Relief items for 150 people in camp reportedly first in two years as insecurity prevented workers from accessing area
Authorities found the bodies of several of the business people in the Nile River, near the village of Gemeza.
Paul Alim Amuol says much of the produce from his 4.5-hectare farm goes to waste because he is unable to get it to markets beyond his hometown of Bor.
Officials in Jonglei state say there has been no flooding in Bor since a 17-kilometer-long dike was built last year by Korean soldiers
The U.N. Children's Fund says children are suffering disproportionately as 13 months of fighting in South Sudan have led to food shortages and mass displacement, and made it difficult for aid groups to access parts of the country.
An eyewitness to the crash at Mabior airstrip in Twic East County in Jonglei state says only one of three crewmembers survived the accident.
The U.N. Mission and World Food Program say two South Sudanese workers have been forcefully taken by armed men in two separate incidents in Malakal in the past week.
President Salva Kiir signed into law an agreement made in May with long-time rebel leader David Yau Yau, giving Pibor County in Jonglei state a degree of self-rule that many hope will spur development in the region.
Around 98,000 residents who fled Bor as fighting raked the town have returned and are slowly rebuilding their lives.
