JUBE DAILY NEWS

According to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), more than 417,000 South Sudanese refugees are sheltering in Sudan since conflict broke out in December 2013. Almost 137,000 refugees arrived from South Sudan so far this year, which is more than the total number of arrivals in 2016, the UN office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan cites UNHCR in its   latest news bulletin . During the first half of May, almost 20,000 refugees sought assistance in Sudan as a result of ongoing hostilities in Kodok in Upper Nile state. This includes 13,645 refugees in White Nile, and a further 5,261 in South Kordofan. This latest influx has put additional pressure on service provision in camps and settlement sites, prompting UNHCR and partners to step up efforts to achieve minimum emergency standards as quickly as possible. Contingency plans have also been developed to respond to possible further influxes; according to newly arrived refugees, many people are on thei...

Nearly 60,000 women are suffering from obstetric fistula in South Sudan out of which only 750 cases were treated, according to a health official. Obstetric fistula is a disease most common among women that accounts for up to 8 percent of deaths worldwide and is caused by difficulties during child birth. Acting Director of Maternal Health at South Sudan’s Ministry of Heath, Agum Issac Daniel, told Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday the ministry had carried out about 40 fistula operations at Awiel Civil Hospital and 30 cases at Juba Teaching Hospital in April. She further said most of the patients suffering from the disease are undergoing stigmatization from their family members. The health official urged communities to help the women who are suffering from fistula to help them seek medical attention. “I call on the society not to abandon the women who are sick with fistula, but instead treat them normally. Most of them are now being abandoned and even ignored by their husbands,” she sa...

NEWS IN BIEH  STATE Over 40  people killed on Friday clashed between what the spokesperson of SPLA-IO  in juba Dickens Gatluak  calls  them  Anti element of peace in Waat county of Bieh state Sudan's on that  people liberation  Army  accused  rebels troops . Taken by Emmanuel malual in pajier   Friday of launching fresh attacks on their positions   in Waat   town of Bieh State' SPLA-IO military spokesman Dickson Gatluak told the press on Friday that the SPLMIO combined forces of SPLMIO and government forces have repulsed the serious attacks from Anti peace elements in Biech state He claimed that the rebel’s forces targeting citizens around Waat on Thursday, which left more civilians, was reported killed.

( Pibor ) Latest reports from South Sudan capital, Juba, alleged that the Deputy Minister of Defense and veteran affairs, and the former Chairman of Cobra Squad. Gen. David Yau Yau,   has refused to return to Juba after the biased peace initiative by the First Vice present Gen. Taban deng Gai said one of his officials . Yau Yau is currently stationed in Pibor and he’s not going anywhere he added. According to rumours and an official who preferred anonymity said Lt. Gen. David Yau Yau has been pursued many times from last week through phone calls but he failed to listen to the calls. Gen. YAU YAU refused a return to the South Sudanese Capital because the fighting which took place between the Murle Youth and Dinka Bor youth who were said have been backed by the army, and yet the SPLA government in Juba has been handling the issue carelessly. The general said, the way it was done doesn’t make him happy at all. The generals from Bor who heads SPLA’s Davi...