News Focus: Sudan & South Sudan
Dressing up Juba in preparation for the first anniversary of South Sudan's independence on 9 July 2012. Photo: UNMISS/Isaac Billy
Latest developments
Security Council extends mandate of UN-African Union Darfur peacekeepers
UN humanitarian arm allocates $20 million to assist refugee in South Sudan
Sustainable peace for Darfur in sight, but long way to go, says UN-African envoy
New Deputy Secretary-General to focus on development, political issues
Number of people needing humanitarian help globally rises to 62 million – UN
Key resources:
Statements
Security Council
Presidential statements
Press statements
Meetings
Resolutions/reports
Envoys
Missions
Aid/development
Sudanese refugees in South Sudan line up to receive rations of sorghum and other foodstuffs, March 2012. WFP/A. Gudmunds
Background
South Sudan: The world's newest nation
About South Sudan
Referenda panel
Becoming a UN Member State
Independence celebrations photos
The tensions and the crisis between Sudan and South Sudan have impeded state and nation building efforts. In many ways, these unresolved issues have been like chains on the feet of the new and independent country. They have also constituted significant problems for Sudan.
UNMISS Chief Hilde Johnson in remarks to the press on the eve of South Sudan's first anniversary as an independent state, Juba, 5 Jul '12
