government forces in South Sudan, Indian government is planning evacuation of its citizens from insurgent hit African nation, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj informed today. In
Renewed gunfights broke out across South Sudan's capital on Sunday between forces loyal to the president and those of the vice-president, officials said Sunday, causing widespread casualties and raising fears that the country is returning to civil wa
South Sudan govt allowing soldiers to rape women in lieu of pay: UN report
Juba: A thirteen-month-old baby and a man who was found cradling the infant were the only survivors of a cargo plane that crashed soon after taking off from a South Sudan airport, killing 37 people,
Khartoum: Over 100 people were killed and many injured in South Sudan when an oil tanker exploded, authorities said."More than 100 people were killed when an oil truck exploded as a crowd tried to gather
Juba, South Sudan (AP): A government official says 85 people were killed when a fuel truck exploded in South Sudan's rural Western Equatoria state on Wednesday.Presidential spokesman Ateny Wek Ateny said Thursday that 50 others
New Delhi: Indian Army has punished two of its soldiers for sexual abuse and misconduct during UN peacekeeping missions in two African nations.Indian peacekeeping forces were accused of sexual exploitation and abuse in three cases
Khartoum: South Sudan's army said on Monday that it killed 130 rebels in clashes over two days in Upper Nile state.It is one of the most violent confrontations since the break-up of peace talks earlier
United Nations: The U.N. Security Council is blaming South Sudan's “man-made political, security and humanitarian catastrophe” and the threat of famine on its feuding leaders.The council again threatened targeted sanctions against those impeding the peace
In a bid to raise awareness about the plight of children of South Sudan, UNICEF did something totally offbeat yet appealing. It invited a set of video game enthusiasts to a convention, unveiling their plans to
United Nations: An outburst of heavy fighting between government and opposition forces in South Sudan represents "the most sustained hostilities between the two parties since May", a UN spokesman said here on Wednesday.Stephane Dujarric made
United Nations: The UN refugee agency UNHCR has begun relocating nearly 15,000 South Sudanese refugees who had been stranded for months at a station in western Ethiopia after the refugee camp where they were due
United Nations: A UN envoy Wednesday called on the international community to help push for peace talks between warring parties in South Sudan, stressing that "the untold suffering of the people of South Sudan must
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