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Humanitarian support for ransacked South Sudan towns

4 January 2012
Interviews

The humanitarian aid effort has been stepped up in two towns in South Sudan towns which were attacked by a group of armed youth.

Pibor town and Likuangole, home to the majority Murle ethnic group were attacked by 6000 men from the Lou Nuer tribe during the past 10 days.

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Food prices set to remain high and volatile

3 January 2012
Interviews

The price of food around the world is set to remain high and volatile according to the new chief of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

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"Grim humanitarian situation" following attack in South Sudan

3 January 2012
General News

People living in a town in Jonglei state in South Sudan are facing what’s been described as a grim humanitarian situation, following an attack by a group of armed youth.

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Top UN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello killed in terrorist blast in Baghdad

19 August 2003
Peace and Security

The top United Nations envoy in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, was killed today when terrorists blew up the UN headquarters in Baghdad, killing at least 14 others and injuring dozens more in what Secretary-General Kofi Annan denounced as an inexcusable "act of unprovoked and murderous violence."