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South Sudan announced early this week its plan to produce at least 90,000 barrels of crude oil per day as the country resumes normal production. This comes after oil supply to international markets were cut off last February because of the ongoing conflict in Sudan. 

Communal violence remains the primary driver of conflict, according to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan’s (UNMISS) latest quarterly brief on violence affecting civilians, exacting a heavy toll on people across the country.

Arbitrary arrests and ensuing detention of civilians remain a serious human rights concern in South Sudan, according to a joint report by the UN Human Rights Office and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). 

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has commended parties to the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement and holdout groups that did not sign the deal for resuming talks in Nairobi, Kenya, under the Tumaini Initiative.

The head of the UN mission in South Sudan, Nicholas Haysom has urged state Governors to take concrete action to create an open civic and political space so that people can freely participate in preparations for the country’s first democratic elections.

The peace monitoring body (RJMEC) has urged both national and state authorities to prioritize the unification and deployment of forces as stipulated in the 2018 peace agreement that ended the five-year civil war in South Sudan. 

Almost 7.7 million people will be classified as acutely food insecure in the world’s youngest nation as it grapples with floods and war.

South Sudanese government representatives and holdout groups will begin a new round of peace talks in Nairobi on Thursday, sources said.

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan has called for tangible evidence of progress toward democratic elections the country. Briefing the United Nations Security Council this week, special representative of the secretary-general and head of UNMISS, Nicholas Haysom, told government leaders “the clock on the extension is already ticking.”

Sub-national violence is still a major concern among civilians across South Sudan, the United Nations mission in the country (UNMISS) said. … The UN, however, noted with concern the upsurge in documented abductions and sexual violence, saying the number of abductions increased by an alarming 181 percent (from 70 up to 197).